Selfie addict attempts suicide

[-:Undertaker:-]

Sorry but somebody who wants to take their own life over selfies is, to put it crudely, bonkers. But it's also true he needs serious help.

*waits for the handwringers to have a go*

[Charz777]

I don't know how to side on this :/

On the one hand, it could just be a very vain guy who wants the world to love him and so he used the whole 'attempted' suicide as a way to draw attention to himself and try to win fame or something. Also, if this guy's biggest worry and cause of stress in his life is the way he looks, then I've been living my life all wrong. I go out looking like **** half the time because I'm too busy dealing with life's real problems... :/

On the other hand, if he really is that crazy and obsessed that he needs to take 200 selfies a day and he posts them because he is in need of the social reinforcement to the point where he attempts suicide, then the poor guy needs some serious help.

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seeing as im in a good mood not gonna ***** at u people but as someone posted earlier, he had BDD so can totally understand his actions. few months ago someone killed themselves because she thought her hair wasn't perfectly blonde and had a little ginger in it. think we are unfortunately going to see much more of these cases due to the whole having to look good in ur selfie thing. BDD isn't that recognised because everyone thinks they're a little ugly but it completely consumes your life.

i used to delete my fbook every so often cause didnt want anyone finding my pictures and had to approve any pictures i got tagged in, which were instantly untagged cause i felt too ugly to be seen, I only posted pictures i liked which tended to be old ones! it is a difficult thing to overcome n u may not even fully over come it. it has a very high suicide rate so the fact he has been able to admit this and go on television, shows he is getting better thankfully & should be applauded if anything.

BDD is difficult because u genuinely think you're ugly. every waking moment spent is thinking how ugly u are. trying to change that ugly part of u. u think you're the ugliest person in the world and that u shouldn't even be alive and have no right to go around the world looking as ugly u are. sparks off plenty other mental health issues. difficult to recover from but looks as though he's getting better.

theres a documentary called too ugly for love on youtube if anyone is rly interested in BDD

[GommeInc]

seeing as im in a good mood not gonna ***** at u people but as someone posted earlier, he had BDD so can totally understand his actions. few months ago someone killed themselves because she thought her hair wasn't perfectly blonde and had a little ginger in it. think we are unfortunately going to see much more of these cases due to the whole having to look good in ur selfie thing. BDD isn't that recognised because everyone thinks they're a little ugly but it completely consumes your life.

i used to delete my fbook every so often cause didnt want anyone finding my pictures and had to approve any pictures i got tagged in, which were instantly untagged cause i felt too ugly to be seen, I only posted pictures i liked which tended to be old ones! it is a difficult thing to overcome n u may not even fully over come it. it has a very high suicide rate so the fact he has been able to admit this and go on television, shows he is getting better thankfully & should be applauded if anything.

BDD is difficult because u genuinely think you're ugly. every waking moment spent is thinking how ugly u are. trying to change that ugly part of u. u think you're the ugliest person in the world and that u shouldn't even be alive and have no right to go around the world looking as ugly u are. sparks off plenty other mental health issues. difficult to recover from but looks as though he's getting better.

theres a documentary called too ugly for love on youtube if anyone is rly interested in BDD

Is it a recent discovery based on social pressures? It seems to be a recent thing (last 20 or so years) since self-image became an important thing to the masses rather than something admired in magazines. It's strange how this news took off recently when the story dates back to December and last year. It's quite popular in America and seems to be over-reacting suggesting he's just vain rather than suffering from a disorder. It doesn't help when information seems missed out to glorify an otherwise important and complex situation.

[Chippiewill]

Not sure the papers should really be indulging his attention seeking behaviour.

[mrwoooooooo]

Not sure the papers should really be indulging his attention seeking behaviour.

:rolleyes: idiot

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[Jazz]

Not sure the papers should really be indulging his attention seeking behaviour.

Ok then. Attention-seeker is the first thing that I think of. Either he needs to grow up or get help.

Attention seeking is different to mental illness fyi

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Is it a recent discovery based on social pressures? It seems to be a recent thing (last 20 or so years) since self-image became an important thing to the masses rather than something admired in magazines. It's strange how this news took off recently when the story dates back to December and last year. It's quite popular in America and seems to be over-reacting suggesting he's just vain rather than suffering from a disorder. It doesn't help when information seems missed out to glorify an otherwise important and complex situation.

erm i think first founded maybe early 1900's but there were few cases, there is more now but many practitioners don't even know about it. i was diagnosed with depression (which was true but it stemmed from BDD) because they thought feeling low self worth = simply depression. was only when i mentioned to gp about body dysmorphia that they had a google and said plausible and would refer me to counsellor. mine started before i even got into internet and social networking so wasn't about pictures but the whole having your pictures available all over the internet did create extreme anxiety and heightened the depression & suicidal ideations for sure.

he is not vain. a vain person will take a picture and think it's perfect no matter what. a person with bdd will take a billion pictures (th guy in question) and will still find a flaw. then u become obsessed with it n ur day isn't good unless you can look good. completely consumes your life.

piss off chippiewill, attention seeking isn't even a bad thing

[karter]

people on this thread acknowledge mental instability/illness then in the next line they go ahead and call them idiots, nutjobs or attention seekers. time to mow the lawn sweetie

[Empired]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/activ...he-mirror.html

If people want to read the full story

It's sad that someone got so close to the edge because of this kind of condition, and its a shame that most people have judged and closed the case on him just like that. BDD is extremely hard to live with, as with other anxiety based conditions and OCD really is a complete arse.

Poor lad, hope he gets the help he needs

Errr this certainly changes things from the op...

Poor guy, that sounds terrifying and it must be made worse by the fact some newspaper don't seem to be posting the whole story..

But at the same time, where are his parents?? I think that article mentioned that they were "worried" but then it seems to me that nothing was done until he actually attempted suicide. If your son is spending ten hours a day in front of the mirror, skipping school, and only eating an apple a day wouldn't you want to do call for help a little while before the suicide attempts?

Edit: Also, I think the people who are still calling him attention seeking might have only seen the first page where that article just cut out the most important part of the story so he actually kind of did look attention-seeking.