NO BC CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT HOW GYM CULTURE CAN BE SO TOXIC FOR MEN AND HOW PEOPLE EVEN SELF HARM AT THE GYM BY PUSHING THEMSELVES TOO HARD/FAR OR WORK OUT INSTEAD OF CONFRONTING THEIR EMOTIONS

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Aw, same OP - I definitely still tend to read ED that way too. (Had anorexia for ten years, recovered now, my dudes 🤙) A kind of sad aspect is, I actually caught myself thinking, “Maybe if it stops being seen as a ‘girl problem,’ it won’t just be women who care or talk about it.” 🥲

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this is slightly off topic and I know more acknowledgement and normalization of erectile dysfunction in men is a good thing but as a woman with an arousal disorder I find it deeply upsetting bc of how hard I had to fight to even get a doctor to take me seriously. all the meds prescribed for me are either made for men or specially compounded so they cost upwards of $80 and none of them have worked yet either and it's been two years of trying different treatments idk it just sucks

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oooh reading this unlocked a memory of someone i used to be friends with that let gym culture control her life + refused to acknowledge the root being her body dysmorphia and made comments in passing that fueled my horrible relationship with food 🤡

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Well ED was known as erectile dysfunction for years. I grew up with that, idk when it became eating disorder

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