muscle dysmorphia?

[SAGAT]

to jeremys and all the other dysmorphic bros: i'm going through that same shit now, it's really demotivating but it helps if people you know (or don't know) say: hey you look big, or; hey you're looking good or whatever. people say that to me on the beach sometimes, makes me feel better. anyways don't worry too much about it, it'll pass.

 

[DrBones]

Ahhh good ol' muscular dismorphia... I can't stand it....
The only time I ever feel like I have any, yes ANY muscle on my frame is right when I leave the gym and I have a HUGE pump..
But lately, I've been cutting and doing 30 min cardio after my workouts, and by the time I go home.. I feel small and saggy...
I'm definitely not even close to the biggest guy on here... but I'm sure as hell not the smallest... at 5'10 192 I feel like a 12 year old girl.... I always thought to myself that when I hit 190 I'd be huge... now that I'm there I feel nothing has changed since 170 lbs....

 

[Thaibox]

to jeremys and all the other dysmorphic bros: i'm going through that same shit now, it's really demotivating but it helps if people you know (or don't know) say: hey you look big, or; hey you're looking good or whatever. people say that to me on the beach sometimes, makes me feel better. anyways don't worry too much about it, it'll pass.

For some reason, this doesn't make me feel better. A lot of people tell me how big I look, or ask me what I do to get this big. I think it actually makes me feel worse.

My problem(and I'm sure for many of us) is that I live in another world than the average donut munching, bowflexer. We associate with bodybuilders and powerlifters. We see guys on this board that are bigger and stronger than we are.

I know that you should ideally only compare yourself with yourself. But, I compare myself to the elite of this sport, so when the twig on the street squeeks "golly gee, you're big," it just doesn't mean that much. However, if I was walking down the street and accidentaly bumped into Ronnie Coleman, knocking him down and he looks up and says "whoa, you're fucking huge!" That would probably make me feel good.

I also think bodybuilders are inherently overacheivers, making them more prone to never being satisfied no matter what. The ongoing path toward perfection will never end.

 

[SAGAT]

wow. you really hit the nail on the head with that post thaibox

 

[gymtime]

Kind of interesting what forms body dysmorphia can take. I've been in the gym for years and I can't even imagine what it's like to feel skinny...or even small. My whole focus over the years has been trying to lose fat. The muscle size while great to have, has been a distant second on the priority list.

Where Citruscide won't sweat a couple bf percentage points to hold some size, I'll dwell on that extra fat pretty much exclusively.

 

[Thaibox]

And I always thought that was Hank Hill in your avatar

 

[Lord_Suston]

I think the worst is when you are training and you know the guy next to you is about 130lbs soaking wet and yet deep down inside you think you look the same . The the mental game continues because you ask why is he lifting less than you, then this really fucks with you when you chill with some good lifters and you think they are huge and you'll never get there, when in all truth you are the same size or bigger... Compliments sucks, it almost patronizing in a disturbed sort of way....

 

[jeremys]

If that's you in the avatar you are not skinny.

thanks

its nice to know i'm not the only one that goes through this

 

[Ingram]

I also think bodybuilders are inherently overacheivers, making them more prone to never being satisfied no matter what. The ongoing path toward perfection will never end.

Word!

 

[theoak01]

Im just pissed at how i carry my muscle,im roughly 13% bf and im only 5'6 and 185,and i wont be happy until everything looks right,i imagine i will have to be about 200 or so before i look close to what i want