^^^ me Snowy
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This is probably going to sound whiney as TSR always tell me, but why is there still a code of silence for guys regarding body image issues where there is, I will concede still far too much media pressure and unhealthy representations of 'beauty' for women, but the beginning of an understanding of the impact and attempt to encourage healthier mindsets and bodies?
The point of all this is, why is an ED or similar body image issues recognised in women, but not men? I have been wrestling with the restraints of conventional masculinity for nearly as long as my ED itself.
There are many things I need to work on, such as being comfortable alone/independence, coping with uncertainty and that lack of control, trust issues (obviously) and my social anxiety, but this double standard with body image has been frustrating to recovery. And I believe it is the very pitfall that Toto warned me of falling into 3 years ago
It's all very ironic how important the ways of macho men and gym culture, proving just how manly I am, is to me when I am a bit bicurious lol.
I hope this doesn't come across as degrading from anyone's problems on here, but in the outside world-even on some parts of TSR-there does seem to be a double standard at play.