Thanks man. I’m digging high reps on it too.
I just landed an interview with Yale.
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Geez, what terrible fortune.
You get this man. You don’t get these by dumb luck, you’ve earned it. Now go get what’s yours.
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You got that right - what do those elitist bastards think they’re doing trying to recruit me? 
In all seriousness, thanks for the words of encouragement.
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You wouldn’t be the first person to survive a crap upbringing and dominate life. Keep grinding. Control what you can and battle through the rest as best you can.
Good luck with the interview!
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Thanks, J.
That’s awesome news man, best of luck
I’m now at the hospital getting a sebaceous ear canal cyst removed through surgery. Great way to spend the night, 10/10 recommend
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Sounds like @liftangryordie500 is already doing this. Best of luck in the new year!!!
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@T3hPwnisher I’m starting a “fitness” (I hate that word) blog, I’m gonna shout your blog out in it because I basically learned everything I know about lifting from you, so thank you.
The blog is more of a showcase for my own writing skills, but I’ve also wanted to start a blog for a while, so I finally got around to doing so.
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Lmfao good job brudda
Guys, I’m not doing too well. Can I talk to somebody here?
Talk away brother
I’m just feeling really lonely because I’m coming off Lexapro, I guess. Everything I repressed for years is skyrocketing to the surface and burying myself in work isn’t working right now.
Ok, well we can get you through this.
First up, you’ve reached out when you know you need help. That’s exactly what you’re meant to do, even though it’s hard.
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To an extent everything coming up is a good thing, because it allows you to take a good look at all of it and deal with it.
Thing is, I want tell you how to deal with the skyrocketing but it would how I’ve dealt with my own issues. So it may or may not work
I’m going to have edit the posts because consecutive replies are capped at three.
You’re going to carry these memories and impacts from them for a very long time. What is up to you is how you carry them. You can carry them bitterly, and they will keep hurting you. You can also take the slow path of accepting what happened and letting it stay behind you. That can be harder, but by the end if it you’ll feel a lot better.
The reality of it is that you can’t change what happened and what you remember. What you can change is how you let those memories impact you going forward. You’ve had a rough as guts first two decades so it isn’t something that will happen overnight.
Yeah, that’s very true. I’m not really angry about my past, I’ve accepted where I came from and I accepted that I deserve better than that. I just can’t wait to leave.
Awesome. That’s a very important step.
You’re doing pretty much everything right. You’re getting of drugs, you’re taking yourself out of the bad situation that was fucking with you, and you’re seeking help.
Hey man, sorry to hear you’re not feeling well. That sucks. I’ve been on antidepressants for 5 or 6 years now on and off. Just read the first of your blog posts and really liked it. It resonated with how I feel about weightlifting
I agree with Mark. We can’t change our past, but we can sure as fuck change our future. As Mark said, it sounds like you’re doing the right things right now. However, you can’t control whether you’re feeling mad or sad or frustrated. You can only control what you do right now, in this moment. One thing that I like to remember when I’m feeling shitty is “this too shall pass”. It takes a while to heal from the past, but it’s a road that’s well worth traveling. You just have to change what you can, which is having good habits like lifting and talking to people and doing things that are going to set you up to feel better in the future
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