Shattered Image: My Triumph Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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Brian Cuban is living with an enemy that has haunted him for over 30 years -- his own reflection in the mirror. Through a series of very personal and poignant anecdotes, he speaks from a rarely heard male perspective about the daily horrors of suffering from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a disease in which the sufferer is preoccupied with a distorted sense of self image and is often afflicted with eating disorders, depression and addiction...

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