not sure where to put this... some of us may have a condition called bigorexia

[bartman314]

i find it typical of todays society that discourages full commitment to anything to come up with a condition that characterizes extreme training... bigorexia:

Muscle dysmorphia: One in 10 men in gyms believed to have 'bigorexia' - BBC Newsbeat

in my case, i do think i'm smaller than i'd like to be, but i find it more a source of motivation than depression. it would be interesting to hear how others feel.

current stats:

52
6'2"
230
~10-12% bf

recent pics posted in members pics. i can't imagine a life without training... that would be depressing!

[Oki-Des]

I think we live in an age where we feel we must define everything. When I was a kid, if you had social problems, or were slow for whatever reason that was just who you were. If you took the kids from my childhood we could provide a list of 1000 things we all had in an attempt to describe, prescribe and define exactly what the problem was. Whereas I personally feel that having a few weird kids in the class was fine.

Of course there is something between us who strive to have a better physique. It may have been because someone laughed at us as a kid, or maybe we simply saw a big dude and was impressed and want to emulate that image we had when we saw them; or thought the woman they were with was hot. Or, the other million reasons that would logically conclude why we are the way we are.

I guess I do not see the problem in wanting to look better, regardless of one's personal reasoning. If it stems from some insecurity, that is what should be dealt with in my opinion; rather than the end result of working out too much. Some people drink too much, they do recreational drugs, they rob, steal and cheat. So for those of us that have bigorexia, I would imagine that is not a bad thing to be in comparison the myriad of other problems one could possess.

[Bonaparte]

I think it is a legitimate condition/assessment (though it could definitely use a better name before going in the DSM-6). How many guys have we seen on the boards who are destroying their bodies with these crazy, never-ending cycles for no good reason, but refuse to come off because they're afraid that they'll feel/look small? Hell, there is this one guy on OLM who was sick and lethargic for months from abusing the shit out of AAS, yet refused to come off or lower his doses because it was beach season and he didn't want to look worse. He was calling out sick from work and worried about losing his job, but still wouldn't lower the Tren dose.

And you really think our society discourages full commitment to anything? Hell, that's the problem with Americans: we go overboard with everything. Religion, politics, fitness, obesity, guns, environmentalism, sex/porn, you name it. We take everything too far.