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What people call BDD is actually an enhanced self-awareness about an unaesthetic feature but with a lack of aesthetic knowledge to pinpoint why that feature is unattractive or even what it's necessary to correct it.
Some people will have "BDD" because their nose is hooked, but after they get a rhino they are still unsatisfied with their nose. So they gaslight saying the problem is in that person's brain, not in the fact that the nose wasn't fixed in a way that makes the person satisfied with it.
There are several things that can affect its aesthetic, no just being hooked or wide. How bulbous it is, the width of the nasal bridge, of the base, the tilt of the columella with the alas, the size of the nostrils, the format of the columella, and so on... then you have the fact that the nose also needs to be proportional with other features of the face.
BDD is just a visual awareness of these flaws.
Same happens with bigorexia. Bodybuilders aren't trying to get bigger for the sake of getting bigger, they want to look more aesthetic, however the majority of the are usually of a short stature so they look weird when they build a lot of muscle but they don't understand this, so they think they need bigger muscles to fix it. In the end, it won't fix, so they'll continue to chase being bigger and bigger until it fixes, but it never will because what they need is actually better muscle insertions, longer bones, wider clavicles, better rib cage, and so on...
The moral of the thread is as follows: If you look at yourself in the mirror and you think you are ugly, it's not a mental disorder. You're actually ugly.
Some people will have "BDD" because their nose is hooked, but after they get a rhino they are still unsatisfied with their nose. So they gaslight saying the problem is in that person's brain, not in the fact that the nose wasn't fixed in a way that makes the person satisfied with it.
There are several things that can affect its aesthetic, no just being hooked or wide. How bulbous it is, the width of the nasal bridge, of the base, the tilt of the columella with the alas, the size of the nostrils, the format of the columella, and so on... then you have the fact that the nose also needs to be proportional with other features of the face.
BDD is just a visual awareness of these flaws.
Same happens with bigorexia. Bodybuilders aren't trying to get bigger for the sake of getting bigger, they want to look more aesthetic, however the majority of the are usually of a short stature so they look weird when they build a lot of muscle but they don't understand this, so they think they need bigger muscles to fix it. In the end, it won't fix, so they'll continue to chase being bigger and bigger until it fixes, but it never will because what they need is actually better muscle insertions, longer bones, wider clavicles, better rib cage, and so on...
The moral of the thread is as follows: If you look at yourself in the mirror and you think you are ugly, it's not a mental disorder. You're actually ugly.