I'm a five foot six guy that has been very skinny his whole life. I've got the legs of a ten year old kid. My BMI might be 18.4 on a good day. I'm 118 pounds. I've been made fun of back in the day for being a tooth pick.

You'd be surprised to find that your in a safer spot because I'm sure you dont want guys telling you if you under 140 pounds your manhood is gone.

Now here's the crazy part.... Ready for this... I'm in my thirties and it took about 15 years of exercise and I'm not huge but again I fluctuate between 118 to 127 pounds. It's just how I'm built.

What I can control is the work I put in to get the body I can get per my genetics.

I'm stronger thanost of anyone my.size and I also train grappling/wrestling and everyone seems to always ask how much I weigh and it's only because I still rag doll them.

My strength is unmatched for how small I am. I'm super shredded and kinda like spidermans build with spidermans strength.

Now, I've had a few guys back in the day make fun of me but what I didn't know until college was I'm actually very above average in the manhood department and especially being a short guy. Maybe to much info but I'm like 7.5 inches on a good day. I've come to realize that I'm a grower and I remember not really feeling confident about this because I was always concerned with what people could see (the skinny bones) rather then what they couldn't see.

So years later I've learned to accept the things I can't change like never being above 130 pounds but accept the things I'm given like a big ol dick for my skeletal frame.

I'm not trying to brag in anyway because truthfully the hardest part in getting laid is making the other person comfortable. It's definitely a challenge because of heightism nowadays and being shamed for being a skinny guy and sometimes smaller then the woman id like to date BUT when they see my above average hog they're eyes drop a bit.

So all in all this might sound like a weird comment/post but that's what body dysmorphia is. We humans look at our bodies in shame or like we have a dysfunction and maybe we do see our bodies as not the average but you have to find something within or on yourself that is above average. I do think that I'm super lucky for my nice dick and I say that as humble as possible because I've never been a big dick energy guy.

I'm more of a Keanu reeves, humble, I'll e that fly on the wall guy lurking in his own shadows but I've come to realize I love my body and I don't care if people dislike my body because the real gold is in my pants.

So maybe you want to be thinner and maybe that might.never happen BUT look at.one of your attributes that is above average and use it to your advantage. Moreover, maybe you have beautiful hair so grow it out and flaunt it. Maybe you have really well constructed arms, so wear a bit of a fighter shirt to show your shape. Someone out there is going to visibly appreciate that part of your body. Maybe you have beautiful teeth and a beautiful smile so use that to your advantage and try to dial back your feelings about you size.

Take it from me, being skinny and gaining weight seems much harder then being able to sculpt a larger frame into a smaller one. This is what you are doing when your larger, you look at yourself like a sculpture and ask yourself what do you.need to take away to get the sculpture you want. If you want to be skinny, find out where your body keeps more of the fat. If.you.have bigger legs then start running, bigger arms then start doing the rope exercises where you shake the ropes, bigger stomach then get on some ab exercises and sculpt down to a reasonable version of skinny.

I hope this makes you feel better. I've had body dysmorphia most my life AND until a few years ago I've really been in a dark place.

Now I'm super happy because of what I know I have to offer BUT I'm staying humble and trying to help others.

I'm really contemplating on trying to create a business in this field of body dysmorphia because I think it's a huge problem that is growing and it would be a great mission to help others see what they have to offer as well as place them on a good program to help them reach realistic goals.

There's a lot more I could add but I can barely write more since I've also been dealing with lots of nausea.

I quit smoking cannabis 3 weeks ago and mainly joined reddit to engage with the community to help with my cannabis withdrawals.

Now I'm here thinking this is what I'm suppose to do with my life. For some reason I think body dysmorphia is my calling. I had it, I helped myself conquer it to the best of my ability and resources, and now I'm here to help people get back to loving themselves but also helping them realize what is possible and what is not. Pm me if you have any questions or.feel free to comment. In closing, body dysmorphia is our minds telling us we are weird or.differnet from the average or what we see on TV SO of course the discussions we have will feel weird at first. We must feel comfortable enough in our own skin to face these realities so we can move forward and talk about it.

Hope this helps!