I see. Well, I guess it might be my problem - I would simply feel miserable thinking about the prospect of having to go to that gym again next day or whenever.
I’d be having my breakfast, enjoying the sunrise, and then BOOM, I start thinking about the sweaty workout in a cellar with no windows and my mood drops and my dumplings shrivel up from the anxiety.
Yeah…
It’s why I train first thing in the morning. My days are amazing because the worst part is out of the way
I saw (and still do see) just the opposite. I hit the gym right after work (7:30am to 4:00pm, but retired now) which was the best part of my day after the stress of work. The anticipation got me through work.
I mean, I can go to the gym in the morning, then enjoy my lunch or whatever, and it just suddenly hits me that I have to go work out in that miserable place again. Doesn’t matter if i’ve already done it the same day 
I am really sorry to hear you had such an unpleasant job
That sounds awful dude: sorry you have to go through that
Been dealing with anxiety issues my whole life (and for the past 2 years, regular, nearly daily intense panic attacks), but yeah, one thing’s for sure, the panic attacks have definitely made me mentally stronger. Feeling like you’re drowning and about to die, forcing yourself to ignore it and telling yourself it’s just a feeling and you’re actually fine - that has grown me a thick skin when it comes to dealing with certain stuff that used to make me anxious but doesn’t anymore
But yeah, i’d rather go to a gym that has at least good ventilation, lol
Maybe I’m just weird. I enjoy things most people hate. I crave the struggle, even with other hobbies. I enjoy making myself comfortable with the uncomfortable. Like conditioning yourself not just to deal with tough conditions, but enjoy them.
I mean, I do enjoy feeling uncomfortable with certain things…
Like halfway through a grueling leg day… I feel like I wanna stop, but that makes me want to keep going and I enjoy that feeling.
But with other things, like studying for 10 hours some days… yeah, I can’t find that same kind of enjoyment. Unless I have a deadline arriving and i’m like train, unstoppable and the laziness is forgotten.
(Also, I wonder why the fuck are my quotes being deleted all the time)
It was quite the opposite. I worked there 41 years and couldn’t have hoped for a better work situation. But the workout and growth opportunity was better. (I probably shouldn’t have said the stress of work, because it really wasn’t much stress. That just isn’t my nature to succumb to external pressure)
As in a good dining experience, the next course was just better than the first course.
Didn’t you recently say you’d trained yourself into a state of hypogonadism? Asking to clarify, not to throw stones - I did the same myself.
Not that I have trained myself into that state, no. My endo and urologist do not feel that is the cause.
Ah, yeah, that wording threw me off
I understand, thank you.
I’d be interested to follow along this journey with you, but I’ve seen more than one interaction that did not end amicably in regards to this topic. At any rate, I’m glad you’re on the road to recovery.
I appreciate that dude. That particular individual did not have my best interest at heart and I had no reason to share with him. Another dude has called me evil, which was pretty uncool.
Now I know what happiness is.
Thats an automatic feature of the forum if you’re responding to the post immediately prior to your own.
Just “edit” and re-“quote”
You my pooch. He loves to carry random stuff like dumbells and drop them on your feet. 
My $50,000 basement gym is coming together nicely. Just need a few things to complete it.
1)$50,000
2)Basement