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Bigorexia

Jeff at eight — sexual activity with an older neighbor child, then blamed by the community. The fortress he built afterward. The male parallel to Rachel Jeffs and Alaria — same arc, different body.

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What this book knows

Bigorexia names the disorder where the male body becomes a prison built from shame, trauma, and the endless hunger to be more.

Sex: Present
Work: Present
Learning: Primary
Religion: Absent

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self-and-identity

Then that became my identity. I would never feel like I looked very good or very big, and I never see myself as big or strong as I actually am.
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I've never worked with a man with muscle dysmorphia who says he'll be happy at a certain weight. Once they reach that, they have another goal.
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shame

If the shaming and the bullying is around their bodies, they are absolutely at higher risk. The boy who is too skinny can be bullied for not being strong enough.
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Men I've worked with who get fired from their jobs because they cannot leave the gym. Suicidal because of an injury that stops them working out.
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embodiment

You're taking drugs, trying to get bigger and bigger, and you're getting sicker and sicker and sicker. They feel empty, useless. That's bigorexia.
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I have the best physique I've ever had right now. Yet, still when I look — physically I feel just half dead, my eyes are heavy.
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