According to psychiatrist Dr. David Veal: "Two out
of three of all the patients who come to see me with Body Dysmorphic
Disorder since the rise of camera phones have a compulsion to repeatedly
take and post selfies on social media sites.""Cognitive behavioural
therapy is used to help a patient to recognise the reasons for his or
her compulsive behaviour and then to learn how to moderate it", he told
the Sunday Mirror.A British male teenager tried to commit suicide after
he failed to take the perfect selfie. Danny Bowman became so obsessed
with capturing the perfect shot that he spent 10 hours a day taking up
to 200 selfies. The 19-year-old lost nearly 30 pounds, dropped out of
school and did not leave the house for six months in his quest to get
the right picture. He would take 10 pictures immediately after waking
up. Frustrated at his attempts to take the one image he wanted, Bowman
eventually tried to take his own life by overdosing, but was saved by
his mom.
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