Do you spend hours worrying about flaws in your appearance? This free, 5-minute Body Dysmorphia Test helps you explore whether your body image concerns are crossing the line into anxiety that affects your daily life.
Body Dysmorphia Test: Am I worrying too much about my appearance?
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We all have days where we don't feel our best, or specific features we wish we could change. But for some, the worry about a perceived flaw becomes a constant mental noise that drowns out the rest of life. This Body Dysmorphia Test is designed to help you pause and reflect: Is this just normal insecurity, or is it a pattern of appearance anxiety that deserves attention and support?
Living with intense body image concerns can feel isolating. You might feel that others view you as "vain," when in reality, you are struggling with anxiety, not vanity. This assessment offers a safe, private space to validate your experiences.
By taking this test, you can gain insights into:
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is often misunderstood. It is not about "hating your body" in a general sense; it is a specific type of anxiety where a person becomes fixated on a specific perceived flaw (which is often unnoticeable to others).
This test explores questions such as:
It shifts the focus from "how you look" to "how you feel and behave" regarding your looks.
This assessment is grounded in the cognitive-behavioral model of body image disturbance. It draws inspiration from well-established clinical screeners like the BDD-YBOCS (Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale modified for BDD) and the Appearance Anxiety Inventory (AAI). It focuses on the "loop" of anxiety: the intrusive thought, the compulsive behavior to fix it, and the resulting distress.
We analyze your responses across four key areas to give you a complete picture:
The test consists of 20 questions and typically takes about 3–5 minutes to complete. It is a single-step questionnaire with no hidden sections.
You will see statements describing common feelings and habits. You will be asked to rate how often or how strongly they apply to you on a scale from 1 (Never / Strongly Disagree) to 7 (All the time / Strongly Agree).
There are no "right" or "wrong" answers. The most accurate result comes from honesty.
Answer in a way that reflects your everyday patterns over the past few weeks, rather than just how you feel in this exact moment.
We calculate a total score based on the frequency and intensity of your symptoms. This places you into one of three conceptual levels: Healthy Acceptance, Elevated Anxiety, or Significant Preoccupation. We also look at which specific dimension (like Checking vs. Hiding) is most dominant for you.
This test is especially helpful if you:
Please consider seeking professional help instead if:
After completing the questions, you will receive a comprehensive result page. We do not just give you a number; we provide a narrative to help you understand your patterns.
Your result includes:
A high score does not mean you are "broken" or that you will feel this way forever. It simply reflects your current state of mind. Mental patterns are habits, and habits can be retrained.
Use your result as a starting point for compassion, not judgment. You are not your anxiety.
Depending on your result, we will suggest specific strategies. This might include "exposure exercises" (like going out with less makeup) or "attention training" (learning to focus outward rather than inward).
If you feel understood by the result, it can be a helpful tool to show a partner, parent, or therapist. It can explain, "This is what is happening in my brain," which is often easier than trying to describe the feelings yourself.
You are comfortable in your own skin, and your happiness doesn't depend on how you look.
Worrying about your looks is draining your energy and adding unnecessary stress to your day.
Obsessing over perceived flaws is taking over your life and stopping you from doing the things you love.