[quote]Doctor0 wrote:
DPH wrote:
Doctor0 wrote:
Oh, that was helpful!
For the record, manorexia would be if he were despondent about his body size/shape, binging and/or purging, as well as chronically abusing (not using) supplements ? especially the illegal kind.
Wanting to make progress, stuck in a rut, trying to decide on his priorities do not qualify as diagnostic indicators.
manorexia = skinny guy who is terrifed to gain weight because he might not be able to see his precious abs.
gaeveric is manorexic…
he is stuck in a rut because he is terrified to loose site his precious abs…
he is afraid if he eats more and looses site of his abs he won’t receive constant praise at his gym…
if this continues he will always be stuck in a rut…
my post was very helpful…
I encouraged him to eat more food…
the only thing that I forgot was that he may need to see a psychiatrist to overcome his disorder…
one more thing…
f u doctor0!
Well DPH, I appreciate the sentiment (really, I do) but I am still not clear on how (incorrectly) calling him manorexic helps him achieve his goals. As SKman pointed out, he has been through this before on some of his other threads and essentially been told to figure out why he is (as you note) stuck in a rut. Pathologizing his behavior in the form of inappropriate labels, especially when the evidence does not support the use of such labels, serves only to flame.
Of course, part of the reason I reacted to your post the way I did was because my profession has been at the forefront of pathologizing our lifestyle as a whole. Neither psychology nor psychiatry differentiates between our pursuits and the obsessive, destructive behaviors inherent to a diagnosis of bulimia, anorexia, or body dysmorphic disorder. They see us as too concerned about our bodies, too focused on our appearances, and too interested in monitoring our food intake. Our use of supplements is wrong (and should be outlawed), and our obsession with physicality inappropriate. Hence, we must be sick and in need of testosterone reduction treatments.
No need for us to perpetuate their falsehoods, especially when the facts do not fit.
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gaeveric is a very scrawny kid that is terrified to gain weight because he might loose his ‘six-pack’ abs…
he’ll never gain weight unless he gets over the mental need to look constantly ripped…
he will stay ‘stuck in a rut’ until he overcomes this…
I call it manorexia…you don’t…
whatever label is put to it gaeveric has a mental barrier that he will need to overcome if he ever expects to make gains…