Reverse anorexia

Muscle dysmorphia

A subtype of BDD, described as excessive preoccupation with muscularity and body building to the point of interference with social, educational, or occupational functioning.

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Muscle Dysmorphia

A specific type of body dysmorphic disorder in which a person—usually male, average age 20—becomes obsessed with building muscle to the point where it impacts on his/her interactions with others, employment and his self-image. It is regarded as a treatment-resistant mental disorder, which typically occurs in bodybuilders who, while very muscular and physically fit, see a '97-pound weakling' in the mirror
Risk factors Bullying during primary, secondary school, family dysfunction, perfectionism, severe stress, aesthetic focus and negative influence of mass culture that promotes an idealised Arnold Schwarzenegger-type body
Management Antidepressants

muscle dysmorphia

Sports medicine A mental disorder seen in bodybuilders who, although very muscular and physically fit, still see the proverbial “90-pound weakling” when viewing themselves in the mirror Management Antidepressants. Cf Anorexia nervosa.

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body dysmorphic disorder

A preliminary investigation into the relationship between anabolic-androgenic steroid use and the symptoms of reverse anorexia in both current and ex-users.

Relationships between specific personality traits, fat free mass ... by Kuennen, Matthew R.; Waldron, Jennifer J. / Journal of Sport Behavior

The Eating Disorders Association says reverse anorexia has begun to grip men striving for the perfect, fat-free physique and many of the body-conscious victims are scarcely into their teens.

Our Health: Body-building obsession puts boys in danger by Hassall, Carol; Palfreyman, Louise / Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)

It made me wonder whether I've been kidding myself about my weight and suffering from a kind of reverse anorexia (I look in the mirror and see Sienna Miller, the rest of the world sees Christopher Biggins).

Lucy Sweet: Dear diary: must not open fridge door by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

return of spontaneous circulation

return phase

Retzius enamel incremental lines