For Cristina Roda Rivera placeholder image. February 12, 2018
When we talk about physical complexes we realize they are present in a very common way in the lives of other people and ourselves. On some occasions, these complexes are more accentuated by certain personal characteristics related to her own life experience and also by the social and economic context in which she unfolds person.
In the next PsychologyOnline article, we are going to talk about physical complexes and body dysmorphic disorder, showing its causes, symptoms and treatment.
Thus, a person can present a physical complex based on two fundamental factors: his Vital experience (teasing, humiliation, rejection by others) and the socio-historical context where you are (beauty models, advertising pressure, excessive importance to physical appearance, etc.).
Besides, there are always other precipitating or accentuating factors that influence the suffering of a physical complex (age, family environment, genetic factors, hormonal, etc.) Even so, having one or more physical complexes can be understood as a normal and logical fact within cultures, although this complex can be determining or not in the development of the personality of individuals and in the achievement of their goals, both personal and professionals.
It is at this point we can find certain gradients of suffering and discomfort, and it is where it must be determined based on certain criteria within psychopathology, the degree of abnormality in the behaviors that the subject. These criteria within psychopathology are the statistical, the social and interpersonal, the subjective or intrapsychic criteria and the biological criteria.
A variant of the subjective or intrapsychic criterion is the alguedonic criterion, which refers to the personal suffering as a defining element of psychopathology and that in this type of subject becomes even more relevant. Taking into account these criteria and if they were met, we can consider that some people are no longer experiencing the simple disturbance of a physical complex if not the presence of what is known as a Disorder Body Dysmorphic.
The Body Dysmorphic Disorder is a psychopathological disorder that is characterized by the inability of the person to carry out certain activities and personal or professional interests by a deep discomfort caused by a physical defect perceived either real or imaginary.
The person perceives certain physical defects as unbearable and horrible in his life, focusing all his attention on them and the possible reaction that these defects cause around him.
This discomfort creates large feelings of inferiority with respect to others and in some cases can cause certain isolation or a total withdrawal from the social and work life of the subject, since he cannot bear that others contemplate his supposed physical defects.
The worry can be limited to one or more complexes at a time, and it can fluctuate its course throughout life, although its presence can be chronic.
Successful treatment involves knowing how to differentiate at first the fact that we have pointed out here: knowing what is a physical complex and what is the suffering of Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
Is about seek the right help to prevent or reduce as far as possible certain obsessive behavioral repertoires with respect to the physical or that can lead to suffering from this disorder which is one of the most disabling within the psychopathology.
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
