this is a serious topic gentlemen. Im sure i will get some immature responses to this post but i am also sure most resposnses will be truthful and insightful.
My take: most use steroids because they do not want to be ordinary. This aversion to being ordinary usually stems from adolesence , most likely teenage years. We can all reflect on times when we felt marginalized, brushed aside, and irrelevent. Perhaps feeling as if we could be at a social gathering, slip out, and not only would’nt anyone notice but no one would care.
Of course the feeling of intimidation when meeting new people or venturing into uncharted social circumstances was an anxiety ridden event to many of us. The helpless feeling of being bullied or made fun of could be something harbored for years and turn into a comoressed bottle of mental issues later in life.
When i first started using steroids, i felt an overwhelming sense of comfidence, i carried myself differently. My perspective on life was much different. It was as if a blindfold was removed and i saw the world differently and the world actually saw me differently. Of course i felt stronger and much more in control. I was finally allowed to be who i really was, it was a feeling of being amancipated. This in itself was addicting, why wouldnt it be !
The thought of going off steroids is a scary prospect to many. It very simply means that they will go back to “ ordinary”. They no longer stand out, they no longer have what those around them dont have. All those feelings of insecurity and marginalization come back with a vengeance. Old wounds are reopened and our “ just average “ self is now exploited and shown to the world. Where is that confident, self assured guy i met 6 months ago with the broad shoulders who spoke with authority????? We never want to give that up, who would !
Of course we have a select few who use steroids just to compete in bodybuilding but many who actually do compete suffer from the same inadequacies as you “run of the mill” steroid user’s. Of course NOT all use steroids for the aforementioned reasons but i would bet many do.
One thing i do notice about steroids is they exaggerate highs and exaggerate lows. That can be dangerous. Then again, so can feeling ordinary.
Just my thoughts. Feel free to opine.
My take: most use steroids because they do not want to be ordinary. This aversion to being ordinary usually stems from adolesence , most likely teenage years. We can all reflect on times when we felt marginalized, brushed aside, and irrelevent. Perhaps feeling as if we could be at a social gathering, slip out, and not only would’nt anyone notice but no one would care.
Of course the feeling of intimidation when meeting new people or venturing into uncharted social circumstances was an anxiety ridden event to many of us. The helpless feeling of being bullied or made fun of could be something harbored for years and turn into a comoressed bottle of mental issues later in life.
When i first started using steroids, i felt an overwhelming sense of comfidence, i carried myself differently. My perspective on life was much different. It was as if a blindfold was removed and i saw the world differently and the world actually saw me differently. Of course i felt stronger and much more in control. I was finally allowed to be who i really was, it was a feeling of being amancipated. This in itself was addicting, why wouldnt it be !
The thought of going off steroids is a scary prospect to many. It very simply means that they will go back to “ ordinary”. They no longer stand out, they no longer have what those around them dont have. All those feelings of insecurity and marginalization come back with a vengeance. Old wounds are reopened and our “ just average “ self is now exploited and shown to the world. Where is that confident, self assured guy i met 6 months ago with the broad shoulders who spoke with authority????? We never want to give that up, who would !
Of course we have a select few who use steroids just to compete in bodybuilding but many who actually do compete suffer from the same inadequacies as you “run of the mill” steroid user’s. Of course NOT all use steroids for the aforementioned reasons but i would bet many do.
One thing i do notice about steroids is they exaggerate highs and exaggerate lows. That can be dangerous. Then again, so can feeling ordinary.
Just my thoughts. Feel free to opine.
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