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Inside Their Minds:
Body dysmorphic disorder is a a fairly common disorder in which the sufferer is obsessively preoccupied with some aspect(s) of one's appearance. This book is for the sufferers and all those who in any capacity are related to the sufferers. To describe the anxiety and distress of the people who suffer from this order. The constant non-stop thoughts that something is wrong with them, the persistent struggle to escape, the constant fear, the restlessness, the need to hide, the struggle to crawl out of their skin, the craving to just feel ok.
How it takes over their life, rules their life. How it decide what they can and can't do, impairs them. How it spreads through the body. How one deteriorate their own face and body. How they see a different self every new day. How disparately they want to look just ok and feel normal.
The fears and doubts that engulfs the sufferers. How anxiety is triggered at random places at random times resulting in awakening the already half-awaken fears and doubts. How the sufferer starts to look for cover at random times to perform rituals when fears and doubts takes over.
The feelings, behavior, thoughts of the sufferer are described. The extreme obsession, the non-stop repetitive thoughts, the non-acceptance of self, the fears of mirrors, the social avoidance are described. The pain associated with the disorder and inescapable world the sufferer lives in. The state of hopelessness one lives in and the inability to find a way out.
How it is different from disliking part of yourself to thinking that something is wrong with you. How they couldn't be happy with anything until their imperfection(s) are fixed. How they see no colors and beauty in the world but images of their imperfection(s) are all they see, think about, and imagine. How they feel nothing other than the anxiety generated by their fears and doubts.
How their thoughts and feelings are occupied at all times. How It becomes difficult to cope with everyday things. The doubts one lives in, the fears, the anxiety, the struggle, and the effects it has on the sufferer's life.
The book is for the sufferers, relatives & friends of the sufferer, researchers who are looking into this, and all those who in any capacity are related to this disorder.
How it takes over their life, rules their life. How it decide what they can and can't do, impairs them. How it spreads through the body. How one deteriorate their own face and body. How they see a different self every new day. How disparately they want to look just ok and feel normal.
The fears and doubts that engulfs the sufferers. How anxiety is triggered at random places at random times resulting in awakening the already half-awaken fears and doubts. How the sufferer starts to look for cover at random times to perform rituals when fears and doubts takes over.
The feelings, behavior, thoughts of the sufferer are described. The extreme obsession, the non-stop repetitive thoughts, the non-acceptance of self, the fears of mirrors, the social avoidance are described. The pain associated with the disorder and inescapable world the sufferer lives in. The state of hopelessness one lives in and the inability to find a way out.
How it is different from disliking part of yourself to thinking that something is wrong with you. How they couldn't be happy with anything until their imperfection(s) are fixed. How they see no colors and beauty in the world but images of their imperfection(s) are all they see, think about, and imagine. How they feel nothing other than the anxiety generated by their fears and doubts.
How their thoughts and feelings are occupied at all times. How It becomes difficult to cope with everyday things. The doubts one lives in, the fears, the anxiety, the struggle, and the effects it has on the sufferer's life.
The book is for the sufferers, relatives & friends of the sufferer, researchers who are looking into this, and all those who in any capacity are related to this disorder.
112 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 25, 2017
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