Body dysmorphia: Kim Kardashian’s other anxiety disorder

Kim Kardashian has opened up about many of her insecurities and body image issues on Season 14 of KUWTK and one of the struggles she revealed is body dysmorphia.

Body dysmorphia is an anxiety disorder where the person suffering from it has a distorted view of how they look. Kim Kardashian recently revealed that she suffers from body dysmorphia and that she was having a really hard time after the Mexico trip. The KUWTK star even admitted that she was so worried about the way she looked that she considered staying home in order to avoid going out in public.

“I just am in the house so much that I get so freaked out if anyone like, looks at me,” Kim said on the last episode of KUWTK. “Full phobia — I freak out about everything.”

“Why do I subject myself to being seen?” she continued. “Why don’t I just stay at home?”

The KUWTK star is often followed and photographed by paparazzi. She loves the camera and for the most part, the camera loves her so the constant paparazzi attention helped Kim to get where she is today. That doesn’t mean that Kardashian hasn’t had her share of insecurity after seeing some of the most unflattering photos that have been taken.

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Kim Kardashian had a really hard time after the Mexico trip. While there, Kim had a panic attack while worrying about whether she was even safe while on vacation with her sister and a group of their friends. She had more security than normal but after the Paris robbery, Kim has been hyper-aware of everything around her and it’s clear that she has not and may not ever fully recover from the trauma of her robbery.

It certainly didn’t help when paparazzi started snapping photos of Kim and the rest of the crew on the beach. They were able to get some really unflattering photos of Kim, which they naturally shared with the tabloids.

Kim was plagued with unflattering photos of her famous posterior. The captions were even worse, claiming that Kim had let herself go and that her allegedly plumped cheeks were in bad shape after two babies and the rollercoaster of pregnancy weight gain and loss.

We also learned that Kim was feeling really insecure during the Met Gala, which went down around the same time period as the Mexico trip. Still struggling with body image issues, Kim donned a gorgeous white dress to the annual event.

Kim looked stunning. That didn’t stop her from worrying about angles and looking too wide. She admitted during the KUWTK episode that she was having a really hard time with her body image and it was becoming a serious issue.

Khloe seemed to nail it when she said, “Kim looked absolutely amazing at the Met Ball … but it seems like the Mexico pictures are just never-ending and it’s just making her think about (the Paris robbery) again, (when she) was mocked and made fun of.”

Kim has really been through a lot in the past year. Whether you love her or hate her, she’s still been through trauma and fear that even the biggest celebrities haven’t had to endure. Kim even shared with fans that when she was robbed in Paris, she thought she was going to be raped. She said she had mentally prepared herself for a sexual assault. That’s scary stuff!

In the weeks after the Paris robbery, Kim was mocked and ridiculed by those who thought she was faking it. There were even some really awful reports that claimed Kim set the whole thing up and that it was a ratings stunt for KUWTK.

 It certainly was not a publicity stunt and now we’re seeing just how big of an impact that the robbery had on Kim and her whole family. The anxiety and worry that Kim suffers as a result of the Paris robbery seem to have carried over and even morphed into other insecurities that the KUWTK star has never dealt with before.

Body dysmorphia is no joke. Many celebrities have suffered over the years, opting to get multiple cosmetic surgeries in order to “fix” body parts that they think are unattractive but that really are not.

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Khloe and Kourtney did step in to attempt to help Kim Kardashian realize that her obsession with what the media had to say as well as her own criticism of her body was becoming extreme. Hopefully, with the help and support of her family (and a good therapist) Kim can overcome her anxieties or at least keep them under control.