What coaches or peers don’t see is the extreme behaviors and harmful, intrusive thoughts that may be hidden from view.” ...

This behaviour, if allowed to grow into an obsession, can lead to a body dysmorphic disorder dubbed as “muscle dysmorphia” or “bigorexia”, experts warn. Warped self-view Body dysmorphic ...

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental health condition in which people are preoccupied with a perceived flaw in their appearance—often something minor or invisible to others. Individuals ...

Results: Relative to the other two groups, competitive bodybuilders had greater body mass due to fat-free body mass ... that competitive bodybuilders as a group are not more “muscle dysmorphic” than ...

“Oh God, it was just so ugly.” Finally, Tilly is diagnosed with Body Dysmorphic Disorder Shocked by Tilly’s drawing, Mairi suggests that she might have Body Dysmorphic Disorder ...