BDD
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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But BDD is when feeling anxious about your appearance starts interfering with your everyday life, says Viren Swami professor of social psychology at Anglia Ruskin University.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
She began working with an NHS psychotherapist who identified she had BDD.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Tilly says she joined a support group with the BDD Foundation and worked with a private therapist to help alleviate her symptoms.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Characteristics of BDD include emotional distress, spending a lot of time ruminating and feeling unable to control thoughts about appearance.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Research has found up to 15% of cosmetic treatment patients and around half of plastic surgery patients have BDD.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2023
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