Find a gym that doesn't just cater to lifting. Places like the Y are actually pretty good because they tend to have pretty good equipment and a diverse group thus vastly watering down the amount of Chads, Tyrones, Changs, Chadpreets, and Chadriguezs. Also general roid heads are less common too. Only trade off is a lot of these places are family oriented so there might be fucking kids in the building though obviously not in the lifting areas (just a thought if you hate kids as much as me).
Gym maxxing is legit. You can't lose....unless you're a complete idiot and have shit form or do something else to get yourself hurt. All you stand is to look better outwardly. But it's the inner feeling you get. It absolutely fights depression on the spot and it lasts. Also it makes you more conscious of your body in space thus stamping out normie slothly fat assery that most normies act like (even if they aren't obese). I'm talking about day to say shit like at the grocery store. I can lift a 24x500mL pack of water with two or three fingers and toss it around with ease when I'm in peak gym maxx mode. Normies have to use two hands, hunch way over, and make it sound like they're lifting a fucking car. Just basic shit like this will make you feel better.