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「想醜症候群」,好多自己嚴重的缺陷都是想像出來的。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.
情人眼裡出西施,這句話反過來說,似乎也是對的。《美國精神病學雜誌》刊登的一份報告顯示,成千上萬的美國人都飽受「想像醜陋(症候群)」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。「想像醜陋」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像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「想像醜陋」的例子。這種對自己外表的不滿會持續數年,同時伴隨嚴重的抑鬱、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)