We all love a selfie, right? Facebook and Twitter are awash with them, #makeupfree selfies have bizarrely raised millions for cancer research and the most retweeted tweet ever is that star-studded selfie taken at the Oscars.

So it was only a matter of time before the vain pastime took an ugly turn.

Psychologists and parents alike have been worrying about what effect the increasingly appearance-obsessed world of social media is having on young people's self esteem. And one boy's experience could be a warning that we need to stop selfying.

Teenager Danny Bowman has revealed how he became so addicted to taking selfies, and so desperate to get the perfect shot, that he dropped out of school and even tried to take his own life.

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Both his parents are mental health nurses and recognised something was up. But when they tried to confiscate Danny's mobile phone he became uncharacteristically agressive.

Danny was eventually diagnosed with Body Dismorphia and OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and has been receiving psychiatric treatment.

The 19-year-old is an aspiring model and his obsessive selfie taking began after a modelling agency told him he didn't have the 'model looks' required.

Desperate to capture the perfect image he became more and more reclusive, spending hours a day taking selfies. He lost two stone and dropped out of school.

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