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arroezze:
The gym for me at this point in my life is just my form of mood stabilizers and antidepressants. I never really had a goal to establish a big physique or bodybuilding competitions. I don't really promote or recommend many medications, as I do for work. I like the gym as a release, work out some anger or stress or emotional crap @pandoranoir. Over the years and hours in the gym I have found it to be a really good place for me. What kind of injuries, if I may? I know I had a bum right shoulder and chronic back pain. Both are now at a minimal with the help of shoulder and back exercises.
pandoranoir:
@arroezze When I get in a good rhythm of it it's really great for mentally helping me get through it. Definitely lessens my need for those kind of medications and I get a sense of accomplishment building myself out of stone so to speak. The gym is a separate space where personal life garbage can wait. The winters haven't been kind lol. I'd fallen and injured my wrist and it really fucked up my weight routine, didn't have any means to get treatment for it so it's never been really right again. A few good solid ankle sprains and eventually an avulsion fracture on my right ankle from a fall down icy stairs. On top of it I've got rheumatoid arthritis so its taken some time to feel sturdy enough to get back at it but I'm thrilled to finally be there.