Justin Baldoni Instagram – Here’s a little #throwback from 16 years ago. I was on a beautiful show called Everwood where I played a medical student who was either shirtless or working out 50% of the time he was on screen. But let’s go further…this pic was taken after a 12 hour shoot day and after 24 hours of barely eating or drinking and weeks of not eating carbs. Because the truth is that the guy people saw on screen was suffering from a problem that he helped perpetuate. In my attempt to live up to some made up level of the ideal male body—an ideal that also paid my bills—I would put my body through hell just so it could look as lean and ripped as possible. So people would see my body and be attracted to it. So they would be attracted to me. Maybe if my body was enough then I would be enough. I was never enough. I struggled with #bodyimage issues and muscle dysmorphia before this role and still struggle with them today. I don’t know if it ever completely goes away…but what I know now that I didn’t know then, is that I am not alone in this struggle. Today, 43% of men are unhappy with their physical appearance. And those are just the men willing to admit it. I’m super grateful that there is finally room to talk about these things. Check out the @wearemanenough @healthline podcast special we just dropped for #menshealthawarenessmonth It’s time to break the silence, and hopefully the stigma, and bring these conversations to the table. Let’s shine a light on the men’s health issues that too often are shamed into the darkness. #NoMoreSilence #manenough