Most people I know with BDD developed it during their later teen years and are mainly virgins.
Is there a link between failure to attain any form of physical affection from the opposite sex and BDD?
Posted Feb 7, 2019, 1:27 AM UTC
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Yeah that's exactly my problem, I feel so unwanted. And the idea I have never been loved reinforces that idea. Maybe I'm just not deserving of being or just too unnatractive, even though I have been told time and time again that I am. But nevertheless I can't get it out of my head that I'm ugly.
I will never be good enough.
I mean I guess but I've seen a lot of posts on here from people with an s/o that still obsess over their appearance. Because I just generally have shit self esteem I often tell myself no one will ever love me because of how ugly I am...I suppose it would be a confidence booster to have someone attracted to me? But I really don't think a lack of having relations or a relationship cause BDD. More like vice versa. Everyone is different though
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I could see how it is. But it's not really for me. I'm in my late teens and I lost my virginity kinda early. sex has been something that kinda distracts me from all my self hate because of how intimate the experience is and how that person that you are with is sharing it with you and I just feel that is something really amazing.
No. The BDD likely comes first which leads to maintaining virginity.
....lol...don’t think so I had sex pretty early and been obsessed with my weight since like Forever