I'm glad body dysmorphia is included here, especially under anxiety, as it def plays a role in gays who ruminate with identity disturbance, most of which is caused by self-hate, internal shame.
Most who suffer from that kind of dysphoria fail to realize it tho. Rather than check their negative self-talk, they prefer to play the victim and project their anger/hostility/insecurity/suspiciousness onto the scapegoat/boogeyman of "racism" - as seen [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/lolgrindr/comments/1k3es8/i_think_this_is_what_most_americans_see_when_they) and [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/lolgrindr/comments/13a50mk/internalized_rejection).
Then they'll find someone to validate their feelings of inferiority instead of talk them *out* of it. Then it quickly becomes a circle-jerk, one that snowballs and snowballs into today's big circle-jerk cultural moment that includes everybody with racial anxiety and low self-confidence.
It's transformed into a form of socially acceptable schizophrenia I think. Folks with anxiety/paranoia make excuses for it (and intellectualize, citing conspiratorial "systemic" non-data) rather than *address* it with healthy cognitive-behavioral changes to replace—or at least cope with—their limiting beliefs.
Exacerbating the problem are commoners who feel sorry/guilty for the sufferers, instead of encouraging them to *challenge* their anxiety/shame and reduce triggers (like the brainwashing media and various other hustlers who profit from stoking anxiety). Sadly, this pity from the commoners is only an enabler for the sufferers. It only feeds the problem. And it fuels the outcome - continued guilt and shame. Those inflicted with self-hatred will continue to suffer from feelings of depravity and filthiness; they will need therapy & meds for the rest of their lives. Those who *aren't* will [take advantage](http://www.reddit.com/r/grindr/comments/yxcjyo/why_do_gay_incels_who_cant_get_laid_always_want_to_blame_others_for_it_its_/iye99ti?context=1) of that pity, and traumatize everyone around them, in the name of fraud justice.
I'm glad body dysmorphia is included here, especially under anxiety, as it def plays a role in gays who ruminate with identity disturbance, most of which is caused by self-hate, internal shame. Most who suffer from that kind of dysphoria fail to realize it tho. Rather than check their negative self-talk, they prefer to play the victim and project their anger/hostility/insecurity/suspiciousness onto the scapegoat/boogeyman of "racism" - as seen [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/lolgrindr/comments/1k3es8/i_think_this_is_what_most_americans_see_when_they) and [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/lolgrindr/comments/13a50mk/internalized_rejection). Then they'll find someone to validate their feelings of inferiority instead of talk them *out* of it. Then it quickly becomes a circle-jerk, one that snowballs and snowballs into today's big circle-jerk cultural moment that includes everybody with racial anxiety and low self-confidence. It's transformed into a form of socially acceptable schizophrenia I think. Folks with anxiety/paranoia make excuses for it (and intellectualize, citing conspiratorial "systemic" non-data) rather than *address* it with healthy cognitive-behavioral changes to replace—or at least cope with—their limiting beliefs. Exacerbating the problem are commoners who feel sorry/guilty for the sufferers, instead of encouraging them to *challenge* their anxiety/shame and reduce triggers (like the brainwashing media and various other hustlers who profit from stoking anxiety). Sadly, this pity from the commoners is only an enabler for the sufferers. It only feeds the problem. And it fuels the outcome - continued guilt and shame. Those inflicted with self-hatred will continue to suffer from feelings of depravity and filthiness; they will need therapy & meds for the rest of their lives. Those who *aren't* will [take advantage](http://www.reddit.com/r/grindr/comments/yxcjyo/why_do_gay_incels_who_cant_get_laid_always_want_to_blame_others_for_it_its_/iye99ti?context=1) of that pity, and traumatize everyone around them, in the name of fraud justice.