There's very little about this out there that I could find online, but I think this is a conversation that needs to start to be had. A lot of people develop EDs related to sports/athleticism and traditional beauty ideals, but I think cosplay is something that certainly affected me and I imagine has impacted a lot of others. When it comes to dressing up as fictional characters, the idea is that these characters (especially in manga, anime, and American superhero comics) are exaggerated or "idealized" versions of human bodies given the medium they're in. You definitley could argue that in itself is problematic (I certainly felt the urge to live up to these idealized fictional images of masculine bodies as a kid and teen before I got into cosplay and I imagine something similar can go for anyone regardless of gender), but I think nowadays it feels like you quite literally are supposed to have the body type and proportions of these fictional characters and exaggerated bodies IRL. This led me to feel pressure and being self-concious when it came to my exercise and eating issues to feel like I had to look a certain way in order to be "allowed" to cosplay a character, and if you saw me back then or saw a picture of me, I got praise for it, but in reality I was sick, hungry, overexerting myself, and having to sleep an unnaturally long amount. I was at a con earlier this year and there was some panel on working out to cosplay and I dunno, I guess many people would say I'm the person in the wrong and I'm trying to stop people from "improving" themselves and "reverse body shaming", and I guess I'm worries I'm not being body inclusive in a different way by feeling triggered by this, but I found that to be worrisome because this feels like the path the scene has gone down. Quite honestly, I've been too scared and body concious to cosplay since doing all in recovery. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?