![]() ![]() This story resonates for many people with BDD who as children were bullied for being slightly different because of small stature, for example, or bat ears, acne, specific learning difficulties, sexuality and so on. He sees himself reflected in the lake, a beautiful swan… ahhh! ![]() Instead of attack he finds acceptance and even admiration. With every expectation of being killed or humiliated, he approaches a group of swans. cognitive behaviour therapy with or without an SSRI anti-depressant!). After surviving his first winter, he eventually embarks on an experiment to test out his fears (i.e. He was not shown much kindness in the wider world either. In the original Ugly Duckling story, the Duckling was regarded as “different” from the rest of the brood and was mercilessly rejected and bullied by them – he was after all a swan. However, this cartoon has another layer to it.įables however often have a dark undertone (at least before being Disneyfied). We thought that the cartoonist had misunderstood the nature of BDD, which is of course defined as a preoccupation and marked distress with a perceived defect which is not noticeable to others. ![]() When we first saw this cartoon, we groaned. Reproduced by kind permission of Private Eye magazine and Len Hawkins ![]()
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