Author Topic: Did the Forums helped you become a better person?  (Read 6093 times)

I've never said this to anyone before, but I was a complete egoistical starfish with real anger problems a few years back because I used to suffer from depression and I also used to have emotional breakdowns and panic attacks which is not by any means panicking and destroying everything around me, but it made me incredibly nervous and sad and mad and a lot of really strange emotional breakdowns all at the same time, I used to get mad way too easy and I overreacted to things that I shoudn't have in anyway which lead me to have a bad reputation back in 2011-2013, I've lost friendships and got people to hate me, but I think with the harsh way the community had reacted against me slowly made me realize how stupid I was reacting so I slowly tried more and more to control my anger and depression, and I'm happy to say that since the beginning of this year, I didn't had any depression moments, nervous breakdowns or panic disorders like I did back then which happened quite a lot which frankly ruined me both in the community and in real life, and thank god no Self Delete thoughts like I occasionally had back then, so thanks Forums, even with your bad and good moments and strange but unique characters, you quite saved my life in some shape or form, I get to meet some really nice people who helped me alot with my issues and that thankfully got the time to talk about them, and gave me advice to avoid these problems and move forward, and if it wasn't for them, I don't know what would have been now, I literaly never had anyone to talk to about anything in real life, so I owe those friends and the community who I've met on this building game a lot, and here I am, 18 years old, 7 years on this community, which has been always a special place for me, so thanks for everything.

If the Blockland Community helped you shape up as well in some way, feel free to share.
« Last Edit: October 05, 2015, 11:39:34 PM by Filipe »

People told me to man up and stop being an annoyance. It worked

it's certainly desensitized me to many things - no joke can disgust me anymore, i just go along with it

it seems like it'd do the opposite but it's actually improved my social skills. if i hadn't been on here for the past 5-6 years i would probably be a dumbass with no idea how to speak to people properly. not that i speak to people properly on here, but i've gained a new perspective on people. i can listen to anybody's problems and not get annoyed, and i can always find a way to help them.

so yes, i think i'd have to say it has made me a better person.





Considering my experiences in the past on this forum, I would say that, despite having many negative ones, they have contributed positively to my personality and my social skills that I have today.

So...thank you, I suppose?

wow its like you're describing me
im also improving on here and I learn a lot from the users around me
im not finished yet obviously but i have made some changes

Nope, there's nothing to improve.

it ruined me
it made me not act like a little kid on the internet anymore

Okay but if it weren't for the BLF I would be in an entirely different position in my life right now. If the BLF didn't exist, Nickpb and trinick never would have met. Nick never would have gone to California to visit him and they wouldn't have ended up right outside my apartment window. Trinick never would've been encouraged to come befriend me. If that didn't happen, I wouldn't be preparing to move into a sweet place in a beautiful part of town with my amazing boyfriend. I wouldn't be headed to beauty school. I never would have met my best friend. I quite literally owe the BLF my life.

it did. I've learned a lot in my time here. I mean, I can't recall it all off the top of my head, but I think so

I think that some rare assortment of forumers can testify that I used to be a complete egotistical starfish with a critical mind used the completely wrong way; like a slightly smarter playground bully.  I think I really learned a lot about knowing when not to speak and to really be a more sensitive person, even on the internet where people are anonymous.

I learned how to be more mature and how to take jokes agaisnt me less personal and laugh more