Help please?!?!?

i'm really not sure but i was wondering if any of this sounds like bdd(body dysmorphic disorder)?
i stare at myself for about 6 hours a day and in the bus windows i stare at myself and i think the shape of my nose is discusting but when i ask anyone else if its big or different they say i have the perfect nose! i seem to notice and obsess about things that people say aren't there but when i look at myself thats all i see and it makes me look hideous but everybody tells me i'm so pretty but i think they are lying and people at school are always laughing at me and i always think its beacause of my face and how fat i am
my mom tells me its normal but i feel liek theres no other reason to live if your not pretty and please don't tell me to get a life i just want to know if this is normal or if i have bdd or any other seemingly problems?

I am constantly critising everything about my body. Constantly thinking about how I look to others. I would never ask for someone elses opinion though because I know it would be a lie.
I know I don't have body dismorphoc disorder and that what I'm seeing is just gross. I don't spend that much time in front of the mirror because its too depressing.
I do however know logically that there is more to life than being drop dead gorgeous, and that everyone get older and loses their looks anyway. If someone is only attracted to you for your looks then what happens when you start to age? They will probably leave you for a younger woman!
At least I know my fiance wants me for the person I am, because I know I'm not perfect.
I would like to improve my self image and I hope maybe one day I can be happy the way I am.
Even the perfect people look a little less perfect the more you stare at them. The more you stare at yourself the more distorted your view becomes.

Be happy with yourself. Worrying is a bad habit, you need to overcome it like any other bad habit. Try to modify the factors under your control, that is the only thing you can do. From http://mshn.org/worry.html

i think you have some sort of phobia. looking at your self for six hours a day. cant be right. i would consult your doctor.

yes it does.

I know this might sound cliched but its whats inside that counts. Everyone already likes how you look. It does sound like you might have BDD, but you really should see a doctor about it. Mams/moms always think their children look beautiful, but if everyone else agrees with her then you need to listen.

I know you won't listen to them, or me, I have a similar problem (Bipolar Disorder) and I don't listen to anyone. Go to the doctor. Deep down you know you aren't ugly or fat. Go to the doctor and this can be controlled. I'm ugly and I have things to live for, you have plenty too. You might be shallow/insecure/or have BDD, but other people don't see imperfections, especially if they aren't there.

There are a lot of posts on Yahoo Answers labeled 'Am I pretty?' And there's a link to a picture, and the girls are usually very pretty. And they know it! They're just fishing for compliments. You didn't post a picture so I'm guessing you don't really think you're pretty. I might think you were, but without a picture I can't tell you. 8^)

We ALL look at ourselves sometimes and wonder 'Why do I have to look like this?' It's just the human condition. The prettiest people in the world worry about their looks, in fact people who -know- they're good looking they spend more time worrying about their looks than people like you and me. Because looks are all they have!

If you were really beautiful, I mean drop-dead gorgeous, it would be a mixed blessing. You would never know if a guy really liked you for who you were, or just for the way you look. You would get used to having things just handed to you and you might grow up shallow and dull. In my experience, my best-looking friends have not had happy love lives. In general, they don't want to stick to one person, they want to play around. They can't commit, and eventually they lose their looks and they're stuck.

It's also natural for some people to think everyone is laughing at them, talking about them behind their backs, etc. Sometimes this is even actually true! But usually not. It's something that a lot of us feel, especially at your age. You get over it.

You just have to decide you're going to play the hand you've been dealt. If you're not a good person, it doesn't matter how you look. If you're a likeable person, people will like you no matter how you look. As my dad used to tell me, don't try to be something you're not, find out what you are and be the best one of those.

BDD isnot about thinking you are ugly,
its about transfering all your negative feelings (eg exam stress, family cr*p..etc) onto your body, in reality weather or not you are ugly or not is no relevence, the fact that you obsess about how you look is the issue.

If you feelm it affects your life and you want to change it and cant, see your doctor, he/she can get you help.

But growing up this kind of thinking is very common, so may pass in time, its part of growing up when you realise there are bigger batter things to worry about and that life is more thn how you look- you stick with the relevence of beauty when your a child- hence why kids dont like un attractive kids and all "baddies" in films are made dog ugly. As you age you realise beauty on the surface isnt what is the issue, its about whats inside...etc etc, cliche I know but true.

As you grow up you stop focusing on your looks and more on how you are/your friends and your social life, it could be you just havent reached that stage yet, you will, but it needs time and your effort in getting more involved with life, not the reflection of your image on a bus.