People experience their bodies different to what it is
- In neurology, patients with amputated limbs commonly experience phantom sensations of their missing arm or leg.
- Patients with brain damage following strokes may deny obvious impairments such as being unable to move their hands or might even deny that the hand is theirs.
- People with body dysmorphic disorder become fixated on believing some part of their body is hideously ugly.
- Patients with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia tend to overestimate the width of their bodies.
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