Body Image and the gay commuinity

as opposed to the same deaths that is caused by anorexia nervosa and bullimia? haha.

 

I'm talking about healthy diet and exercise, not excess in either extreme.

 

I did a project on the modern day anorexic and gay men are number two in the largest populations of anorexics right behind women ages 16-24.

 

Is this an international thing? or just the US?

 

I did my project just on just the US. I'm not sure how common E.D's in gay men are elsewhere...

 

I don't know about the whole vanity or issues others may face. But speaking for myself, its safe to say I have a HORRIBLE self image heh. I'm never satisfied with how I look, and I never believe people when they tell me I don't look that bad.

 

Here's something from my profession.

NANDA Definition: Confusion in mental picture of one’s physical self

Body image is the attitude a person has about the actual or perceived structure or function of all or part of his or her body. This attitude is dynamic and is altered through interaction with other persons and situations and influenced by age and developmental level. As an important part of one’s self-concept, body image disturbance can have profound impact on how individuals view their overall selves.

Throughout the life span, body image changes as a matter of development, growth, maturation, changes related to childbearing and pregnancy, changes that occur as a result of aging, and changes that occur or are imposed as a result of injury or illness.

In cultures where one’s appearance is important, variations from the norm can result in body image disturbance. The importance that an individual places on a body part or function may be more important in determining the degree of disturbance than the actual alteration in the structure or function. Therefore the loss of a limb may result in a greater body image disturbance for an athlete than for a computer programmer. The loss of a breast to a fashion model or a hysterectomy in a nulliparous woman may cause serious body image disturbances even though the overall health of the individual has been improved. Removal of skin lesions, altered elimination resulting from bowel or bladder surgery, and head and neck resections are other examples that can lead to body image disturbance.

The nurse’s assessment of the perceived alteration and importance placed by the patient on the altered structure or function will be very important in planning care to address body image disturbance.

• Defining Characteristics:
• Verbalization about altered structure or function of a body part
• Verbal preoccupation with changed body part or function
• Naming changed body part or function
• Refusal to discuss or acknowledge change
• Focusing behavior on changed body part and/or function
• Actual change in structure or function
• Refusal to look at, touch, or care for altered body part
• Change in social behavior (e.g., withdrawal, isolation, flamboyance)
• Compensatory use of concealing clothing or other devices

• Related Factors:
• Situational changes (e.g., pregnancy, temporary presence of a visible drain or tube, dressing, attached equipment)
• Permanent alterations in structure and/or function (e.g., mutilating surgery, removal of body part [internal or external])
• Malodorous lesions
• Change in voice quality

• Expected Outcomes
• Patient demonstrates enhanced body image and self-esteem as evidenced by ability to look at, touch, talk about, and care for actual or perceived altered body part or function.

 

I am fat but O have recently lost 35 pounds, im down to 185

 

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I agree completely!! And thats not because I'm queer either!

 

I am a newbie here - I am a big juicy podgy male.

I am not 100% sure if I am gay, although I have always enjoyed being spanked, particularly whilst at school, when my schoolmate would tease me a lot and say that I had a big wobbly bottom, and would either slap it continuously or tug relentlessly on the elastic of my shorts, or both.

If ever I am in the company of other boys, I go out of my way to wear ill fitting shorts, and the fact that they will accentuate all the fat of my bottom, I will do nothing to cover it up, and will always get sexually aroused when being tormented about how big or fat or wobbly my bottom is.

I feel very big, ugly and self-conscious but at the same time enjoy the attention.

I have this fantasy to be placed over a boy's knee, and slapped continuosly on my bottom and having my elastic tugged up and down, and called 'fatty bum bum' all at the same time.

Am I just gay or maybe I just have an unhealthy fetish?

 

you might want to look into BDSM.

 

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you two should hook up...