Vigorexia - The corporal exercise Addiction

Over the past thirty years, the word has advanced a great culture about the need for bodily exercise, not only just to look good, but also for living a wholesome and harmonious life in every way.

Gyms, practice methods, videos and a expert coaches, are all nearby the internet, Tv and news, to make the bodily action a pleasure and a real need.

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But let's see what happens when the practice or an inordinate body care, becomes an obsession. The term vigorexia, was introduced by the American psychiatrist Harrison Pope, who defines it as an emotional disorder that distorts the perception, that a man has about the own body. Basically habitancy who suffer from vigorexia are continuously performing practice routines, without taking care about the potential harm that this can entail. In this group of people, we may find those who are obsessed with the "suggested models" on television and magazines, and some athletes who have the sole goal to come to be the best in his discipline. They are recognized among other things, because they can not skip a single day at the gym, and often they achieve outdoor sports in greatest conditions. In most cases they are habitancy with low self-esteem and difficulties in interacting with others.

The bodily charm in vigorexia is linked with the increase in muscle mass, and to the endless hours of gym, they add a diet rich in protein to increase the size of the muscles, which are often supplemented with an irrationally use of anabolic and steroids. You can identify a man with vigorexia by the following: 1) Obsession for a toned body out of proportion. 2) inordinate narcissism that leads them to continually look in the mirror, and weighed any times a day. 3) The expend of any hours a day in gyms and sports, neglecting the daily tasks of a normal person. 4) The consumption a diet rich in protein and carbohydrates to increase muscle mass. 5) Self medication. 6) Lack of proportion between the head and body.

Vigorexia is a thinking distortion about the body proportions, and it can cause bone and joint problems. The self consumption of anabolics and steroids may cause liver problems, cardiovascular disease, decrease of the testicles size, erectile dysfunction and a greater opening of suffering from prostate cancer.

This obsession can be treated only by curative professionals, as the distortion is thinking and treatments are often long and complex.

Vigorexia - The corporal exercise Addiction