The Dark Reality of Body Dysmorphia

If you or someone you know is struggling with body dysmorphia or an eating d*sorder, please seek help from a qualified health professional or specialist. Remember, you don't have to go through this alone—support is available.

@RenaissancePeriodization @LarryWheels @theleanbeefpatty

This video is for educational and documentary purposes only.
Topics: body dysmorphia, bodybuilding, fitness, jesse james west, i investigated, dark reality of body dysmorphia

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[JesseJamesWest]

If you or someone you know is struggling with body dysmorphia or an eating d*sorder, please seek help from a qualified health professional or specialist. Remember, you don't have to go through this alone—support is available.

[kwerby]

“The day you decide to get big is the day you become forever small” - Dom Mazetti

[gortongirl]

1:26 17 yo is being an amazing advocate. I work in a hospital as a dietitian and work with kids who have eating disorders that require treatment inpatient. It’s such an underestimated thing and it hurts my heart that kids kind of fall into it by accident because they thought they were going to get a certain result.

[biginfluencer]

Still no collab with Jesse James east? 😤😭

[willvr]

This is my favorite video you've done. My gf use to deal with anorexia, and I showed her this video because it's so rare to see a guy openly admit (beginning of the vid) to dealing with an eating disorder. She broke down in tears (happy tears)

You need to eat.

[boyfromboston]

Love the mental health focus, thank you for shedding light on this

[EthelJung-jw]

I have so much respect for Jessie’s vulnerability here as well everyone else that was in the video discussing this really heart warming as well as encouraging

[johubify]

The grandpa at 1:15 really shows you what true body positivity looks like

[Bananabagel]

Shoutout to that 17 year old being open and honest, anorexia is a beast and that was the BEST description of it. I wish him so much health and happiness.

[gregdoucette]

More dysmorphic than last time. Bodybuilding can be dangerous. Be careful.

[hej]

When you pulled in Dr. Mike at the end, we were all like “Avengers, assemble!”.

[town]

Dysmorphia comes from seeing fitness as a journey to perfection..
Once I started seeing it as a journey of consistency and improvement, I started loving the guy in the mirror.

Pro Tip: I wore a shirt to the gym for 2 years. Now I don't wear stringers or show off. I have a sleeper build, and I like that I no longer compare

[leonkennedy]

Body dismorphia for me is losing 41lbs of fat then wanting to lose another 10 after still seeing myself as fat and then wanting to lose another 10 until I'm single digit bf%. The thinner I get the fatter I feel.

[DanDoesGame]

From age 14 to 28 I struggled with bulimia & anorexia.... It literally took over half my life.
That entire period was hospitals, impatient programs, residential centers, psych wards, etc.

[tjitjo]

Surprisingly wholesome for bodybuilding content lol.
Negative self-talk is learned but it can be unlearned.

[KuraBinges]

I remember cutting so hard last year that it was killing me, I was sticking with my diet, doing cardio everyday and working my full time physical labor job. I was stuck at 170 for about a month and never got down, and was depressed not seeing that number go down despite my lean physique. It got to a point where I was walking home and I had heavy brain fog and nearly passed out, and that was my wake up call to snap out of it. Please appreciate your progress and look how far you've come compared to where you started, and always compare yourself with yourself and improve.

[AngelinaHickman-ph]

This video shed light on this topic very respectfully and it’s very raw and real- thank you Jesse for making these kinds of videos especially this one

[moonandmakery]

Thank you for using your platform to raise and discuss such a prevalent issue in the world of fitness 🙏 At just 21 years old I entered a bikini comp. I was so depleted and for the first time ever experienced anxiety as a result of the extremely low calories and hormonal disruptions it caused. I received no post-show care or reverse diet regime. I never saw or heard from my coach again after show day.
So I ate, and ate, and ATE, compensating for the emotional damage and ultimately the starvation I'd experienced.. 2 weeks post show I was 21 lbs heavier and broke out in hives all over my body from the excessive amounts of sugar and UPF's I'd consumed. In hindsight I was absolutely experiencing disordered eating, including before and during the prep. I was lucky to have the awareness that I couldn't continue damaging my body like this, and then worked on my relationship to food and learned how to nourish my body properly, without caring about 'how I looked' and what my body fat % was.
It's a rocky road that not everybody can bounce back from. PLEASE do your research before considering competing and REMEMBER that the MIND and SOUL work of resistance training is equal to, if not MORE important than the aesthetics of the sport.

[NevadaBeatle]

Video Idea:
24 hours with David Goggins

[thedinosauromelette]

“Unnoticeable to others”
True….true.
No one actually cares.
We are each on our own journeys and struggles. We have such a tendency to look externally rather than internally at our own real value/purpose/and meaning.
In short: (as goofy as it sounds) we are all beautiful as we are each unique. There is only one you in the entire universe. Never before and never again. That alone speaks of a profound beauty.
Live well dudes.