Disorder affects people overweight or suffering from anorexia. Subject is treated as psychological problem

Problem increasingly common in modern society, especially among young people, the distorted body self-image is one psychological disorder that the person does not see as it really is, as compared to their weight or appearance, but only in the psychological field. This problem is more common, unfortunately, because of the massive exposure of deceptive beauty standards that the big brands convey in their advertising campaigns, parades, music, etc.

In this increasingly demanding and ruthless scenario, the distortion of body self-image has gained increasing space in the medical field and especially psychological, after all one does not have any vision problems and distortion occurs only in your mind. Typically is a disorder associated with excess weight, but there have been cases of anorexia that can also be related to the distortion of self-image. Experts say it is important that family and friends warn the person who is losing too much weight or gaining a lot of weight, and believes that everything is normal.

The key point of the matter is the person is not aware that you are living a difficult time, so do not accept the real condition of your body. As a result, does not seek medical help and not try to change their habits to improve the physical condition apparently … Everything is normal and should remain so. What usually happens is that as a result of being overweight or anorexia, other health problems can develop in the body, as very serious heart disease. Only in these cases, the person who suffers body self-image distortion just looking for a doctor.

The best treatment to treat the body self-image distortion is to look for a psychotherapist who will perform positive reinforcement procedures as well as other psychological techniques to the patient. Already prescription drugs is permitted only in very severe cases.

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