When did you first hear about Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

When did you first hear about Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

My mom had done research about OC and found out there was actually specialists clinics in L.A. Unfortunately my insurance didn't cover it and we were going to have to suffer but she was at the point that she knew how serious it was. So I stopped seeing the two doctors that I saw and went to a brand new therapist who was specialized in OCD. Now this was the first time that I opened up to anyone in my entire life about BDD, about - well I didn't know it was BDD at the time - but the thoughts about my appearance, my ugliness and what was going on in my head. So when I finally opened up about my appearance and why I was doing all these rituals, I was fortunate to have somebody that was such an expert that she had heard of it, she actually had experienced it herself and she knew about a doctor researching it and was starting a BDD group and thought that the only way I was ever going to get better was if I not only treated the OCD now that I had acquired but the BDD that was the cause of it.