Body Dysmorphic Disorders

Do not judge the book by its cover. This phrase always be ignore by the people although we always hear it. Wrong perception by judging someone on their outer appearance does not mean that they not have a good quality in themselves. Why does this mindset exist? One of the reason is caused by the media pressure, whose spreading dysmorphophobia , fear of having deformity among men. Media plays important role in affecting people’s mind as discussed by Richard A. Leit and James J. Gray in their article “ The Media Representation of The Ideal Male Body: A Cause for Muscle Dysmorphia?”. Exposure to muscular male figures in advertisement produce measurable body dissatisfaction in men, as reflected in an increased difference between the level of muscularity that they perceive themselves to have

Although the symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder might sound trivial, high proportions of patients require admission to hospital, become housebound, and attempt suicide (Katharine, 2005). Men who are reluctant to admit their problem, they start to devise rigid rituals surrounding food and obsessively monitor their weight. Nearly all men with body dysmorphic disorder perform repetitive and time­consuming behaviours in an attempt to examine, fix, or hide the defect. The most common are mirror checking, comparing them­selves with others, camouflaging, reassurance seeking, and excessive grooming (Katharine, 2005). This obsessive behavior on their body showing that they would do anything without thinking about themselves as long as they look good on the society-eye. A recently recognised form of body dysmorphic disorder that occurs almost exclusively in men is muscle dysmorphia, a preoccupation that one's body is too small, puny and inadequately muscular (Katharine, 2005). In reality, many of these men are unusually muscular and