Gym culture and mental health

In a culture that often celebrates physical strength and the "ideal" male body, a growing number of boys are silently struggling with a little-known but increasingly common condition: bigorexia, also known as muscle dysmorphia. Unlike typical concerns about body weight, bigorexia centers around the obsessive belief that one's body is too small or not muscular enough, even when that isn't the case. What is Bigorexia? Bigorexia is a type of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a men