I was thinking about the history of anabolic steriods, and there use. As we all know they have been around for awhile and can get into a debate with just about anything regarding them. So it seems to be documented that steroid use and / or abuse started because of the Russians in the Olympics. Once this started happening and being exposed men of all ages and boys were being exposed to the ability of enhancing their physique, size, muscle mass, thick, thin, cut, bulk… You name it and then everybody was interested. By interested i mean that they figured that this was an opportunity to use and develop chemicals that could “cut” out the effort needed to actually develop naturally, and be bigger, better, stronger!
The problem that has been up and coming with this idea that this or these “super Supps” could replace the time and effort that it took to become bigger, better, stronger is that as humans we have developed a clinical symptom called “Muscle Dysmorphai”, and that is what I would like to discuss.
Muscle dymporphia is a subtype of the obsessive mental disorder clinacly called “body dysmporhic disorder”. Which can be grouped and often is with and eating disorder. Muscle dysmorphia is often or sometimes called bigorexia, megarexia, or reverse anorexia. In my description of being bigger, better, stronger these diagnoses come from the belief of that ones own body is to small, to skinny, insufficiently muscular, or lean and in most cases, the individual is normal or above normal and exceptionally large, or muscular!
As for most males using Anabolic Steroids, Muscular Dysmorphia affects mostly those involved in sports where body size and or weight are contributing factors. The contributing factors are rationales to gain muscle or become leaner.
Here lyes a major problem that most do not forecast or see coming with the use of anabolic steroids that I have personally experienced first hand … the quest to seemingly “fix” ones body consumes every bit of personal down time, every second of your attention ( diet, training, sups, cost, where to go, who to go to, education… the list is tremendous), resources, and any and all preoccupations that are associated with muscle dysmorphia
Muscle dysmorphia can be difficult to to recognize in relation to anorexia nervosa , since the person who maybe experiencing this issue typically remains very healthy looking. And by healthy looking I must go back to the wanting bigger, better, stronger issue. We as consumers of anabolic steroids must recognize that we may fall victim to self interpretive and progressive forms of Muscle dysmorphia.
The problem seems to stem again from when we were exposed to the use of anabolic steriods, which most of us clearly remember the olympics, and body dissatisfaction arised. Psychologists have in fact identified further studies such as excess engagement in activities to increase muscularity, activities (which includes injection of growth hormones or drugs.) spending 3 hours or more in the gym or in any manner that includes muscle growth activites, by the use of anabolic steriods we feel the ability to camouflage our ability to lift or push our bodies past natural abilities just like a person with anorexia nervosa covering up with larger clothes to appear bigger than they naturally would be!
some risk factors of muscle dysmorphia development have been identified as,
• Trauma and bullying: Versus the general population, persons manifesting muscle dysmorphia are more likely to have experienced or observed traumatic events like sexual assault or domestic violence,or to have sustained adolescent bullying and ridicule for perceived deficiencies such as smallness, weakness, poor athleticism, or intellectual inferiority.Increased body mass may seem to reduce the threat of further mistreatment.
• Sociopsychological traits: Low self-esteem associates with higher levels of body dissatisfaction and of muscle dysmorphia.Increased body size or muscularity may seem to enhance the masculine identity.
• Media exposure: As Western media emphasize physical attractiveness, some marketing campaigns now exploit male body-image insecurities .Such media provoke bodily comparisons and pressure individuals to conform, yet increase the gap between men’s perceptions of their own muscularity versus their desired muscularity.In college-aged men, a strong predictor of a muscularity quest is internalization of the idealized male bodies depicted in media.
• Athletic involvement: Athletes tend to share some psychological factors that may predispose to muscle dysmorphia, factors including high levels of competitiveness, need for control, and perfectionism, and athletes tend to be more critical of their own bodies and body weight.Athletes who also fail to achieve performance standards may resort to the extreme body-modifying measures of muscle dysmorphia.Involvement in sports where size, strength, and weight raise competitive advantage or lessen disadvantage, associates with muscle dysmorphia.Athletic ideals reinforce the social ideal of muscularity.Conversely, those already disposed to muscle dysmorphia may be more likely to participate in such sports.
Gentleman please be aware of your health and safety! I highly encourage anybody and everybody to be safe and do the right thing for your body!
*notes used to produce this article are from wikipedia
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