Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health.
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GAY MEN AND BODY PERFECTN
Many gay men want a perfect body, but the effort to get one creat real misery. * body movements gay *
But is also leavg many gay men feelg anx about their bodi. The gay media reprents bety and sirabily the form of youth and gym-toned bodi, makg the gay scene a harsh place for people who do not nform to such ials. There is a high prevalence of psychologil distrs related to body image amongst gay men.
Many gay men go to the gym every day. We ually associate eatg disorrs wh women but is mon wh gay men too (and creasgly wh heterosexual men). Some gay men suffer om what we ll "mcle distrs.
This distrs go unnoticed bee is socially sirable to have the perfect body the gay scene. Many gay men velop harsh and cril thoughts about how they look, and n seem like an impossible battle to w. I see gay men whose strict liftyle has ma them miserable and they n’t fd a way towards ntentment for themselv.
PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS
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Whilst the gay media perpetuat body perfectn and helps mata the distrs, the unrlyg disturbance that mak so many gay men predisposed to the stggl is homophobia.
In my practice, I see many gay men whose real stggle is the fear of rejectn, the hypervigilance of threats makg vulnerabily tolerable for them.