對自己外表不滿的“想丑綜合征”

照鏡子時總覺得自己不好看，鼻子不夠高，眼睛不夠大，嘴型也不夠美？經常抱有這種心理的人其實是患有“想丑綜合征”，好多自己嚴重的缺陷都是想象出來的。專業人士表示，這是一種心理障礙，得治。

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder; but so, alas, is its opposite. As a result, thousands of Americans — including a sizable fraction of those who have elective plastic surgery — may be suffering from delusions of “imagined ugliness (syndrome),” an irrational dislike for all or part of one’s physical appearance, according to a report in The American Journal of Psychiatry.
情人眼里出西施，這句話反過來說，似乎也是對的。《美國精神病學雜志》刊登的一份報告顯示，成千上萬的美國人都飽受“想象丑陋（綜合征）”錯覺的困擾，其中有一部分人已經有選擇地接受了整容手術。“想象丑陋”指對自己的全部或部分外表嚴重不滿意的狀態。

The condition, known as “body dismorphic disorder,” is characterized by obsession with an imagined flaw: An overly large nose, “devious-looking” eyebrows, or a “stretched” mouth are common examples. It can last for years, often accompanied by severe depression, suicidal behavior, social withdrawal, repeated visits to plastic surgeons and “frequent mirror checking.”
這種狀況學名叫做“軀體變形障礙”，表現為過度關注自身想象出來的一些身體缺陷：鼻子太大、看似陰險的眉形或者外擴的嘴巴等都是常見的一些“想象丑陋”的例子。這種對自己外表的不滿會持續數年，同時伴隨嚴重的抑郁、自殺行為、孤僻行為、多次求助整形醫生以及不停照鏡子等行為。

（中國日報網英語點津 Helen）