@HallowMoonshadow Hey! Yeah, I haven't been on much. My gaming and online time has been incredibly low since May. It's been a significant period of my life. I've changed more in the last four months than I had in the ten years prior. Mostly for the better.
@Kidfried I guess you could say I've barely lived a life until now, dwelling within a thick fog of anxiety, learned helplessness, paralyzing routine, and cynicism. I existed as a stranger in my own skin.
Slowly, over the course of several months now, that fog has been lifting. My initial reaction to this was having my weeks punctuated by crippling depressive episodes (think multiple days at a time where I was practically dead inside). I'm gradually emerging from this psychological torment a far stronger and more connected person, however, and am set on setting aflame the psychological, spiritual, and practical barriers to my own happiness.
@RogerRoger Thanks. It is frightening: there's a sort of comfort in staying sunk within the status quo of one's life and just... rotting there, allowing the days, weeks, and months to pass you in a blur, and that comfort is increasingly disappearing for me. It's a small price to pay for feeling like a human again, though.
Well, I was never fully gone, but my presence online has been diminished for a good while now. I'm at the point where I'd like to start posting every day again.
@RogerRoger Thanks. It's... a lot. It'll take a long time before I get where I want to be, but I can feel myself becoming less ashamed and more open to the world every day, and for now that has to be enough.
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@RogerRoger LOL I didn't feel like your last reply was excessively sappy. But then I've also become more comfortable with accepting praise recently. It comes with the boost in confidence, I guess.
Thank you! I'm excited to grow and change and become the version of myself I've always wanted to be.
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@Ralizah It’s good to hear you’re doing better, we all have our own stuff going on so it’s totally understandable for people to take breaks here and there.
@Ralizah You come and go more than the Karma Chameleon. Glad things are getting better for you though!
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@RogerRoger Your screenshot competitions have been a joy to follow, and even for a novice like me to participate in. Thanks for your efforts these last few years.
P.S. I hope this doesn’t mean a retirement from all future contributions to our Push Square forum, routine or otherwise. It’s a brighter and more interesting place when you’re in it.
Regardless, you know I support you 1000% on whatever you need to do, my friend.
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@RogerRoger that's a shame pal. But understandable nonetheless.
Life tends to run in cycles and in a few years you may want to run something similar, amongst the forums, or somewhere else.
Great work anyway mate. Always a pleasant surprise reading the forum posts and the finale article.
Have a great Christmas and New Year.
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Unfortunate to see RogerRoger close their account. Rog hasn’t posted in a while, but I just now realized the account is gone. I thought maybe it was just a temporary break but apparently it’s a permanent one. Here’s hoping all it well with them and if you’re out there Rog, cheers and happiness to you. 🍻
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