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"At some point in the 2010s, we collectively decided that men ought to be prone to body dysmorphia too. This is especially common among gay men, namely the circuit party and sex work crowd."
"I am employed, but I still live with my parents. Wagie who graduated late. Don't have any friends or any sort of romantic prospects because my self esteem is shit and I probably have body dysmorphia."
"Theres a difference btwn the mild versions of body dysmorphia and 'watching your weight' a bit that some people have and full blown anorexia. I think it's very much a brain disorder with some physical roots, like drugs can help it, similar to ocd, so not all the blame is on diet culture or whatever,"
"You see all the time in online spaces people shitting on ugly people (fat, balding, manlet, microdick, etc.) but in the same spaces hot people with body dysmorphia are treated like brave and valid survivors. Idk if this is a symptom of the mental health-industrial complex, but it bleeds into real li"
"i look at myself in the mirror tons of times all day. thinking about crooked nose or a weird forehead. when i look in the mirror i feel like i look deformed and when i try to picture myself in my head i don't know what i look like. i can't picture my face. amorphous and seems to be changing constant"
"Yesterday I thought I looked skinny and hot but today I woke up feeling morbidly obese and convinced my thighs had doubled in size over night. It's obviously dysmorphic but how/why does this even happen!! What a wild psychological phenomenon- I've literally cried in front of the mirror twice about i"
"i now realize that normal people don't have a hidden album on their phone with pictures of themselves in every possible lighting and angle so they can look at it when they feel hideous and suicidal and use it to desperately convince themselves that it's all in their head. oops."
"Analyzing countless photos of my self and being disgusted just seems so at odds with the perception of what a man should be. I would do anything to be rid of the aching feeling I have about my own reflection, and I know that whatever plastic surgery I occasionally look at won't solve the core issue."
"Also I remember him saying he has body dysmorphia, which normally from him would be a lie, but he said it in a bunch of interviews. That's sad"
"I've pulled some shockingly hot people so there's a fair chance it's dysmorphia"