Muscle Dysmorphia
It is a subtype of Body Dysmorphia, as it shows similar types of behaviour of distorted, obsessive views of how sufferers think they look to themselves and others. Muscle Dysmorphia is also referred to as bigorexia or reverse anorexia, often individuals have a preoccupation with thinking they are not muscular enough or are inadequate.
At The Bridge we understand that Muscle Dysmorphia can cause disordered eating behaviours. We believe that a holistic approach involves helping an individual tackle the root of their Muscle Dysmorphia, whilst working on their disordered eating behaviours.
A sufferer of Muscle Dysmorphia may obsess over being too small, underdeveloped, frail, or little, even though they go to the gym daily and are perceived to be muscly to others. People with Muscle Dysmorphia may overtrain and overwork their bodies even when they are hurt or injured. They may also demonstrate anxious or angry behaviour if they are forced to miss a workout. Individuals with Muscle Dysmorphia may use steroids or other illegal drugs to enhance performance or muscle mass. Most will also take a range of supplements such as protein shakes.
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Our team are expertly trained in anxiety, depression and eating disorders and can help encourage more positive thoughts, behaviours and lifestyles. We offer a team of mental health nurses, psychologists and dietitians to enable recovery of individuals with Muscle Dysmorphia.
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We believe in continuously providing holistic, patient-centred treatments which promote physical and mental wellbeing to increase resilience. The needs and wellbeing of patients is at the centre of everything we do. We are passionate about helping people and their families achieve their goals by providing them with patient-centred therapy that is passionate, caring and knowledgeable. We are passionate about sharing our knowledge to help educate patients, families and the wider public about eating disorders.
We believe in providing patients with evidence-based treatments to enable recovery of their eating disorder. We are committed to providing results-focused practice to ensure we deliver patients with the goals they want to achieve. Importantly, we believe results are best achieved with an educative approach and we work with our patients to achieve their goals together. We also believe that follow up after treatment is essential to ensure patients’ needs are being met and that their results are maximised.
We believe in helping patients develop a healthy relationship to food, and their body. Our service enables patients to set their own feeding goals in order to achieve a healthy weight and independently manage meals. We are passionate about helping patients’ understanding of disordered eating, and promoting mental wellness in order to tackle the behaviour.
We believe our services should be approachable and accessible. We give people the best chances of recovery by providing them with early access to assessments and interventions that are provided by approachable staff in an outpatient setting.
We believe to maximise people’s recovery we should provide them with immediate access and to our specialist multidisciplinary team of professionals that will work with them holistically to achieve the best possible results for patients and families.
We believe that anyone should be able to access immediate treatment for an eating disorder, regardless of their financial situation. Our treatment is priced as a total care package that is agreed with each client, tailored to the individual with a flexible pricing policy. We believe in offering finance to people who may benefit from this.
We achieve the best possible results for eating disorder sufferers with a range of problems and conditions by providing patients with early access to assessment and intervention.
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