The conversation around body dysmorphia is not something I have contributed to openly before, but not because I didn’t want to. Having conquered my own body dysmorphia , I guess I had tried to forget about it.

In my early twenties, I found myself obsessed with how I looked. I had unintentionally created an alternate version of myself in my head – one that was uglier, less worthy, less lovable. And no one, not even my mum, could convince me otherwise.

It’s saddening to know that the number of men, particularly young men, gripped by body dysmorphic disorder continues to rise. One in three individuals with an eating disorder is male, yet body image struggles and eating disorders in men and boys often go undiagnosed. I am happy to know that people like You ’s Penn Badgley, Tom Daley

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