Dealing with Body Dysmorphia

[RockyP]

Curious about others’ experience with BD. I dealt with it in my 20’s where I got all the way up to 275 at 10% bf. Now decades later I’m in the best shape I’ve been since I can remember, low 240’s and quite lean, not shredded by any means but that’s the 6-9 month goal. Getting compliments from everyone, friends, acquaintances, trainers at the gym etc. I’m def not depressed or anything. But in the past few days I look at my physique and am hyper focused on what I haven’t accomplished yet. All the improvements that need to be made. Totally discounting the progress to date. I thought I was past this but apparently not. Definitely not thinking of doing anything stupid like ramping up the gear or drastically cutting calories. But im curious how some of you who have been in the game for a long time manage this mind fucking.

 

[Nunya]

When I got down to stage lean, I looked in the mirror and didn’t recognize my face. It was disconcerting and not great to look at. I’m a woman and I just had no fat in my face. I looked gaunt and sharp. Ugh. Stage makeup helped but then I REALLY didn’t look like ‘me’.

Most of my life I looked one way. Now I look a LOT different. It’s all for good, but still disconcerting.

 

[Earthworm Jim]

The BD is new to me. I'm starting to look at really, really buff guys and doubt I'll be satisfied when I get to that shape. And I have a fear of losing the tren look. The thing that helps is reminding myself that we are really something that transcends the physical realm and it's a rite of passage to make the most of these meat suits that will all either and corrupt. And not trying to be cliche but I try to remember what matters more than how buff looking I can get on the outside....
1 Samuel 16:7 ESV
[7] But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

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But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but th

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[RockyP]

The BD is new to me. I'm starting to look at really, really buff guys and doubt I'll be satisfied when I get to that shape. And I have a fear of losing the tren look. The thing that helps is reminding myself that we are really something that transcends the physical realm and it's a rite of passage to make the most of these meat suits that will all either and corrupt. And not trying to be cliche but I try to remember what matters more than how buff looking I can get on the outside....
1 Samuel 16:7 ESV
[7] But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but th | English Standard Version 2025 (ES

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but th

bible.com

Thank you for sharing that. Coming off tren is tough mentally, especially if you tolerate it well. That being said more and more people are competing without Tren, usng DHT’s like masteron and winstrol instead. The bottom line is that it’s hard to replicate the breadth and speed with which Tren produces aesthetic changes. But we need to get used to this.