Elements of truth in some of the things you say if not a little presumptuous.
In order to be a steroid taking bodybuilder it is an absolute perquisite to be to some degree or another somewhat mentally unstable.
This sport is all about vanity. This is simple truth.
Yes this place is an outlet but it is also an extension of real life.
When I am working out in the gym if some guy looks better than me or has bigger arms I secretly think you fucking cuunt. However I smile at him shake his hand if we get talking and be "a nice guy" as you would expect.
On here if I am having an internet battle with someone or a popularity contest you must understand these are all extensions of real life emotions, insecurities that the vast majority of people (especially) insecure bodybuilders have.
This place is one of the purest form of therapy one can have and its free.
Subliminally we all understand what is going on.
Same thing in the gym, everyone is working out and might not be talking but they all know subliminally what is going on and watching each other out of the corner of their eye.
Do I not speak the truth?
The best looking dudes on here don't post much. You can enjoy lifting or bodybuilding without the drugs. There is a certain love one can have for it...the purity.
I believe you are one of those types that cannot wait, and have to have it now. It's your choice. But, it comes off as not as genuine.
As you said, you wanted what those people have. Thinking that is what defines you. But, not realizing that they may lack in what you have in your head.
I agree to what you said about extensions, but the trouble is many blur the lines. And allow this place, the Internet to define who they are. Instead of the real world defining them.
This place is not therapy. Far beyond that. It can help in training one's self---the mental self. But, I think those who benefit the most are more stable. You have to have the ability to acknowledge when you have gone too far and to pull yourself out.
Kinda like studying.
This place has helped people immensely when it came to losing weight, dealing with cancer, break ups, jobs, buying things (cars, etc), drugs, etc. But, the people who gained the most, were those who were the most stable and didn't take this board as seriously as others.
Yes, it's an online community of sorts, a family. But, a family in which only exists online, a fictional family of characters. And as a boy, when you were through playing with your toys (characters), you put them up until the next playtime, correct?
You didn't think about them when you played with your real friends. Or thought about them when you with your boyhood crush, correct. Same thing.