Anorexia/ bigorexia

[incredible]

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

has anybody ever suffered with any of these disorders to an extent. Where you felt too skinny? or too fat? when pehaps you weren't?

[Pretzel]

Doesn't every young girl of today...

i have felt concious of my body when i lost loadsa weight and people kept telling me a was skinny. i didnt know whether it was a good thing or bad thing...

and god did i have hugeee complexes.

[Zero]

Never really did. I've always been concious about my body though. I went to a boy's school and in the changing rooms, it was more about competition to be the best rather than teasing/bullying for being the worst. So every guy for themself and it was such a state that everyone was more or less on the same level lol. I think females get it worse though.

[Tariq2009]

if i had to choose an eating disorder I'd choose Bulimia. TWICE the food , ZERO calories.

[DJ B4VVY]

Never suffered from any of those disorders but before I put on loads of weight, people told me I looked sickly skinny and anorexic and unhealthy but I was actually underweight. And then they told me I looked fat, now I'm neither of those!

[incredible]

I've suffered from bogorexia to an extent, to be more specific in the form of muscle dysmorphia. I say to an extent because ever since i started training I've always knew I was above average. In muscle dysmorphia the person usually feels skinny so that's where the fundemental difference is.

I think people who embark on such lifestyles such as bodybuilding will always have that attitude 'I'm not big enough' but the extent of the 'disorder' would alway vary person to person depending upon what stages they are at in bodybuilding.

I think now that I am around 18stones I know I'm big but there again i always knew I was big when i reached 14 stones but wanted to get bigger. being ripped(ish) at 18stones does feel good though. i don't think I want to be any bigger now and even if I did i dont think I could with all the extra calories I would have to neck. I am dedicated but my motivations are elsewhere these days

But I do feel sometimes it's a good thing to feel your too small or big if it will boost you to change yourselves. But then there is a limit and you will need to know what that is.

[Pretzel]

^ woah i wouldn't have thought, i never knew there was something called Bigorexia...

I always felt i was too fat to wear nice clothes.... i even wear a cardigan/jacket over a t-shirt with sleeves because i felt my arms where 'too flabby' never wore a skirt until a 2 years ago and that was the first time since i was like 8!

Then i had abit of a bad relationshipwith a boy which put me in small battle with depression at the age of 14.... so i lost weight and had family members comment on me saying i looked ill anorexic, weird... then my mum opened her eyes and started to pay close attention. then i put all the weight back on but with a little added extra weight so went on a diet...

lost the weight, felt more confident found my love for exercise and started to rebuild msef from there on ( rebuild my confidence ) started to feel like i could wear nicer clothes and stop covering up so much.

I always had complexes about soo many things... especially my face, my family aren't exactly the reasurring kind either... and then with the relationship with that boy... i always felt ugly, even if people kept telling me i was pretty. My mum has been the only one to give me reasurrance. and i have slowly felt better... my body confidence has helped me with my complexes.

Everysingle day people go on about how skinny i have become, i dont even like the word skinny it sounds as offensive as fat. But then again people wouldn't really know what i've gone through. I think i had more confidence when i was slightly chubby as apposed to being 'skinny'

Now i flash my body every oppertunity i can, no one can stop me i do everyones head in if i say 'im too covered up...this should be shorter' lol

[incredible]

All the stuff you said there ^ could be said about alot of people. Believe me and you I come across lots of people like this. Some people look so normal and you wouldn't expect it.

It's only when you start writing it down on a piece of paper that you will realise how your life is similar to everybody around you - even mine. through all this you developed the love of training, same here I love training for the same reasons so i could wear a tight t shirts and look built as house.

My one advice to you is do what you believe you should do, believe in what you do. Give 110% into what you do and time to time give an extra 30%. Do something random for a change, do something nice, make someone happy and not expect a thank you. fck any negativity/ moaning thoughts/people that surround you because that's the only thing that can hold you back! set yourself challenges, motivate yourself! believe in yourself!!!

[navee]

yea bro, i guess i have a slight case of bigorexia, plus i wanna start beefing up, then shredding down. I am doing weights about every other day, and cardio the days i am not lifting. Also i am carb cycling, eating brown rice and complex carbs like that the days i train, and mostly veggies on the days i do cardio (maybe 2 carb meals). Does that sound like a good way to get some size while keeping the fat minimal incredible?

[datbrwneyedgal]

Never really did. I've always been concious about my body though. I went to a boy's school and in the changing rooms, it was more about competition to be the best rather than teasing/bullying for being the worst. So every guy for themself and it was such a state that everyone was more or less on the same level lol. I think females get it worse though.

You are right,some girls compete against each other about who has bigger breasts or bum kmt

[RockSolid]

I normally see myself as pretty small, I know i shouldnt but i always compare to bigger, stronger and heavier guys.

[Spider Pig]

going to the gym and seeing huge guys has me thinkin when I see other guys "they not that big" but then I compare them to me and I'm shit, they like twice my size lol

[Rab C Nesbit]

My best friend always complains about being skinny.
She hates it.
...but that's just how she is, and she needs to learn to love her body.

Me?
Although I've not had such an unhealthy relationship with my body, I have had disgusting eating habits.
I'd spend a period of time just lasting on water, and then the next week I'll be eating as many kebabs and burgers as I can possibly fit in my gob.
More of a control thing, than body image thing.

I knew I was manly looking through school, and actually enjoyed it...
...and I always thought I wasn't fugly.

I just wanted to be in charge of when I ate, and what I ate.

[Sidra240]

I have been told by a number of people including my family members that I am very skinny! My mum took me to doctors when I was 16/17 because she thought I was anorexic ......

Although I dont think I am THAT skinny. Yes I am underweight for my age and height but ah well....

[shaycorl]

Anorexia nervosa is not a very common disease and most of peoples aren't even aware of it as it is characterized by an irrational dread of becoming fat coupled with a relentless pursuit of thinness. People with anorexia go to extremes*spam* theasianplace.net to reach and maintain a dangerously low body weight. But no matter how much weight is lost, no matter how emaciated they become, it’s never enough. The more the scale dips, the more obsessed they become with food, dieting, and weight loss.