Do You think that you're ugly? NO, It's just your mind who makes you think that
Dysmorphophobia – a psychological mental disorder characterized by an obsessive idea of being ugly in some aspect of own body part or appearance in a person of normal appearance. It is a delusional variant were flaws are imaginary and a person takes extra measures to hide or fix one's dysmorphic part on one's figure.
It is estimated to affect 2-3% population worldwide, about 1 in 50 individuals and generally symptoms start during adolescence equally affecting both men and women. It may occur as a part of other psychological conditions like schizophrenic psychosis, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc…
The affected person had exaggerated pervasive and intrusive thoughts about a flaw occupying several hours of a day. Bodily area of focus as compared to other can be - face, hair, stomach, thighs, or hips, breast and any. Many seek surgical intervention, cosmetic surgery and even attempts for continuous self-treatments.
It shares common symptoms with the obsessive-compulsive disorder but involves more depression and social avoidance. It is usually associated with social anxiety disorder with a delusion that people with point out their flaws, if gone in public.
It is developed as a result of the interaction of multiple factors like, physical, genetic, social, cultural, psychological and developmental. Many develop this condition in adolescence because of abuse, a traumatic condition in early childhood, neglect by elders or bullying.
It can cause a person to become introverts, negative body image, overt sensitive and prone to show off in public. Media and overt use of social networks are identified as a potential trigger for this condition. Increasing the use of body and facial beautification apps like snap chat, face beauty mode and face tune serve as a potential trigger for this biopsychosocial anxiety disorder. Recently it is also referred to as a 'Snapchat dysmorphia' were people are requesting surgery to look like an edited version of own self as appeared in snap chat filters.
Because of having shared symptoms, it is commonly misdiagnosed as social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, major depressive disorder, or social phobia. Correct diagnosis depends on answering the pattern of a specialized questionnaire and cross-comparison with observed emotional distress or social dysfunction.