(Muscle dysmorphia part 2) Muscle dysmorphia, or bigorexia, causes a great deal of suffering. It consumes lives, it ruins lives, it can even end lives. In part 1 “What is muscle dysmorphia/bigorexia, and do you have it?” I discussed what muscle dysmorphia is and what might cause it. I compared current medical understandings of muscle […]
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What is Muscle Dysmorphia/Bigorexia, and Do You Have It?
(Muscle Dysmorphia Part 1) Bodybuilders have always known that there are some members of the bodybuilding community who get so obsessed with bodybuilding that it ruins their lives. These individuals can’t control their bodybuilding practice and it impairs their ability to function. Bodybuilders called this obsession with bodybuilding ‘bigorexia’. It wasn’t until the 1990s that […]
An Introduction to the Adonis Complex (aka Bigorexia or Muscle Dysmorphia)
Is What You See What You’ve Got? I admit it – I am a Three Stooges fan. Maybe it is because they were on the television every day when I was growing up or maybe I am addicted to my own endogenous testosterone (see www.sophrony.com). Anyway, I watch them whenever I can and particularly enjoy […]