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You might have BDD, if you experience obsessive worries about one or more perceived flaws (which cannot be seen by others) in your physical appearance, according to. People with BDD see themselves differently to how others see them. Here’s everything you need to know about this disorder - characteristics, signs and symptoms.

No matter how many times people assure them they look fine or that there’s no flaw, the person with BDD cannot accept that the issue doesn’t exist.” “BDD is a pervasive perception that your body is different and more negative appearing than the actual facts,” she says, adding, “Typically, other people can’t even see the flaw that the person with BDD is consumed by.

While most people have parts of their body they feel less than enthusiastic about, BDD is a psychiatric disorder in which people become obsessed with even a slight imperfection or non-existent body flaw. Kolkata-based psycologist Polly Sengupta concurs. “It can be the shape of their nose, the texture of their skin, often it has something to do with their weight,” she says. According to Mumbai-based counsellor Anita Singh, when people with BDD look in the mirror, they don’t see what everyone around them sees. The illness, however, is not limited to celebrities or film stars. There is a lot of beauty in your imperfections, in your uniqueness,” she said. You are a human being and are allowed to be imperfect, and you are allowed to be flawed. “Imperfections are a part of life and one should learn to love who you are. She was speaking at the 21st World Congress of Mental Health in New Delhi, when she revealed how talking to a therapist about her BDD and low self-esteem helped her fight the mental and emotional distress. On Sunday, the Rustom actor said she was on the verge of committing suicide because she suffered from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), “a body-image disorder characterised by persistent and intrusive preoccupations with an imagined or slight defect in one’s appearance.”

Now, Bollywood actor Ileana D’Cruz has spoken about her struggle with depression and mental health issues. Taking a cue from her, Sonam Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra too came forward and talked openly about body image issues. Two years ago, Deepika Padukone revealed how she struggled with depression at the beginning of her career, and raised the need to speak up about it rather than suffering silently.