Quote Originally Posted by kindofabigdeal8 View Post
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1.../eat.20828/pdf

The research on Muscle Dysmorphia has been bothering me for some time now.

The link above speaks to the classification of MD in the DSM-V. The article attempts to clarify the nature/epidemiology of the disorder. I have trouble with all of the listed classifications; Eating disorder, OCD, Somatoform disorder. Truth be told, I'm irritated that most of the documented research pertaining to MD has been published by one researcher; H.R Pope.More researchers are jumping into the arena as of late but there still seems to be insufficient research on the onset of the disorder. The studies also mention that only 10% of body builders suffer from this disorder based on pope’s criteria, but from my perspective all bodybuilders would suffer from MD in order to be successful.

My question is what do you think of MD? Is MD a valid disorder? I sometimes (often) feel neurotic as a body builder, but it’s my nature to feel guilt for everything I do; I blame my Judeo-Christian upbringing for that.

For what is worth I pretty much meet all of popes criteria as do most of my BB friends.
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As an avid bodybuilder, I do display some of the same characteristics of MD, but it's not really because I feel that I'm skinny but because I'm just not quite where I want to be yet. If someone had told me when I started training that I would gain 120lbs. and still not feel quite ready, I would have said they were crazy.