Thread: Weird body perception

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Wow...that pretty much hits it on the head. Hmmm- that sucks

yea. get help.

That came when i started to become bullimic. Shit.

I feel like a fat ass when I am in regular cloths, but as soon as I get into my workout cloths I feel a little better. Also, I am never happy with how my body looks. My arms and legs are never big enough, my waist is never small enough, and I just feel like everybody else looks better than I do.

Originally Posted by KelJu

I feel like a fat ass when I am in regular cloths, but as soon as I get into my workout cloths I feel a little better. Also, I am never happy with how my body looks. My arms and legs are never big enough, my waist is never small enough, and I just feel like everybody else looks better than I do.

Exactly- when my ex and I used to go out to eat I would see guys that looked like a good size and tell her that's what I wanted to look like. One day I want someone to look at me and say "I want to look like him".

Originally Posted by Soapboy

Exactly- when my ex and I used to go out to eat I would see guys that looked like a good size and tell her that's what I wanted to look like. One day I want someone to look at me and say "I want to look like him".

Ahhhhhhhh SHIT! I do something like that, but I think what I do is WORSE.

If I go out and I see a guy that has some size to him, I ask the girl I am with if hes bigger than me. Jesus, why do I care? I am such a crybaby. :bawl:

In any case, yeah, I never feel big. Actually today I did when I thought this bulk has finally taken off.

On the flip side, shirts I used to look good in (although some would say I looked gay, but I got the most pussy wearing!), well theyve now shrunk and my belly pokes out.

I usually feel pretty good about my body. Sometimes I don't, but I'm sure most don't at some point.

I used to feel I looked best naked, when I put clothes on the muscle just looked like fat underneath and I can't stand tight clothes. Thing is i got into too much trouble walking around naked all the time so I had to start wearing clothes and deal with my distorted thoughts of looking fat

I feel great about my body and I probably shouldn't.

shit I do that all the time, that is why I made that post about people on this site having your back...

what I mean is that I see some of you as big intimidating motherfuckers...

but that is coming from a 5'9 180 pounder, so yes I definitely feel small a lot of the time..

I even feel like a pussy when I see old 'fat' dudes who look like they are 6'0 225....even them being out of shape makes me feel small because they look big compared to me....

That might not make much sense, but its just in perspective of how I feel I look compared to them looking bigger then me, even though they are out of shape

Originally Posted by ReproMan

I feel great about my body and I probably shouldn't.

I feel great about your body, and your body feels great on me...

Originally Posted by AKIRA

If I go out and I see a guy that has some size to him, I ask the girl I am with if hes bigger than me. Jesus, why do I care? I am such a crybaby. :bawl:

In any case, yeah, I never feel big. Actually today I did when I thought this bulk has finally taken off.

Holy shit- If I was as big as you I would be 100% content with my body. Seriously...I'd probably stop crying about all this shit immediately.

I get pretty much the same thing as everybody else. No matter what happens i feel small, non muscular, and skinny as hell.

Maybe a hangup from when i WAS incredibly skinny. I know im not skinny like that anymore, but its weird FEELING like you are...

Stupid brain.

omg, i do this all the time as well

I'm in the same boat as kelju, i feel great in my gym clothes because i normally wear a cutoff shirt and it makes me feel big but i feel small in regular clothes. I almost ALWAYS check myself out in the mirror after taking a piss or before/after a shower. Or if i just happen to walk by any mirror at the mall or something, i stop to check all angles of my physique and see how i look. It drives me nuts!

I tried looking at my old pictures before i started lifting when i was just a measly 155 pounds and skinny as a toothpick. But still, looking at the old pics compared to how i look now still doesn't help. I will probably never feel big enough.

Ditto. It gets worse when I start cutting and I don't have a sixpack anymore/yet.

Originally Posted by shiznit2169

omg, i do this all the time as well

I'm in the same boat as kelju, i feel great in my gym clothes because i normally wear a cutoff shirt and it makes me feel big but i feel small in regular clothes. I almost ALWAYS check myself out in the mirror after taking a piss or before/after a shower. Or if i just happen to walk by any mirror at the mall or something, i stop to check all angles of my physique and see how i look. It drives me nuts!

I tried looking at my old pictures before i started lifting when i was just a measly 155 pounds and skinny as a toothpick. But still, looking at the old pics compared to how i look now still doesn't help. I will probably never feel big enough.

HAH! Ill bet whomever sees you looking at the mirror thinks youre narcisstic.

The salon we have here have angled mirrors. When they reflect off each other I can see my back...and honestly, I love it.

Its just when I see a profile view that it all comes crumbling down cuz of my big nose and my fucked my jaw.

Originally Posted by AKIRA

HAH! Ill bet whomever sees you looking at the mirror thinks youre narcisstic.

I have heard that shit so many times. People that don't know me assume I am a narcissist, when I am actually self loathing.

Its really ironic when you think about it. Every problem I have is in my own fucking head. I went to a party a few months ago with my brother, because he pestered the shit out of me until I agreed to go. I didn't know anybody there, and I was very uncomfortable. I stuck to myself and didn't talk to anyone. Then a few weeks ago I was over at my brother's house fixing his computer when one of the girls at that party came over to see my brother. We made chit chat for a bit which later turned into a good conversation. Later she told me that her and her friends thought I was stuck-up, because I didn't socialize with anyone there.

Originally Posted by KelJu

I have heard that shit so many times. People that don't know me assume I am a narcissist, when I am actually self loathing.

Its really ironic when you think about it. Every problem I have is in my own fucking head. I went to a party a few months ago with my brother, because he pestered the shit out of me until I agreed to go. I didn't know anybody there, and I was very uncomfortable. I stuck to myself and didn't talk to anyone. Then a few weeks ago I was over at my brother's house fixing his computer when one of the girls at that party came over to see my brother. We made chit chat for a bit which later turned into a good conversation. Later she told me that her and her friends thought I was stuck-up, because I didn't socialize with anyone there.

Why am i laughing you ask? The same exact thing happened to me when i was over at my friend's house the other night and all of his friends from his college was over. I was just watching the cavs-spurs game and my friend came down and said, "wtf is wrong with you?" (in a sarcastic sense). After being startled by that, he told me to get up and start talking to the girls who told him i was cute but thought i was a stuck-up and was too good to talk to anyone.

Originally Posted by DontStop

That came when i started to become bullimic

You could read minds!?!? -

Originally Posted by DontStop

That came when i started to become bullimic. Shit.

Ehh, are you still bulimic? I have come close, but never actually did it. I have spit out food lots of times. I would start to eat a cookie, then come to my senses and spit it out, then wash my mouth out with water.

Originally Posted by Soapboy

Any one else ever get this...???
If I don't have a shirt on I feel really fat. As soon as I put a t on I'll feel pretty good about myself. When I wear a polo to work I feel really small. Any ideas?

You have nothing on these freaks

God Damn look who the cat dragged in?!?!

Yah I am. I was doing good until this weekend and my friend took me out for breakfast.
I might have to go to the U of A for treatment

Originally Posted by DontStop

Yah I am. I was doing good until this weekend and my friend took me out for breakfast.
I might have to go to the U of A for treatment

I guess this won't help you for shit, but you know better than that. You know how to manipulate your diet to get lean and healthy and you're by no means whatsoever fat. So don't let that shit drag you down and man up, girl.