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#646 - Scott Griffiths - Why Are So Many Men Unhappy With Their Bodies?
Modern Wisdom
The Ego-Sintenicity of Muscle Dysmorphia
In eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia, there's this thing in clinical psychology called ego-sintenicity. When you're so wrapped up in the need to be thin and to not eat, you can convince yourself that actually everything's fine. You can rationalize it as something good for you. And it's only when you look back that you go, oh damn, I did not see it for as bad as it was. There are very, very few mental disorders which have positive reinforcement individually and socially.
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