Is there body dysmorphia?
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Depictions of individuals with an excessive preoccupation with perceived flaws in their appearance.
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TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
208
No
23
35
Raven
Character hides animalistic torso.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
196
No
28
19
Anonymous
A very attractive woman becomes very self-conscious and fixated on perceived bodily flaws
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
165
No
4
12
series_of_unfortunate_events
S1E4: Jules is seen looking into a mirror as a child struggling with gender dysphoria, and we hear a list of the parts of her body she hates.
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
142
No
2
22
The plastics all say negative things about their bodies
Movie • 1989 Report
Yes
136
No
3
27
charcolor
One of the characters is bulimic, and it's mentioned several times.
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
134
No
4
10
Logan Plonski
There is discussion of body image in season 4.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
128
No
11
22
jen.m.denton
In episode Reformed" Amethyst keeps trying to change her form to what she thinks Garnet wants her to be.
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
117
No
24
12
elliottcoka
I would say yes because Ben grows up to lose weight and that is a source of contention and fear for him with Pennywise, that he will always be the fact kid. This doesn’t fit the typical stereotype of body dysmorphia, but his shame and being shamed by pennywise may cause issues for some.
Podcast Report
Yes
107
No
0
11
SarahLR
Ep 90 deals pretty heavily with people who hate their bodies and are exercising obsessively to change them, as well as turning that theme up in body-horror contexts. A few other episodes dip into the same theme for a few lines
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
107
No
10
0
one episode contains a patient who is diagnosed with body dismorphia because he is convinced that his foot is not his own
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
104
No
0
11
onlycallisto
The main character is so dissatisfied with her body that she goes to extremes to become young again, with catastrophic consequences.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
99
No
4
9
izkm
in one episode a character is focused on who it is discussed feels he should be an animal physically
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
95
No
7
24
LoganC
Evelyn comments on her daughter's weight a couple times in the movie, something her daughter takes to heart.
Movie • 1991 Report
Yes
93
No
7
14
Allandrel
A character is coded as transgender, although several characters (including hospitals that perform gender corrective surgery) claim that they are not transgender.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
91
No
31
7
Anonymous
Jaime's hand was cut off and he had a lot of issues with that
Movie • 2017 Report
Yes
91
No
1
11
Anonymous
The main character has anorexia nervosa.
Movie • 1999 Report
Yes
88
No
4
TV Show • 2012 Report
Yes
87
No
6
23
ShannonBristol
There is an episode featuring Dipper struggling with how he feels about his body being "unmanly".
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
86
No
0
19
Mollancholy
The elderly woman at the property is heavily fixated on and profoundly depressed by own her physical appearance as it relates to her age. There are several long scenes of her looking at herself in the mirror that may hit home for people with BD.
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
82
No
2
9
Anonymous
literally filled with jokes about eating disorders and sue forcing her cheerleaders into unhealthy diets and CONSTANT fatphobia so don't watch this if it bothers you
s4 dance teacher is especially bad
s4 dance teacher is especially bad
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
80
No
11
8
ComicBomb
The main character is incredibly thin and the camera lingers on his emaciated frame.
Video Game Report
Yes
79
No
54
19
PanTran
Toko is constantly saying how ugly and fat and unattractive she is, despite her being actually very pretty and just as skinny as all the other girls.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
78
No
48
12
Yes Terry has a lot of body dysmorphia due to being fat before the show took place. He is obsessed with maintaining his perfect body and reacts very strongly to any sort of fat joke.
At one point his wife is concerned with losing baby weight causing Terry, Amy and Gina to go on a comically restrictive diet in solidarity.
At one point his wife is concerned with losing baby weight causing Terry, Amy and Gina to go on a comically restrictive diet in solidarity.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
76
No
0
6
bhaddiebhabe
Abby is body dysmorphic and we see pieces of it throughout the series. She makes physical altercations to herself in one episode using duct tape. She body checks a lot as well.
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
76
No
12
5
BlatantSharp
This is much of what drives the Elric brothers to get their bodies back for the entire anime, after one losing an arm and leg, and the other losing his whole body — that his soul was attached to a suit of armor. Comparing to real life, clearly those who are severely injured or amputated have trouble accepting their bodies.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
73
No
21
9
rachelz
In episode 2 a character talks about not liking any part of herself.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
73
No
26
0
ErisFiestas
S1
E1
No, but one victim's reflection doesn't move as a consequence of the spirit, it might be triggering?
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
72
No
12
14
Anonymous
Body Dysmorphia Disorder is a body-image disorder characterized by persistant and intrusive preoccupations with an imagined or slight defect in one's appearance. This means that the afflicted person cannot stop thinking negatively about their appearance, or aspects of it. It has nothing to do with shapeshifting.
The Deep has serious body dysmorphia and depression because of his gills, and being assaulted in season 1 episode 7 makes it worse. In season 2 episode 2 he's given a drug that makes him hallucinate that his gills are talking to him, and they give him a long talk about how he has to learn to accept his body the way it is. His distress is very intense.
In S2E3 (44:00) Homelander calls him disgusting and tells him to cover up
The Deep has serious body dysmorphia and depression because of his gills, and being assaulted in season 1 episode 7 makes it worse. In season 2 episode 2 he's given a drug that makes him hallucinate that his gills are talking to him, and they give him a long talk about how he has to learn to accept his body the way it is. His distress is very intense.
In S2E3 (44:00) Homelander calls him disgusting and tells him to cover up
TV Show • 1994 Report
Yes
71
No
17
18
RREPORT
The whole Monica was fat haha thing runs throughout. This could be triggering, I find it depends on my mental state that day
Book Report
Yes
70
No
30
14
davida
A character creates an alternate species persona for herself and is distressed by not fitting the expectations of her actual species, due to the fact she identifies with a term for trans women and shares a body with a male character this may be interpreted as expression of her dysphoria. Another character also discusses dysphoria in the epilogue and detransitions in one route of it.