AFTER THE HOUR.
MELANIE, OVER THE YOU.
THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
IMAGINE NOT BEING ABLE TO LEAVE
YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE YOU HATE WHAT
YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR.
IT IS A REALITY FOR THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS DEALING WITH BODY
DISMORPHIC DISORDER.
MANY PEOPLE ARE NEVER DIAGNOSED
BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TOO ASHAMED
TO REACH OUT TO HAPPY OR DON'T
REALIZE HOW IT IS REALLY IS
IMPACTING THEIR LIVES.
JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT
THIS DISABLEDB DISEABL
DEBILITATING DISORDER.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE IT CAN BE
DEBILITATING OR WHERE THEY DON'T
WANT TO LEAVE THE HOUSE.
IT CAN BE AWFUL.
IT CAN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS, THEY
CAN LOSE THEIR JOBS AND IT CAN
BECOME THAT EXTREME.
WHAT ARE THE WARNING SIGNS
NOT ONLY FOR THE PERSON TO LOOK
OUT FOR BUT A FRIEND OR FAMILY
MEMBER THEY SEE THIS ON
SOMEBODY.
WELL, THE THING ABOUT BODY
DISMORPHIC DISORDER IS UNLIKE
OTHER EATING DISORDERS, PEOPLE
JUST THINK THAT THE PART OF
THEIR BODY IS THE PROBLEM SO
THEY OFTEN SEEK LOTS OF
TREATMENTS TO HELP LIKE, HAIR
TREATMENT,S PLASTIC SURGERY,
BUYING ALL KINDS OF MAKEUP AND
HAVING TROUBLE LEAVING, FOCUSING
ON ONE PART OF THE BODY IF YOU
SEE SOMEONE YOU LOVE SAYING
THEIR STOMACH LOOKS TERRIBLE OR
ACNE IS ANOTHER ONE, THEY CAN'T
LEAVE BECAUSE OF ACNE OR THEIR
NOSE IS ANOTHER COMMON FEATURE
THAT IS EFFECTIVE, YOU CAN POINT
OUT THAT YOU SEE HOW IT IS
KEEPING THEM EFROM ENJOYING
LIFE.
AND EVEN THOUGH A PERSON MAY
SAY YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL,
I LOVE THIS ABOUT YOU, THEY
CAN'T GET PASSED THE IN FACT
THAT IS NOT THE PERSON THEY
DON'T SEE IN THE MIRROR.
I WISH THAT WOULD WORK BUT
IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED ILLNESS
THAT OFTEN HAS A GENETIC
COMPONENT AND BRAIN CHEMISTRY
COMPONENT THAT MAKES IT
DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT THAT KIND OF
COMP POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
BELIEVE THE REALITY AND IT
BECOMES A COPING MECHANISM IN A
WAY.
Melanie: IS COUNSELING AND
MEDICINE.
AND WE WERE TALKING AND SAY WE
ALL HAVE A DEGREE OF THIS, WE
SEE SOMETHING WE DON'T LIKE IT
AND CAUSE US OUT NOT TO EVEN
TAKE COMPLIMENTS, HOW CAN PEOPLE
WHO DEAL WITH ETHAT, COPE?
I THINK IT IS A CONTINUUM
AND ADVERTISERS MAKE US BELIEVE
THAT WE'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
IT IS NOT JUST
SELF-CENTEREDNESS, IT IS THAT
THERE IS A BILLION DOLLAR
INDUSTRY CONVINCING MEN AND
WOMEN THAT WE'RE EITHER NOT
YOUNG ENOUGH, NOT PRETTY ENOUGH,
OUR SKIN ISN'T PERFECT ENOUGH,
OUR BUTT ISN'T THE RIGHT SHAPE.
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING.
SO PART OF GETTING BETTER FROM
THIS IS REALING -- REALIZING IT
IS NOT JUST IN OUR HEAD OUR
CULTURE IS MESSED UP AROUND THIS
STUFF AND WE WANT TO GET ANGRY
ABOUT IT ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK
AT YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS
SUBJECTED TO THESE TYPES OF
MESSAGES, FROM THE TIME YOU'RE
FIVE YEARS OLD, STUDIES SHOW
KIDS SEE FAT AS NEGATIVE.
YOU SAID IT IS DISCIPLINE
LIKE WE HAVE TO TALK TO
OURSELVES AND OUR KIDS AND
FAMILY MEMBERS AND TEACH THEM
THAT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN
YOU SEE ON THE OUTSIDE.
IT IS A DISCIPLINE TO TALK
BACK TO THE CULTURE AND YOU TO
HAVE A ONGOING DIALOGUE.
AND YOU KNOW, IT IS FUNNY
BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
INTERNALLY IS SO MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT, IT RULE YOU GET THIS
FROM YOUR GENETICS AND PARENTS,
BUT INSIDE IS REALLY JUST SO
IMPORTANT AND THAT IS A HARD
MESSAGE TO GIVE, ESPECIALLY
RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE OTHER CULTURES
THAT I THINK DO A BETTER JOB BUT
WE CAN WORK ON IT AND DO BETTER
AND WORKING WITH A SPECIALIST
SUCH AS MYSELF THAT CAN HELP
TURN THOSE MESSAGES AROUND CAN
BE HELPFUL, TOO.
NOW IF YOU ARE SOMEONE YOU LOVE
IS SUFFERING FROM EDD OR EAT
AING DISORDER, CONTACT LAURIE