Selfie addict took TWO HUNDRED a day - and tried to kill himself when he couldn't take perfect photo
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Danny Bowman, 19, also dropped out of school, didn’t leave his house in six months and lost two stone trying to make himself look better for the camera
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A teenager became so obsessed with taking the perfect selfie he tried to kill himself when he failed to do it.
Danny Bowman, 19, spent 10 HOURS a day taking up to 200 snaps of himself on his iPhone.
He dropped out of school, didn’t leave his house in six months, lost two stone trying to make himself look better for the camera and became aggressive with his parents when they tried to stop him.
Finally, in a drastic attempt to escape his obsession, Danny took an overdose – but was saved by his mum Penny.
Now the lad, believed to be Britain’s first selfie addict, is battling back towards a normal life after intensive hospital therapy to treat his technology addiction, OCD and Body Dysmorphic Disorder – an excessive anxiety about personal appearance.
Danny says: “I was constantly in search of taking the perfect selfie and when I realised I couldn’t I wanted to die. I lost my friends, my education, my health and almost my life.”
But Danny is not some bizarre one-off case in a world where smartphone and social media obsession is spiralling upwards. The top psychiatrist at the clinic where Danny was treated revealed •addiction to taking selfies is becoming so widespread it is now is a recognised mental illness.
[url]http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/selfie-addict-took-two-hundred-3273819[/url]
Holy shit.
As OCD sufferer, of not as long extent, I can kind of sympathize with him. Hope he gets given proper treatment.
rusty?
those selfies are awful i can see where he's coming from
what the fuck
Kids get addicted to everything these days...
:v:
Modern Narcissus
Are you sure The Mirror didn't accidentally copy an Onion article?
He looks pretty nice in the picture in the OP
Why are people specifically obsessed with looking good in photos that are by principle flawed?
I don't even mean this poor guy but a while back, selfies were a laughing matter and now it's something people take seriously, what happened?
Sounds like he's getting professional help and is recovering from it, good on him.
how does one spend 10 hours trying to take a damn selfie?
It's not like the old pieces of art that people had to spend, like, 7 hours sitting still for. and you had to deal with what you got.
I'unno, I spend like 30 minutes trying to get a good angle for random Skype avatar changes.
[QUOTE=FreeHat;44339080]I'unno, I spend like 30 minutes trying to get a good angle for random Skype avatar changes.[/QUOTE]
Well I guess Ukraine is like Russia's Sudetenland
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;44339118]Well I guess Ukraine is like Russia's Sudetenland[/QUOTE]
What
He needs to take better care of himselfie.
I can just imagine him holding up a phone, people around him are going all "No Danny stop you're stronger than this", and his thumb is quivering over the 'take picture' button.
Don't get me wrong, OCD, tech addiction, body image and such are serious issues. But [I]selfies[/I]? Really?
[QUOTE=Polonium9;44339038]how does one spend 10 hours trying to take a damn selfie?
It's not like the old pieces of art that people had to spend, like, 7 hours sitting still for. and you had to deal with what you got.[/QUOTE]
Taking a good picture of yourself is a lot harder than you'd think it'd be.
hah all that kid needs to do is not have horrible lighting in literally every picture
seriously, light makes a face looks so damn different depending on how it hits
[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;44339201]To be honest, taking a good picture of yourself is a lot harder than you'd think it'd be.[/QUOTE]
Maybe he should have spent his time getting a decent camera as well as a tripod for it and it would have been far easier???
Selfies look like shit because they are selfies
[QUOTE=Last or First;44339146]He needs to take better care of himselfie.
I can just imagine him holding up a phone, people around him are going all "No Danny stop you're stronger than this", and his thumb is quivering over the 'take picture' button.
Don't get me wrong, OCD, tech addiction, body image and such are serious issues. But [I]selfies[/I]? Really?[/QUOTE]
It seems to be an endless quest for approval and recognition.
He said in the article that bad comments on his photos stuck far more, and urged him to continue for perfection.
It's the same kind of fixation that tons of models and celebrities have nowadays, I'm sure there are other people out there like him
[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;44339201]Taking a good picture of yourself is a lot harder than you'd think it'd be.[/QUOTE]
I guess I should take more selfies, then.
just kidding, if i need to see something ugly, I go to the DA Appreciation Station.
[QUOTE=FreeHat;44339080]I'unno, I spend like 30 minutes trying to get a good angle for random Skype avatar changes.[/QUOTE]
I'm exactly the same. In the end I just end up using one from Facebook or something.
That's some serious OCD shit right there
Lmao what a loser with two serious life imparining disorders
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;44338923]rusty?[/QUOTE]
i barely take any selfies!!! ???
[QUOTE=Polonium9;44339251]I guess I should take more selfies, then.
just kidding, if i need to see something ugly, I go to the DA Appreciation Station.[/QUOTE]
i don't think you are ugly <3
Sounds like it's probably just a cry for attention.
[QUOTE=Azarath;44339780]Sounds like it's probably just a cry for attention.[/QUOTE]
Oh no don't you start a shitstorm.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;44338959]Kids get addicted to everything these days...
:v:[/QUOTE]
kids these days, they didnt know. [IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y9DUjdYV1Zw/UMlS_oAxtTI/AAAAAAAAL-c/ZN-r9F8wzaQ/s1600/90s+kid.png[/IMG]
Goddamn, it doesn't help that he takes incredibly shitty selfies.
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