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« on: October 12, 2017, 12:19:11 am »
I believe I can relate to you on part of this. I've played this game for about... maybe... 6 years? When I checked my old account registration date it was back in 2011, and I can agree with you the community here is... Well it almost gives a 'fake Welcome.' I can't say that I entirely hate the community because I've made some very good friends on here... But they saw the same thing that I did and they left the game because of it - But I stayed because I just couldn't leave, really. I did take a break from the game for about a half a year and then finally decided to change my username and come back - but the reason for that was because a lot of people I did befriend... Didn't turn out to be good friends at all. They back-stabbed me and emotionally abused me. Heck even manipulated my thoughts. So now I have so much trouble being outgoing with people on here because I'm always afraid of the same things happening over and over to me; I don't want history to repeat itself, I just want loyal, caring friends. I also have bad social anxiety so I get attacks very, very quickly. I always assume somebody is thinking bad about me or is going to judge me in some way. Due to having that happen, I've turned practically into an introvert and only spoken when I felt a true need to. The people that did befriend me were people that actually were kind enough to approach me and listen to my issues and actually give me advice... Some others just were plain aggressive towards me and would not believe me if I tried to apologize for anything I did to them in the past. I'm a lot smarter now and I know my rights from wrongs, but at the same time I feel like people are staring at me with negative thoughts in their heads. It's hard for me to trust people, and sometimes I tend to take a lot of what people say harder than someone normally would. I'd break down and log off. I don't know... I've been called weak for being cursed with anxiety but heck, what can I do about it? It's just there, eating at me. It's hard for me to act like a normal person.
So, yeah, this is my share on this... Even though my experience probably is different.