Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental health condition in which you can’t stop thinking about one or more perceived defects or flaws in your appearance—a flaw that appears minor or can’t be seen by others. But you may feel so embarrassed, ashamed, and anxious that you may avoid many social situations.
When you have body dysmorphic disorder, you intensely focus on your appearance and body image, repeatedly checking the mirror, grooming or seeking reassurance, sometimes for many hours each day. Your perceived flaw and the repetitive behaviors cause you significant distress and impact your ability to function in your daily life.
You may seek out numerous cosmetic procedures to try to “fix” your perceived flaw. Afterward, you may feel temporary satisfaction or a reduction in your distress, but often the anxiety returns and you may resume searching for other ways to fix your perceived flaw.
Treatment of body dysmorphic disorder may include cognitive behavioral therapy and medication.
BDD’s so-called “Maud” variation is a mental disorder exclusive to very beautiful women who single-mindedly worship ugliness. It is characterized by an obsessive preoccupation that one’s entire appearance is severely flawed, i.e., sees herself as extremely ugly and plain. Coupled with an obsession to make the pretty girls pay for being so pretty instead of being the frumpy cunt that she sees herself as. The afflicted “forgets” that she too is beautiful. Even when she’s undressed, and looking at herself in the mirror, she only sees herself as a frumpy cunt instead of the looker-hiding-in-plain-sight with a killer body that she is.
The afflicted sees no reason whatsoever in fixing their perceived flawed appearance. They in fact get-off on seeing themselves as fugly.