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The False Image in The Mirror Created By The Mind: Body Dysmorphic Disorder

It was a little close to a couple of two weeks ago that I chose to do something I hadn’t done in a long time - Read the newspaper. My eyes skimmed through the headlines, till it stopped at one. It was at this point that my father asked me to read an article in the paper that was “ meant for me ”. Meant for me ? Considering the phrase came from my father, I concluded that the article he referred to here would be definitely related to social media. Lucky enough, the headline my eyes stopped at and the article my father was referring to, was the same. “ ‘Imagined Ugliness Syndrome’ affecting teens ”. Obviously, to begin with, I was in denial. Reading through the article didn’t change my mind either. However, my inquisitiveness led me to do some follow-up research did reveal what many people – young or old – would be going through. Chances are, you or someone you know would be going through the same. "What is this 'Syndrome' you speak about?" First terme...