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Complete Obsession - Body Dysmorphia

submitted by mauz15

1 decade 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago

What happens when a completely healthy person wants their leg amputated?

Gregg is 55 and does not feel physically whole. This is despite the fact that he is physically healthy and able-bodied. Gregg believes he is incomplete with two legs and it has been his life-long struggle to get doctors to agree that removing one of his legs is the right thing for him. He isn't delusional. He knows what he is asking for and knows it is strange. But he cannot help his feelings. Gregg suffers from a rare but genuine psychological disorder - a form of body dysmorphia

Although Body Dysmorphia is rare, a worldwide network of sufferers is growing and demanding treatment. It affects both men and women and each person has a precise sense of which limb or limbs they want removed.....(click the link for the rest)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/1999/obsession.shtml

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