#looksmaxxing

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fromPsychology Today
23 hours ago

Looksmaxxing Is Just Another Dead End

I've often asked patients why they're so preoccupied with becoming the best in some domain, why they need something so much that they're willing to organize their lives around it, sacrificing all types of pleasures for it. Most of the time, there isn't much of an answer. It's like a game, a distraction, and a fantasy; there's no rhyme or reason, no sense of why they do it or what's to come, and no understanding of how being the best generates long-standing happiness.
Mental health
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Looksmaxxing' young men are carving up their faces. Being ugly is a lot easier | Dave Schilling

Looksmaxxing is an extreme, often harmful trend of surgical and chemical self-modification motivated by vanity, racism, and unrealistic beauty standards.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

'Looksmaxxing' in the Age of Trump

Looksmaxxing promotes extreme self-harm, racialized social-Darwinism, and nihilistic, appearance-driven cruelty that deepens a moral crisis among young men.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
7 months ago

'Looksmaxxing' has roots in the toxic online world of incels. So be careful with this bot on ChatGPT.

Looksmaxxing, a trend from incel culture, promotes harmful beliefs about self-worth tied to physical appearance, impacting mental health and societal standards.
Exercise
fromFuturism
9 months ago

Horrifying Results as Man Exercises Only One Single Muscle

A TikTok user maximized one trapezius muscle through extreme workouts, gaining attention and sparking health concerns and a new memecoin.
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