Anyone else fully aware they have BDD (Body Dysmorphic Disorder)

[Youngshredder]

?brb not wearing clothes unless they feel tight??
I only wear clothes unless they're baggy so no-one can tell my small ness. Brb I wear hoodies everywhere I go including church.

[Ambugaton]

Haven't trained upper body in a couple weeks due to an injured shoulder and I already feel like I look like I've never lifted a weight in my life, gawwwwd.

[ironpump22]

Need a bit of this for being a real bodybuilder otherwise you won't be super picky about bringing up lagging bodyparts. You shouldn't think of yourself as too small, but rather lacking in specific muscle areas. I know that I have already achieved more than the average person by stepping on stage, but now I see bodybuilding as a pursuit of fine-tuning my physique and becoming bigger and more balanced. Especially since I have not reached my genetic potential as a natural bodybuilder by any means.
If you don't have at least a little bit of Dysmorphic disorder or NPD (narcissistic personality disorder), you are probably not a hardcore bodybuilder in my opinion.

bodybuilding rocks

[DMere123]

Haven't trained upper body in a couple weeks due to an injured shoulder and I already feel like I look like I've never lifted a weight in my life, gawwwwd.

Worst feel in the world not being able to train due to injury/illness.

[Lexodus]

i was down for a week several weeks ago...no gym and only soup/bread/yogurt/bannanas. lost 10lbs, felt weak as **** in gym, felt small, stressed hard. but now that im back in action its ok, my muscle dysmorphia has gone away for now

[KyleSty1e]

i was down for a week several weeks ago...no gym and only soup/bread/yogurt/bannanas. lost 10lbs, felt weak as **** in gym, felt small, stressed hard. but now that im back in action its ok, my muscle dysmorphia has gone away for now

Haven't seen you in a while bro. Glad your back on it. Girl situation got you messed up?

[LucasDavenport]

So much feels in this thread. Before I Misc'd I never had any of this paranoia. I was home this past week visiting family. Ran into some friends I haven't seen in about a year. I've added about 17-20lbs of lean mass in that time and some of my friends were like "holy fuk man...been hitting the gym?"....I'm like "I don't even look like I lift *******". lmao. feelsbadman.

[urfavorite]

Brb can't go out unless clothes are tight
Brb feeling muscles all day to make sure they're still hard/there
Brb freaking the fu*k out when you're biceps feel soft
Brb lose a few pounds due to sickness, feel suicidal



Come on BDD brahs, don't be shy.

stats 6ft2 180 lbs

do u even lift

[DMere123]

stats 6ft2 180 lbs

do u even lift

Weigh less now actually, been sick lately and lost a bunch of weight.
Probably why im feeling even more BDD at the moment than usual.


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You frauding on weight brah?

[DMere123]

So much feels in this thread. Before I Misc'd I never had any of this paranoia. I was home this past week visiting family. Ran into some friends I haven't seen in about a year. I've added about 17-20lbs of lean mass in that time and some of my friends were like "holy fuk man...been hitting the gym?"....I'm like "I don't even look like I lift *******". lmao. feelsbadman.

Know these feels actually, i used to be the skinniest guy imaginable before working out, over 6 feet and probably around about 120lbs. When i first got some noticeable size and people noticed i got all the '**** man you been hitting the gym' and 'flex for me brah' and all the compliments like that. Actually made me feel bad for some reason because i knew i still looked so average. I don't know it's weird, its like you just can't believe other peoples compliments are the truth. I always just think yeah you only think im big because you don't know what big really is.

But brah at 5'9 184lbs you're doing pretty damn good. Give yourself some credit

[DRtrainer]

this thread makes me feel good that i'm not the only one.

sometimes i wish i never started lifting at all...

[gohanbrah]

Worst feel in the world not being able to train due to injury/illness.

[LucasDavenport]

But brah at 5'9 184lbs you're doing pretty damn good. Give yourself some credit

Thanks brah. I am really happy with my progress aesthetically but judging from my progress of the last year or so I know it'll take me at least another two before I get to where I want to be. I guess knowing that I'm that far from my goal, it seems hard to fathom that normal people might think I look big now. My arms are only 15.5"s at about 13% bf. So definitely not "big" by Misc standards.

[WIJG]

plan my workouts to be structured to what im going to do,

i never train chest and bis on friday because if i go out sat they will be small and flat

wed best day to do bi n chest for them to be tight on sat


-mood for the day determined by how i look in the morning

if im flat, hoody all day

Explain this. Why would you look fuller after more days have passed, rather than the day after your work out?

[Yoisino]

-On days I don't train upper body I have to wear a hoodie, sweater, or loose long sleeve cause I feel insecure and small.

Lol, I know this feel. Contemplating getting a nose job too lol. Contemplating not doing that after I saw Zyzz...

[Lee72]

Not sure if BDD, but I look different in every mirror. Some make my waist look ****ing huge and some make it look small. I look like crap in some

[dingobrah]

kinda have this feel, excpet my muscles are small.. but i feel them constantly to make sure theyre still their. they feel good but look like shyt man

brb when my phone turns on instead of saying welcome, i changed it to 'Do you even lift'. (srs)

[DMere123]

Not sure if BDD, but I look different in every mirror. Some make my waist look ****ing huge and some make it look small. I look like crap in some

Happens to me too, look different in every mirror in the house. Some mirrors i don't even look at ever because i look so horrible in them.
Doubt it's BDD if thats the only appearance related problem you're having though.

[Odyssey92]

too many feels ITT

[swiftymcfeat]

strong insecurities

[DMere123]

strong insecurities

So you have no insecurities then?

[b1gsm0ke]

muscle dysmorphia bra checkin in

[Azuses]

brb only flexing in black tinted windows under good lighting
brb seeing a wide view of body against car reflection, looking swole as fuk
brb feeling depressed the whole day after

[WIJG]

Anybody ever get over their BDD or at least minimize it?

[Big Slim DaDDy]

You truly are sad broken individuals.

[tapout17]

I do. Most lifters will have this disorder. I could get insanely massive and still feel small.

brb forever seeing myself as small


edit:

brb finally getting rid of this devil. I would measure every muscle everyday and if it was smaller than the last time i would flip out.

[JaxBrah]

About literally every 2 minutes of every day i try to pinch my lower abdomin to see if/or how much fat is there

[DMere123]

Anybody ever get over their BDD or at least minimize it?

Don't think i'll ever get over it completely but i've definitely come a long way.
Last year i got sick and lost around 40 pounds. Most depressed i've ever been, remember just scratching my arms till they were raw + bloody and going into rage mode and breaking my furniture out of frustration. Affected all aspects of my life, completely withdrew from everyone and my whole life suffered.
Now after coming through that i can't see it ever getting that bad again. Still not great but i've made a lot of progress and can cope better with body issue problems in general.

Edit: Forgot to add i also tried to end it by overdosing on a bottle of sleeping pills and snorting a box of diet pills. Luckily i spewed it up.

You truly are sad broken individuals.

Sure, but the 'sad broken individuals' are usually the most interesting

[dxmt]

[my.self]

i think 99% of u guys itt are just delusional and dont really have BDD. it feels like u guys are just saying these "symptoms" to show how much u care about lifting or w/e.