[Vicky.]

Erm..will be honest and say when I heard about this my first thoughts were along the lines of what a vain ****ing attention seeking idiot

But I realise now he must have mental issues. Should be being treated, not spread all over the papers...

[Z]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Erm..will be honest and say when I heard about this my first thoughts were along the lines of what a vain ****ing attention seeking idiot

But I realise now he must have mental issues. Should be being treated, not spread all over the papers...

The first bit was my reaction too until I read your post and now I'm feeling second bit . Hope he's okay.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Mobiles aren't the problem, but the vain attitude.

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Erm..will be honest and say when I heard about this my first thoughts were along the lines of what a vain ****ing attention seeking idiot

Originally Posted by Z

The first bit was my reaction too until I read your post and now I'm feeling second bit . Hope he's okay.

it's not vain/attention seeky at all everyone's kinda 'pressured' to take a selfie nowadays for Facebook/twitter etc, this just sounds like a person who's desperately unhappy with his appearance struggling to find a picture he can deem acceptable. Taking 200 photos isn't the same thing as uploading 200 photos, and that is definitely vain. I doubt this person shares a lot of pictures of himself online

[arista]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Erm..will be honest and say when I heard about this my first thoughts were along the lines of what a vain ****ing attention seeking idiot

But I realise now he must have mental issues. Should be being treated, not spread all over the papers...

He wants it in the Press

He was was on TV yesterday morning
and is better now
he is trying to help others that do the same kind of thing
it was a mental problem
now he is older and wiser.

[Kyle]

That's the sort of behaviour a person with BDD might go through. Very few get help though because as evidenced on here, the immediate thought of people is 'oh that person is vain'.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Kyle

That's the sort of behaviour a person with BDD might go through. Very few get help though because as evidenced on here, the immediate thought of people is 'oh that person is vain'.

..I read that's what he has and is talking about it all to help others with the same disorder...

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..I read that's what he has and is talking about it all to help others with the same disorder...

Good on him. It affects up to 2% of the population and most suffer in silence for fear of being disregarded as vain and pathetic. I'm on one of the most incapacitated spectrums of this disorder, I sympathise with this lad greatly and I'm glad he's put his head above the parapet.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Kyle

Good on him. It affects up to 2% of the population and most suffer in silence for fear of being disregarded as vain and pathetic. I'm on one of the most incapacitated spectrums of this disorder, I sympathise with this lad greatly and I'm glad he's put his head above the parapet.

..I agree with you, it's commendable that he's trying to help others and in doing that, laying himself open to personal criticism and scrutiny which does happen..it's always sad to see people unable/incapable of seeing what others see when they look in the mirror and must be an awful disorder to function with...