GEORGE Mycock had decided he was going to kill himself. He had been locked away in his room at Durham University for several weeks, full of shame, bingeing on junk food. “Every couple of months, I hid in my room for up to two weeks, ordering food or sneaking out at night to a shop,” he recalls.
5 From six-packs to attempted suicide – Fabulous investigates why cases of male body dysmorphic disorder are rocketing (stock photo) Credit: Getty Images 5 After breaking his spine playing rugby, keen sportsman George Mycock piled on the pounds 5 After starting to lose weight, George rapidly found himself in the grip of bodydysmorphic disorder (BDD) “I knew it couldn’t continue, so I planned killing myself. I had the date in mind and thought about how I was going to do it.” George, from Stoke-on-Trent, could hide this habit because he was popular, handsome, outgoing, and hence.
None of his family or friends knew the depths of his despair. They had no clue that an obsession with attaining the perfect physique had morphed into a self-destructive spiral of compulsive training, followed by binge-eating two large pizzas, a box of fried chicken, and two tubs of Ben & Jerry’s. READ MORE ON BDD GET THE FACTS What is body dysmorphic disorder, what are the symptoms and is it treatable? 'TOO UGLY TO LIVE' Body Dysmorphia sufferer on suicidal thoughts at 13 and diagnosis at 19 Though he didn’t know it then, George, now 28, was struggling with the often-misunderstood body dysmorphic.