Truly Enjoying the Moment | Chris Bumstead

When I won my first Olympia, all I felt was relief that it was over. I didn't really feel joy and happiness and all these things because there was a lot of stress around the Olympia that I was just suppressing. And then my big story or lesson that I tried to share with people this year was that if you numb the bad, you numb the good, you numb your emotions, everything kind of gets dulled down. So I've tried to process all that, move through it, and I'd realized that as I compartmentalize everything in my life, I compartmentalize all the good too. I was kind of just suppressing all these feelings. And then you get older and stuff just starts to feel dim. and like sad and alone and all these things and you don't understand why. And it's because I've created this environment where I don't let people help me or I don't ask for anything I need. I'm just like, I'll help everyone before myself and then I'm good on the side.