body dysmorphia

do/can people with body dysmorphia occasionally really see what they really look like when they look in a mirror? or is it a 'never' kind of deal

to be totally honest with you-dysmorphia or no dysmorphia, i think you need to get some professional help. in the 7 days you joined you have 36 posts, fleeting from intense repeated workouts, to borderline anorexia, to huge anxieties about being too tired to workout and then to questioning body dysmorphia.

im sure you might not take kindly to this response but it sounds like you need to lay off exercise, and weight loss. your bio says 5'6 112-113lbs and hoping to lose some more. i dont think this is healthy and i think you need some professional attention

sorry if this is out of line. my opinion though

i appreciate your opinion, and i obviously get where you're coming from.  hell, im not arguing with you. but i have certain questions and i find this to be a helpful place to ask them. they are the kind of questions that you think of all the time, but never ever get actual answers to. so i finally found a place where i can get some opinions on the answers to those questions and i'd like to stick around and ask them. im not twisting anyones arm to answer. i think its healthier to ask about these things. i mean, im going to THINK them anyway. why not get them out in the open?

 if you've also noticed from my past posts, i openly admit to having a problem in the past that im currently working out of (which i still have questions lingering from --such as this one) and am now focused on getting healthy. so yes, i do exercise a lot, but no more than anyone else i see on here, and i AM working every day on getting a good amount of healthy calories, and am just looking for input in topics that i am clueless about moreorless, and i don't have anyone else to talk to about. no one intelligible on the topics anyway. ive also made note in a past post that i DO ask a lot of questions on here, and i've apologized for bombarding, but isn't that what this site is here for?

i didn't mean to sound snippy, and sorry if i did. i do appreciate your concern and advice. 

nah i dont think you need to apologise at all at all...... i just think you're struggling and it sounds like you've a million things going on in your head. i dunno what you see when you look in the mirror BUT i think if at 112lbs you think you can still drop a few lbs then you are in trouble. i think you are also more than borderline anorexic. i think you have a full blown eating disorder. 

your intense distress about resting and your total obsession about "what qualifies as a workout, or is this a good way to workout?" reminds me alot of me when i was in big trouble. i totally respect that this is a place for you to ask all you need to ask but i think it could potentially push you further into a hole that you are already deeply in. unintentionally im sure, but calorie-count provides some great tools to further an already damaged mind in terms of food.

i think you need to get some "real person" support. some one you can talk to in the flesh. unfortunately these forums only provide so much help and support. i dunno who you have in your life but i think you need to talk to some one.

and again i dont think you need to be apologising, i think you do recognise there's a prob-which is always a better point to be starting to recover from.