Body dysmorphia

[Magical Realist]

This is real. I can personally vouch for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4RriAr2AuU

[confused2]

I think I have it .. but combined with arrogance and vanity.
Recently I bought a car. The showroom had super shiny reflective widows and I could see an old guy approaching the door .. like about the same age as my grandfather not long before he died. In my head I don't look a day over thirty so kind of surprising to find the old guy must actually be me.

Many years ago.. when we really were young and beautiful..
Mrs C2 had a friend .. she was kind if 'come hithering' on the bed when hubby (soon to be ex-hubby) pointed out that she looked like a beached whale.

[Magical Realist]

I never allow anyone to photograph me. I hate the way I look in them--just this obese old man. According to my dreams I identify as around 25-30 so the struggle to lose weight is important to me. I only look in the mirror when I trim my beard and brush my teeth and seem ok with the frontal presentation there. Otherwise I don't look at myself as I pass by to use the restroom. I have a purple motion-activated nightlight in the bathroom that keeps it dimly lit in there. Just part of the daily logistics of BDD.

[confused2]

I have the advantage of a wife that tells me to shut up whenever I start moaning about being old .. so 'being old' isn't a permitted thought. It is (apparently) perfectly normal for women to force you to become the sort of person you wouldn't recognize .. then they start saying "You're not the man I married" .. sometimes leading to divorce and the selection of a new victim. Think of it has having dodged a bullet.

I have the sort of diet that predisposes a person to look ill rather than obese. Might be better (might not). Whether through brain washing or 'other' I have no particular interest in the person I see in the mirror.. it is possible (but unlikely) that I could improve him .. but why bother? Self-improvement motivation factor = 0.

[Syne]

Officially, clinical manuals like the DSM-5 exclude a BDD diagnosis if an individual's primary concerns are focused strictly on body fat or weight when an actual, observable condition of higher weight exists, meaning weight-centric distress in people with higher BMIs is typically evaluated as an eating disorder or general body dissatisfaction rather than BDD.
- gemini

[Magical Realist]

"Individuals who are preoccupied by not being muscular enough or having muscles which are too puny would however be diagnosed as having Muscle Dysmorphia."--- https://bddfoundation.org/information/bd...disorders/

[Syne]

"Individuals who are preoccupied by not being muscular enough or having muscles which are too puny would however be diagnosed as having Muscle Dysmorphia."--- https://bddfoundation.org/information/bd...disorders/

So obese and a wimp?

[Magical Realist]

We all know you obsessively lift weights to try to get women. As if they will lust after you like you lust after yourself in the mirror.

[Syne]

I don't lift, I do calisthenics. I'm not looking to build mass or for show, and I typically only workout about 15-20 minutes a day. I just want strength and longevity (mostly in the form of strengthened joints).
Nice caricature from an asexual who loathes his own body... imagining that anyone who doesn't is a narcissist. No, some of us just seek improvement for its own good and direct benefits... and we have the willpower to accomplish something. Alien, huh?

But... I notice you lashed out instead of answering (or simply ignoring) the question asked. So sensitive.