Men are hiding potentially deadly disorder amid pressure to build the 'perfect' body
YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ONE YET HAVE YOU IT IS LIKE WATCHING PEOPLE BUY LAWNMOWERS THEY DO NOT NEED EXCEPT IT IS ACTUALLY A MASSIVE HEALTH CRISIS AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE SYLVESTER STALLONE JUST REVEALED HE DEVELOPED BULIMIA WHILE PREPPING FOR RAMBO IN 1982 TRYING TO LOOK LIKE A JAGUAR, AND NOW SPECIALISTS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM THAT EATING DISORDERS AMONG MEN ARE SURGING, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE A THERAPIST IN NEW JERSEY SAYS IT IS HIGHLY UNDERREPORTED EVEN THOUGH ABOUT A THIRD OF THE THIRTY MILLION AMERICANS WITH EATING DISORDERS ARE MALE, AND THE THING IS GUYS PRESENT DIFFERENTLY DUE TO EXTREME PRESSURE FOR MUSCULATURE OR BEING PENCIL-THIN OUT OF FEAR OF BEING WEAK, AND EXPERTS SAY ADOLESCENT BOYS ARE CONSUMING THESE RIGID IDEALS OF MASCULINITY WHILE PURGING TO GAIN BACK CONTROL. EXPERTS SAY THIS IS WIDESPREAD AND DANGEROUS.
YOU ARE GOING TO THINK I AM MAKING THIS UP BUT OUT IN SUMMIT NEW JERSEY AT A CLINIC SPECIALIZING IN MALE PATIENTS A CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER IS SOUNDING THE ALARM OVER SOMETHING MASSIVELY UNDERREPORTED, AND THE THING IS SYLVESTER STALLONE JUST TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES HE STRUGGLED WITH BULIMIA WHILE DIETING TO LOOK LIKE A CAT FOR RAMBO BACK IN NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE ADVOCATES SAY AROUND TEN MILLION AMERICAN MEN SUFFER FROM EATING DISORDERS OVER THEIR LIFETIMES OUT OF THIRTY MILLION TOTAL PEOPLE, AND SPECIALISTS SAY ADOLESCENT BOYS ARE FACING EXTREME PRESSURE TOWARD RIGID MASCULINITY AND MUSCLE PERFECTION WHERE PURGING BECOMES A WAY TO FEEL IN CONTROL, WHETHER THAT MEANS EXTREME FASTING TO BE PENCIL-THIN OR PURGING AFTER BINGEING TO COPE WITH FEELING WEAK. EXPERTS WARN THESE PRESSURES ARE CREATING A SILENT HEALTH EMERGENCY.
Following Sylvester Stallone's revelation about bulimia, experts warn that eating disorders among men and boys are surging but remain severely underreported.
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