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Yes, I've changed my personality quite a bit over the years. One other thing that I was very surprised by is just how much being jacked affords you social leeway. I've been losing weight recently, slowly revealing the muscles I've built over the past 8 years of gym training, and I can literally perceive the difference in social treatment that each additional 10lbs lost makes. I'm planning on writing a longer post on that once I get to where I want to be.
I've been lifting on and off for about 7 years, making slow and unsteady progress, but I'm still skinny by American standards and with a shirt on I look like I've never stepped foot in a gym. I'm aware of the things I need to work on, including consistency, diet, and sleep, but I don't know if I'll ever manage to do everything perfectly. The low reward/effort ratio is honestly frustrating. Do you think it would be worth getting on PEDs?
No, don't get on PEDs if you 'look like you've never stepped foot in a gym'. Not a fan of PEDs generally, you get some extra muscle in exchange for moderate but significant health risks, but they're pretty much pointless if you're still struggling with 'consistency, diet, sleep'.
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It might be, if you estimate that increases in your social desirability would do more for your happiness than the decreases from possible steroid side-effects. If you start taking steroids, you better do a shit-ton of research first on endocrinology, maybe freeze your sperm before you do this if you really want kids later on (you can still have kids, but you need what's called a "post-cycle therapy" to make your body restart producing testosterone on your own). And be aware that once you start steroids, you're basically committing yourself to a lifetime of TRT. Be aware that you could get enlarged organs, really fucking bad acne on your body, small testicles, high blood pressure, weird mood swings, etc. But it still might be worth it for you.
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