Yup. Hard work and cold hard work can make a change both with depression as well as muscle development. Drugs can help... but drugs can also be abused. Arnald there... worked his ass off, and then as he admitted... he'd do a little Dianabol before shows.
There is use and abuse when it comes to anything like drugs. Use, gives you the edge but abuse will eventually have detrimental effects.
There is a deeper side to this subject I'd like to go on about antidepressant abuse and how it is actually pushed by the people they pay to prescribe it to them. But... alas... I am abusing alcohol tonight and my brain is getting lazy. I would like to say before I bounce... just like there is no reason to inject steroids every day for years and do no work at all... someone that just takes pills for their depression and are not trying to fix it outside of that... how many more years?
I mean a steroid injecter might get a little something from constant use, but the dude needs to hit those weights for the real results to shine through. Otherwise, his balls are shrinking, he's going bald, and all the other shit like heart problems with no real results. Same with the depressed guy who just takes his forget-everything pills... he'll get the side effects, but he's not putting in work on his mental just like a bodybuilder would have to put work in on their physical.
Nuff said... time for me to get drunk, wake up, and lift some weights tomorrow.
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Steriods certainly played a role to helping achieve his great body, but without hard work, and great self belief, there is no way he would of win all those championships.
Plus he had a lot of help from Joe weider who sponsored him into america. I think 50% of his success came from a lot of help from the right people.
There is no way you can reach to the top, without the help of others. You cannot achieve great success on your own.
You have to put the hard work and displine in to achieve your dreams, but also need to form the right connections along the way towards goals.
The saying goes, it's not what you know, it's who you know this world, and sometimes success you need a bit of luck.
I don't think he's dysmorphic.
The way Arnold talks about lifting and his body, he does it BECAUSE he likes his body.
That's the opposite of dysphoria, it's euphoria.
Some people like working out and building muscle. It's pretty satisfying to see your own progress.
No, he has been majorly successful already.
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I don't know how much more successful someone as iconic as Arnold can be. What makes young Arnold play in blockbuster movies is his impressive physique, which he achieved with steroids. Even if this is not a healthy method, steroids have played a big role in getting Arnold to the level he is at.
Drugs are not the solution. Drugs only for short term relief. He found a solution for himself and fixed the problem by himself. Which proves that people often can fix their minor mental issues without drugs.
No.
Also, body "dysmorphia" wouldn't be an issue if those dipshits doing the "diagnosing" weren't doing for the laughs, tenure and money.
Arnold would not have been successful at all if he was not driven to change the way his body looked. If body dysmorphia was the reason he got into body building it is what it is.
Arnold wouldn't have that body without steroids in the first place , every professional Bodybuilder does that
Doubtful. Ah-nold has a net worth of 200 million amd is recognizable by one name. Wjlhen you say "Ah-nold" people instantly who you're talking about. If that's not successful, what is?
His success was already incredible. So no. That's unlikely.
I don’t think so
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