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the mirror lies fluently, and you believe every word it says.
means a distorted perception of your own body or appearance that persists no matter what reality or other people say.
from from greek dys (bad, abnormal) plus morphe (form) — literally mis-shaping, first clinically named by italian psychiatrist enrico morselli in 1891 for patients tormented by imagined ugliness.
not vanitysufferers often think they are hiding a flaw, not showing off
mirror checkingcan consume hours daily, yet brings no relief
onset agetypically begins in early teenage years
hidden prevalenceaffects roughly 1 in 50 people worldwide