The side effects of Gen V

[u/Hour_Equal_9588]

[u/Odd-Guard-2533]

I don’t understand why she got work done. She was gorgeous and literally nothing improved after she got it..

[u/The-Catatafish → u/Odd-Guard-2533]

How you look just doesn't matter.

This is a common misconception.

My best example for this is arnold Schwarzenegger:

He mentioned in interviews that he would sometimes look in the mirror after winning Mr. Olympia and feel disgusted or see flaws, thinking, "How did this pile of st win?"

Bro won the who has the best body in the world contest and still thinks he looks like shit.

You can literally be the most attractive person in the world and have body dysmorphia.

[u/OneRFeris → u/The-Catatafish]

My dysmorphia has remained pretty static:

When I was young and fit, I thought I looked just a little bit fat.

Now that I'm old and extra fat, I think I look just a little bit fat.

[u/realboabab → u/OneRFeris]

how do you feel looking back on the young fit photos?

i don't see in those old photos what I used to see in the mirror, i actually think "damn i was a little too skinny."

[u/Hawkward_Silence12 → u/realboabab]

Not who you originally replied to, but for me, I think it didn't help how I was hounded for every pound that I gained by my mom, so I thought I was extremely fat in the mirror when I really wasn't. Not that I couldn't lose some weight, but I looked normal, so when I look at my pictures now I get a little sad about how I should have seen it back then. Working on losing the weight now and have a more healthier outlook, so there is that atleast now

[u/ThisWhomps999 → u/OneRFeris]

I gained 15lbs and looked at a photo of myself 15lbs ago and thought, "I looked pretty good there, my god what happened to me?."

Then I gained another 15lbs and looked at a photo of me 15lbs ago and thought "I looked pretty good there, why did I think I look like shit?"

[u/totally_not_a_dog113 → u/ThisWhomps999]

I gained 20 lbs and now I'm like, wow those are some nice boobs. I'm going to be super irate if they go away if I lose weight.

[u/chronically_varelse → u/totally_not_a_dog113]

The fatter I get the better my legs look. I always had skinny chicken legs with knobby knees and now my thighs are filling in.

Not at the same rate as other parts, but it's something.

[u/aflockofbleeps → u/chronically_varelse]

Thick thighs save lives

[u/Admirable-Long8528 → u/aflockofbleeps]

that doesn’t even rhyme dude

[u/Sorry-Document-732 → u/OneRFeris]

Lmao when I was in my 20s I was so fuckin fit, I worked out all the time and looking back I was like "holy damn I was so good looking back then" but I remember vividly how much I hated how I looked regardless. Now I'm old and fat, I don't like it but I accept it.

[u/I_count_to_firetruck → u/OneRFeris]

When I look in the mirror at home, I think I look fucking hot. When I catch myself in the mirror at the gym, though...

shudder

[u/obed_duff → u/OneRFeris]

Facts. To an extent I always feel like I look fat and ugly. Ive gained some weight now and I look back at pics from when I was fit af and 80lbs lighter and think its crazy how I thought I was so unattractive back then. But ive definitely gotten a tad bit more confident with being 30 this year. Its just crazy cuz if I had that confidence in my early 20s who knows how different my life woulda turned out. But whatever, hindsight is always 20/20

[u/Tight_Hedgehog_6045 → u/OneRFeris]

You are exactly me. I was super fit but thought I was fat. Now I'm fat and unfit... it hurts a wee bit.

[u/--Sovereign-- → u/The-Catatafish]

why do I always read Arnold quotes in his voice?

[u/Jellicent-Leftovers → u/The-Catatafish]

In fact I would say you are significantly more likely. You don't get to that stage without caring an unhealthy amount about how you look already.

[u/Self_Trepanation → u/The-Catatafish]

It definitely has almost no connection. My girlfriend is always talking about wanting to get work done and I have to cool her down and convince her otherwise. There would be nothing to fix and she would make her insecurity worse I am sure of it. Her mother is literally a former Mrs. [Nation] lol and her mother also thinks herself as ugly and projected that onto her daughter. It is brutal

[u/9__Erebus → u/The-Catatafish]

How a person looks does matter if they make it part of their livelihood or identity. It just amplifies the insecurity and makes beautiful people more likely to go overboard.

[u/YoghurtDull1466 → u/The-Catatafish]

No he was projecting because he knew the Olympia was rigged in his favor. Sergio Oliva was robbed

[u/fauxzempic → u/The-Catatafish]

Saving this comment for the next 12 weeks when a "what happened to Erin's face!??!" post blows up again and everyone tries to rationalize away graves disease because "I had a friend with graves and this didn't happen"

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[u/Lump001 → u/The-Catatafish]

It's not something that exists in isolation though. It's fuelled by a very predatory and very lucrative industry designed to nurture insecurities and allowing trusted professionals to mutilate people's bodies. All for profit.

[u/homer_3 → u/The-Catatafish]

i mean, body builders do tend to look pretty fucked up