Pretty Good Article On Cycling

[Poppy]

Pl meets are to see where YOU’RE at.

Truthfully a very small percentage should even care about winning. Those would be the ranked lifters. Hard to beat one of those unless you’re ranked also.

It’s not like you’re not putting in the grinding work…it would be nice to see the fruits of your labor.

Orrrr just go sideways and sabotage yourself. Keep the cycle of climbing then crashing going forever…

Note the statement “sabotage yourself” you’ve used similar statements many times. It’s all you brother…. Climb or crash.

 

[Dirtnasty]

I’m crazy poppy

 

[Poppy]

You ain’t crazy…

 

[Kad1]

I thought not!

 

[Poppy]

For the record… I grew up very similar. Dad and his new wife and their kids had everything. Me my mom, brother and sister lived with grandma and didn’t have nuttin.

Us 3 kids turned out great. His 2 are complete losers.

 

[Dirtnasty]

We are opposite Them again I was also sexually molested but my sister just turned 39 and drains ky dad of of money honeslty I look at him ore of as an atm then a dad. Even today I can’t have any real conversations with him I told
Him
Last night about my suicidal thoughts and he just text back about the dog park that day

 

[Poppy]

Maybe set up some counseling to address your issues.

Warning the following is harsh.

You keep throwing in extra stuff that happened to you…this isn’t a contest on who’s the most pitiful. There IS a point, as an adult, that you have to deal with YOUR problems. There’s plenty of folks that have been subject to terrible things throughout their lives. They either overcome them or lay down.

You’ve got attention here based solely on your determination and training ethics…along with your great advice. The same attention you’d get at a meet. Everything else is just excuses as to why you might not succeed.

You’re not a stupid man by any stretch. You’re very intelligent…that’s apparent. How bout start acting like it.

 

[Poppy]

There’s plenty more advice/opinions/thoughts/observations/etc etc where that came from… I get told to get off my soapbox often around here. I’m just getting warmed up.

 

[Dirtnasty]

Poppy if Iyiur right I’ll shut my brain off

 

[Poppy]

You have a lot to offer the world son.

The world is better off with you in it…you just got to get a handle on your demons.

There’s many that can learn from you and your tribulations.

 

[herrubermensch]

@Dirtnasty : So you know WHY you are engaging in self-sabotage and know that it has nothing to do with your inherent self worth. It’s purely historical. That affords you the basis for escaping it, for not letting it continue to influence your life. Don’t let the voice inside your head repeat what your dad and your youth taught you. Change the voice. Repeat to yourself what you like about yourself: hard worker, loyal, strong, funny as Hell. Say it again and again to yourself. Drown out the historical voice until its just a whisper that you never listen to.

 

[Poppy]

Well put

 

[ferran]

yup yup, that was a good article!

 

[Aude_Aliquid_Dignu]

You know what they say….once you go (victor) black you never go back. Haha