Anorexia is a serious illness. We see it’s sufferers sporting rib-cage bumps and missing derrieres at the beach and say, “how can they not see how unhealthy that looks?”.
I suffer from an exact opposite, but equally dangerous desease; I have reverse anorexia.
I look in the mirror and see a young svelt guy, when indeed I’m around 300 pounds. One may argue this is a unique male centered desease. I’m not sure. Haven’t seen any studies on this. But it is real for me.
One trick I caught myself doing the other morning, when oogling my thinness in the mirror…I tip my head down. The eye-level mirror image of a fat person looks better when the head is tilted slightly towards the mirror. This hides the double chin, and emphasizes the forehead.
When I tip my head back the double chin reappears and I then have some evidence that I’m fat. Other than that, I simply don’t see a fat guy in the mirror. Big…yes. Large boned….yes. But obese or morbidly obese. No!!
I’m serious. I see myself as much thinner than I really am. Whence this form of self delusion?
Am I the only person who suffers from this?
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I think everyone does to a degree. Either you gloss over your imperfections whether it be too thin or too big or you over emphasize them. I have never met anyone who was truly happy with their body.