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MommaKin
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My opinion is I think it's true. I think it always was true, but, maybe men weren't aware that it bothered them like it did. Now men are talking about it, which is good....men have nothing to be ashamed of....then you still get men that are all macho and won't admit it...I think society has alot to do with that though.....
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MommaKin
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if a massage will help you, how can i refuse??? that would be inhumane of me to do so..let me get the oil
vixenbabe
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You had better believe this is true..I think, in some ways, men are worse than women in this regard!
Like mentioned above, some men do not talk about it as openly as women.
I can say this..When my hubby gained a few pounds in his mid-section a few years back...He would shower then grab a towel to hide if I walked into the bathroom!
He drove me insane until he lost the love handles..I was waiting for him to ask me if the pants he was wearing made his arse look big!
Like mentioned above, some men do not talk about it as openly as women.
I can say this..When my hubby gained a few pounds in his mid-section a few years back...He would shower then grab a towel to hide if I walked into the bathroom!
He drove me insane until he lost the love handles..I was waiting for him to ask me if the pants he was wearing made his arse look big!
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NO BALLS OF STEEL
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I'm Perfect. Except for my amazingly small penis...
musclebrains
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Although there are isolated cases of men who are suffering seriously because of something like "muscle dysmorphia," the diagnosis is basically an example of the way psychology dreams up new pathologies to justify its existence.
I guess it beats a diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder caused by an unremembered case of sexual abuse by a first cousin.
I guess it beats a diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder caused by an unremembered case of sexual abuse by a first cousin.
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musclebrains said:
whatz up cuz......
Now bend over bitch!
Zebo
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I totally agree and am guilty of it too.....
What disturbs me is how they automatically want to prescribe SSRI's (antidepressants) so readily. I know they work, but they're starting to hand this stuff out like candy.....
I was in marriage counseling....."you need Paxil"
I go to my GP b/c my BP is up...."you need anti-depressants"
Okay, what do they do? Doctor: " I'm really not sure...."
Uh.....no, thanks.....
My opinion is my muscles and tone give me more self-esteem and confidence. What's depressing is I have to wear clothes all the time and cover it up....lol
Good article though.........thanks for sharing
What disturbs me is how they automatically want to prescribe SSRI's (antidepressants) so readily. I know they work, but they're starting to hand this stuff out like candy.....
I was in marriage counseling....."you need Paxil"
I go to my GP b/c my BP is up...."you need anti-depressants"
Okay, what do they do? Doctor: " I'm really not sure...."
Uh.....no, thanks.....
My opinion is my muscles and tone give me more self-esteem and confidence. What's depressing is I have to wear clothes all the time and cover it up....lol
Good article though.........thanks for sharing
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NO BALLS OF STEEL
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Why are you people ingorning my small penis?
it doesnt get ignored at school or the crafts store
and its not gonna gett ignored here.
kneel down to me.
it doesnt get ignored at school or the crafts store
and its not gonna gett ignored here.
kneel down to me.
I think its definately true, but I dont know if you can call it a disorder
is it a disorder that you see yourself everyday in the mirror and dont see the rate at which you are growing in the gym, because you see yourself everyday?
is there anyone on this board who is happy with there current physique?
is it a disorder that you see yourself everyday in the mirror and dont see the rate at which you are growing in the gym, because you see yourself everyday?
is there anyone on this board who is happy with there current physique?
Zebo said:
Thats it, its all about feeling good about yourself, I think it is more of a disorder if you let yourself go.
It is kind of spooky though that what you see is totally different to what everyone else sees, but this is because they see themselves in the mirror everyday too, and when compared to you, they look like shit.
Its because we know a different way of life I suppose, which is more critical about simple little details than theres!!
Big Brother Val
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I'm a poster child for muscle dysmorphia.
If there are 50 guys in the gym smaller than me, but 1 bigger than me... I'd feel inadequate, because there was a guy in there built better than me.
I think when people tell me my arms are big, or chest is big, or my physique is good... I feel they're just trying to be nice.
Kinda sucks.
If there are 50 guys in the gym smaller than me, but 1 bigger than me... I'd feel inadequate, because there was a guy in there built better than me.
I think when people tell me my arms are big, or chest is big, or my physique is good... I feel they're just trying to be nice.
Kinda sucks.
musclebrains
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I got roped into leading a workshop on this topic last year. It was just an evening thing and I'd been told not to expect 20 people to show up. Instead, over 100 people showed up. It was based on that (mediocre) book The Adonis Complex.
There is enormous interest in the topic and I think it's true that many men are feeling pressured to conform to an idealized body. The question I pose is whether this is primarily an individual psycholgical issue or a social problem. For example, if you read The Adonis Complex you find that, besides demonizing anabolic steroids, it also tells you how to take them responsibly, tells people how to calculate their body fat index. In other words, it's pathologizing a standard it also celebrates. It's so much in the culture, that even the people observing it are unconsciously affected by it.
I have yet to come across a single case of anyone threatening suicide because their biceps don't measure up. "Ugliness" has caused misery for both genders for eons. We're just reconceputalizing the phenomenon as a kind of neurotic ambition for beauty. Should we have put the entire last generation of women who were actively subjected to this on Prozac?
There is enormous interest in the topic and I think it's true that many men are feeling pressured to conform to an idealized body. The question I pose is whether this is primarily an individual psycholgical issue or a social problem. For example, if you read The Adonis Complex you find that, besides demonizing anabolic steroids, it also tells you how to take them responsibly, tells people how to calculate their body fat index. In other words, it's pathologizing a standard it also celebrates. It's so much in the culture, that even the people observing it are unconsciously affected by it.
I have yet to come across a single case of anyone threatening suicide because their biceps don't measure up. "Ugliness" has caused misery for both genders for eons. We're just reconceputalizing the phenomenon as a kind of neurotic ambition for beauty. Should we have put the entire last generation of women who were actively subjected to this on Prozac?
"The rise in 'muscle dysmorphia' is of concern, say the authors, because it can lead to the "abuse" of anabolic steroids by men trying to build-up their muscles". 
I feel self consious only when I cut the cardio and my six packs goes away, other than that I am always confident, specially when I'm on gear, fuck I own the whole place. I don't know what they are talking about skin, nose, pennis, ect, well I have never worried about my skin nor my nose, and never my pennis. Of course the cat calls and stares from woman don't hurt at all to boost the self steem, but I do not need to hear it all the time to be reasure, fuck that I am a man. I have never had trouble getting girls ever since middle school.
I have this friend that is always saying that he want to get lasers to clear up his face, we call him fag and show him no moral support.
I feel self consious only when I cut the cardio and my six packs goes away, other than that I am always confident, specially when I'm on gear, fuck I own the whole place. I don't know what they are talking about skin, nose, pennis, ect, well I have never worried about my skin nor my nose, and never my pennis. Of course the cat calls and stares from woman don't hurt at all to boost the self steem, but I do not need to hear it all the time to be reasure, fuck that I am a man. I have never had trouble getting girls ever since middle school.
I have this friend that is always saying that he want to get lasers to clear up his face, we call him fag and show him no moral support.
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Lord_Suston
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So you mean I shouldn't compare myself to comic book characters, damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was getting sooooooo ccccccclllloooosssssseeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
read that today on the tube (less said about the journey the better)
yup, totally believe it. the only thing i might say is a lot of the article writers know jack shit.
for instance once on a different day (about a year back) they were chatting abou the same thing and a 'nutritionist' said as muscle isnt 'all protein' you only needed the RDa for a sedentary male for optimum muscle growth and bodybuilders are dpoing it all wrong. he's never picked up a medical journal in his life by the sounds of it yet he gets to write in a national newspaper
in the paper i wrote today one dude was saying the onoly way to get a 6-pack is "200 sit-ups a day, or anabolic steroids".....i dont think so (hell i hope not!)
'bigorexia' might be the male version of female-uber-skinny syndrome
but with sensible precautions i would think its healthier.
yup, totally believe it. the only thing i might say is a lot of the article writers know jack shit.
for instance once on a different day (about a year back) they were chatting abou the same thing and a 'nutritionist' said as muscle isnt 'all protein' you only needed the RDa for a sedentary male for optimum muscle growth and bodybuilders are dpoing it all wrong. he's never picked up a medical journal in his life by the sounds of it yet he gets to write in a national newspaper
in the paper i wrote today one dude was saying the onoly way to get a 6-pack is "200 sit-ups a day, or anabolic steroids".....i dont think so
(hell i hope not!)'bigorexia' might be the male version of female-uber-skinny syndrome
but with sensible precautions i would think its healthier.
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