虚拟现实可以通过创造具体化幻觉来帮助治疗身体形象障碍。 Virtual reality may help treat body image disorders by creating embodiment illusions.

一项关于“具身幻觉”的研究表明，虚拟现实（VR）或类似方法可能有助于治疗身体形象障碍，包括饮食失调和身体畸形恐惧症。 A study on 'embodiment illusions' suggests that virtual reality (VR) or similar methods may help treat body image disturbances, including eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder. 通过欺骗大脑，让大脑感觉自己居住在不同的身体或身体部位，参与者的感知扭曲和对身体大小和形状的痛苦想法得到改善，从而提供了一种有希望的补充治疗方法。 By tricking the mind into feeling it inhabits a different body or body part, participants experienced improvements in perceptual distortions and distressing thoughts about body size and shape, offering a promising complementary treatment.