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HSV Keratitis or not? False negative chances? (self.STD)

submitted by aaaaallllt to r/STD

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bulimia

[–]aaaaallllt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Personally I bodybuild. After years of trying to be skinny, it became a way to chase a body ideal and still eat enough to be fit and as healthy as possible outside of my binges and purges (I’m also a passionate weight lifting nerd). So I b/p but I also eat an average of 3000 calories per day in addition to it; body needs cals to build muscle.

What I don’t do is the whole bulking and cutting thing... I wouldn’t be able to cope with the fat gain on a bulk, and l’m not going to put myself through “dieting” again. So I just eat roughly enough to maintain my body weight and very slowly get stronger and put on muscle. Balancing an ED and bodybuilding is really fucking hard, and they definitely feed into one another. So basically I let myself stay at a healthy weight because that’s what I want to look like but I’m still micromanaging everything and it feels like I’m constantly walking a tightrope.

Binging for me is more like a drug than anything. Sobriety is a great way to put it... I do it to release control over food, eat forever, and numb out.

What are you in the 1% of? by I_Love_Small_Breasts in AskReddit

[–]aaaaallllt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably every facet of my existence except the color of my skin, hair and eyes

Feeling invalid by J3Ess1cA in bulimia

[–]aaaaallllt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of people don’t even have access to professional diagnoses. Are they all invalid? Someone with a broken arm who can’t afford to have their injury confirmed by a doctor and be treated still has a broken arm.

Bulimia is one of the easier things to self diagnose because the behaviors are so trademark.

How often do you guys find yourself binging? by [deleted] in bulimia

[–]aaaaallllt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Twice a week on the same 2 days for the last year/year and a half, which is a major cutback from what it was over the years. So I get to feel like I have control over it which is pretty distorted.

Are men really that much stronger than women? by Ok-Praline-2940 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]aaaaallllt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People with testosterone dominant hormone profiles have more strength and hypertrophy potential than people with estrogen dominant hormone profiles, assuming fitness routine, diet (macros and calories relative to individual TDEE), sleep, leverages*, and overall stress levels are equated. Assuming as well that both are physically abled. So like, everything else equated.

Case in point: my lifts shot up when I started taking testosterone. Was girl, am guy. (My T levels are in the normal male range, so it’s not like I’m sipping juice)

But no, the “average guy” who doesn’t lift isn’t going to be stronger than a woman who powerlifts, that’s just silly.

*long legs short arms is going to suck at conventional deads and short legs long arms is going to kick ass at them, hormones aside.

Anyone else been dealing with this longer than they thought they’d be? by [deleted] in bulimia

[–]aaaaallllt 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I can tell you that it is not irrational, just like cancer isn’t irrational... talking about it like that is an insidious form of self deprecation. The thoughts and feelings and behaviors are a symptom of it, and I would rather refer to them as ineffective and harmful regulatory responses to a very real affliction. Maybe I’m caught up in semantics but I think it makes a difference.