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Acne Dysmorphia: Better to call it a mental disorder

Call it Acne Dysmorphia or Aneroxia Nervosa; it is more or less similar kind of a disease. It is more a mental disorder than a physical defect.

How do you really define Acne Dysmorphia? It is basically a disease when someone always feels that his or her skin is bad. It is more like an obsession about one's feeling about the skin.

Why such absurd thought or feeling?

Is it a symptom of being psycho? You can presume it to be so. Actually if you are suffering from Acne Dysmorphia, it can be considered as certain that at some point of your lifetime you have suffered from acne. It can be also such that you are still suffering from acne.

If you are really suffering from acne you can obviously have a psychological stress regarding your sufferings. This cannot be treated as Dysmorphia or a psychological disorder.

The problem is acute and very much mental when you don't have acne right now or it is at a very mild form but you constantly worry and get obsessed about it. Your irritation is reflected on your face, through whatever you do and also through your communication and body language. If this is the situation with you, don't take it casually because these are the symptoms of Acne Dysmorphia.

Firm belief and irritable nature

Those who suffer from Acne Dysmorphia they have a firm belief that their skin is worst and acnes on them are terrible to fight back. In fact if the acnes are really that dangerous and troublesome, you must simply rush to a doctor. You will never opt for this option because you are confirmed that there is no acne on your skin. But you actually love to believe that your skin is dirty and full of disgusting elements.

The more you think in this way; the more you tend to become irritating in nature. Ultimately a time turns up that from the level of a maniac you become a seriously psychologically diseased personality.

Burden of depression

The most depressing thing about this disease is that you will not believe that you are psychologically ill. If you are suggested to see a psychiatrist you will find out thousands of excuses to avoid this sitting with the concerned doctor.

The tendencies are peculiar because you will stare at your skin, itch it every now and then, plan for how to care for it and at the same time lament on it of being not healthy and glowing. You will constantly feel sick about it. The treatment for it has to be done at psychological level where cognitive behavioral therapies are essential.