Who here has body dysmorphic disorder??

[PatBateman3]

People will tell me that I look great, or look big, etc. but when I look down at my body I see a fat slob even though I'm getting pretty cut right now. It could be BDD or just me being hard on myself, but wondering how other bros feel about this....Perhaps it's the reason some of us get into gear in the first place?

 

[wellbilt]

i feel the same way bro
i think we all have alittle dysmorphia in us !

 

[gymratforlife]

lol there is actually such a thing.

 

[rpol]

If you didn't you wouldn't be into bodybuilding I think thats a reason meny start then the fever catches them, and the Iron calls to them and they make it their new lifestyle, or maybe I am sicker than the rest of you

 

[Tux]

I'd say most of us on this board have some degree of it. I've put on roughly 60lbs of solid muscle in the last 4 years, and still feel small, flabby, and weak. Even when I realize people are staring at me and they ask if I do this competitively, I tend to think they're joking. It's all good though, it's just more motivation to keep making progress, as long as I continue to be better than I was, I'm happy enough.

 

[marqui77]

I think most of us on here have it otherwise we wouldnt be juicing, since most of us on here dont compete in organised sports. When I say sports I would exclude bodybuilding, since the whole sport is based on body image.

 

[dsh89]

I think most all of us do, that is what drives us to getting bigger and leaner. I know I do not ever feel 100% satisfied with the way I look. The compliments I get when I go out help, but are never enough to me.

 

[slat1]

I have it. Right now I am 6'3" 245 around 10% bf. Somedays I feel like a skinny bitch. Others I feel like a fat slob. If I see a picture of myself I always think "I wish I looked like that" and its me!! WTF.
*Thats me in my avatar btw...

 

[sweed]

fuckin a.... im skinny and fat. 6'2'' at 250+ around 12-13% = skinny fatass, lol.
i hope to think less after this cycle. can't wait til diet to get really low bf... that means ill be getting more and more skinny and fat !

 

[ruggermu]

I didn't know there was a name for it but yeah. I'm always hardest on myself . I've had quite a few people mention how much bigger I look but I look in the mirror and don't see much difference. Ah well, I guess that may just be the motivation I need.

 

[Tweakle]

guilty, I'm a skinny little guy with a gut and tiny arms.. lol.

 

[fbodyguy02]

We definatly suffer form this disorder to some degree (some more than others), other wise we wouldnt be weight training or juicing.....just my 2 cents.

 

[Apexx]

I don't have dysmorphia, I use AAS for the health benefits

 

[VeniceMscl]

yeah, I have big-arexia.

 

[Makavelli]

All good BB's have this. It's what makes us what we are. The media tries to make a whole disease out of it. Yeah, I have it and I love it...

 

[asianlover]

of course we dont see thing the same way others do. when someone looks at us they see us the way we are, usually pretty damn big and nicely cut, but as bobybuilders we mostly see our weaknesses. thats why we are constantly improving our bodies. people may look and me and say, "damn those ares are fricken huge" but when i look in the miror all i see is i need higher peeks and more separation. we are constantly in copotiction with ourselves, thats why we get to the level that we do. if we were only comparing ourself to the people we know are see everyday them most of us would have stoped working out long ago. compared to the average guy, i look amazing, most average guys would love to have the body i have built, but im not satisfied with that. i want to go as far as i can not as far as he can.