08-09-2019, 01:34 AM
Like many, life has been a rollercoaster.
I went through university and that was around the time I disappeared totally from MFGG, circa 2012. I didn't finish, but I got through the majority of my Graphic Design courses. It was fun and bizarre and pretty wild at times (like many modern college experiences) but I met some wonderful people and saw some radical changes in society throughout that time that I still am kinda scratching my head over. Mostly I got to know myself, I became comfortable in my sense of identity (came out as bi to most of my intimate friends) and saw a lot of people I grew up with both on and off the internet come out of their shells into themselves in a similar way that has been extremely encouraging for me. It goes without saying that the online communities i still scarcely participate in have been instrumental in helping me understand myself and other people struggling with similar issues too.
Personally, I've been through a lot. I have struggled a lot emotionally and financially and with sustaining long term friendships, and have had a rocky but successful relationship with my parents who split last year and now live by myself (with roommates) in my home country, for now. I have been working in outsourcing (that's quite popular in the Latin Americas) and it's been an OK experience, but it's very hard to go back to my home country after having been abroad for so many years. I struggle to feel like I identify with anyone at all here, but that's ok, because I focus mostly on art and music, which have always been my passions outside of / relating to videogames.
I moved around the world a lot, about 3 times since my graduation was supposed to happen. I did a few odd jobs here and there, some longer than others. Struggling with really intense depressive episodes, I was diagnosed eventually with a couple of comorbid depression-related disorders, the main one I still struggle with being ADHD. I was medicated for a bit but that didn't work so now I just breathe coffee instead, which seems to work OK. I try to keep tabs on myself, hold myself accountable and be responsible (moved out last year on my own on a whim and it's improved my relationship with my family tenfold) but it's a struggle, every day.
I've tried to come back to MFGG more often since I was summoned back, and I'm glad to say I see many names I recognize and I'm still lurking more than I'd like. It's nice to be back though, and though I have so many things going on that my head is constantly in a daze I feel grateful to be part of the community again. (:
I went through university and that was around the time I disappeared totally from MFGG, circa 2012. I didn't finish, but I got through the majority of my Graphic Design courses. It was fun and bizarre and pretty wild at times (like many modern college experiences) but I met some wonderful people and saw some radical changes in society throughout that time that I still am kinda scratching my head over. Mostly I got to know myself, I became comfortable in my sense of identity (came out as bi to most of my intimate friends) and saw a lot of people I grew up with both on and off the internet come out of their shells into themselves in a similar way that has been extremely encouraging for me. It goes without saying that the online communities i still scarcely participate in have been instrumental in helping me understand myself and other people struggling with similar issues too.
Personally, I've been through a lot. I have struggled a lot emotionally and financially and with sustaining long term friendships, and have had a rocky but successful relationship with my parents who split last year and now live by myself (with roommates) in my home country, for now. I have been working in outsourcing (that's quite popular in the Latin Americas) and it's been an OK experience, but it's very hard to go back to my home country after having been abroad for so many years. I struggle to feel like I identify with anyone at all here, but that's ok, because I focus mostly on art and music, which have always been my passions outside of / relating to videogames.
I moved around the world a lot, about 3 times since my graduation was supposed to happen. I did a few odd jobs here and there, some longer than others. Struggling with really intense depressive episodes, I was diagnosed eventually with a couple of comorbid depression-related disorders, the main one I still struggle with being ADHD. I was medicated for a bit but that didn't work so now I just breathe coffee instead, which seems to work OK. I try to keep tabs on myself, hold myself accountable and be responsible (moved out last year on my own on a whim and it's improved my relationship with my family tenfold) but it's a struggle, every day.
I've tried to come back to MFGG more often since I was summoned back, and I'm glad to say I see many names I recognize and I'm still lurking more than I'd like. It's nice to be back though, and though I have so many things going on that my head is constantly in a daze I feel grateful to be part of the community again. (:
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