Can a painful childhood contribute to BDD?

Can a painful childhood contribute to BDD?

Jamie Feusner (Psychiatrist, Professor, UCLA) gives expert video advice on: What causes BDD?; Is BDD a brain disease?; What do MRI images tell us about the brains of people with BDD? and more...

It definatly can contribute. A lot of people will report that they've had an experience as a child of maybe being teased for somthing. It may be apperance or otherwise or they may have experienced, say family that put a lot of emphasis on apperance. And it could be positive or negative.Some people that were constantly being praised for being a cute kid then can develop this idea that this is the important thing about their being is their appearance.And so that can significantly contribute to how they feel about the importance of appearance when they get older.