How eRepublik LITTERALLY saved my life
Lord Penguin
TODAY it is my 1 year anniversery of joining eRepublik, I have made a biography about my time here.
The Fall and Rise of eCanada
Part 1 of 3 http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/where-has-the-time-gone-part-1-1387865/1/20
My life as a Cog
Part 2 of 3 http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/where-has-the-time-gone-part-2-1389825/1/20
The Winding Road
Part 3 of 3 http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/where-has-the-time-gone-part-3-1392558/1/20
But this is a personaly article, it deals with how eRepublik literlay saved my life. This is not fake, this is a true story.
How eRepublik literally saved my life
2009 it was a bad year for me. Very bad, in January, my Uncle passed away, leaving behind 4 kids, the youngest only 13. The funeral was a somber occasion as one would expect. But what I didn’t expect was what happened 14 days later.
My girlfriend, the first girl EVER to give me a chance look past my physical attributes, and look into me, cheated on me. I never would have thought she would have done something like that.
Needless to say it shook my world, but I gave her a second chance, (you can PM me if you wish to know why)
But things went progressively downhill from there, she was in a massively heavy program, and was ALWAYS stressed, and she took it out on me, then get even more angry when I didn’t get angry.
It ended shortly after her 17th birthday, we had just seen a theatrical performance, and it ended in a shouting match in the parking lot.
She and I went our separate ways. (Sort of)
Even though I thought I was over her, I wasn’t, would you? Could you easily get over the first girl to ever give you a chance, to every say she loved you, could you let go, after many years of being harassed and bullied at school? I couldn’t.
My main problem, was I had felt what it had felt like to have someone ‘love’ me, to have someone close, after all those years of having no one, I had someone, then once again I had no one, and it was worse now, because I had felt what is was like to have someone. And I looked for someone hoping that someone would come to my aid when I needed someone. No one did.
After all my years of being the kid that no one liked, having that label put on me by someone who was once so close, just sent me off, into a deep downward spiral.
I lost my taste for food, (and I LOVE food) I began to work out vigorously, minimum of 12 km on my bike a day, and 31km of Sunday. I think this was my way of giving, up, I lost a lot of weight, and I was at one point where I was slowly killing myself, I looked into joining the military, I could have been a way out. But it wasn’t
Then I just stopped doing that too, I locked myself in my room with the blinds shut and watched TV on my laptop. When I had watched ALL of the Simpsons, South Park and family guy, I became bored, my mind drifted, and I almost left, literally I WAS VERY CLOSE. But I just wanted to check an online game, called nation state, one last time, that’s when I saw the ad that changed my life.
The eRepublik ad
I clicked it and signed up, I entered and started playing, it wasn’t much at first, I didn’t even notice it. But gradually I became more and more into this game; it gave me something to look forward to during the day. Something to take my mind of my cruddy life, something to build. I guess you could say.
Whenever life was too much I went to eRepublik read an article, looked at one with pictures of cats, trolled PEACE news papers, it became immersive, and the battle for Canada helped even more.
But it seemed 2009 want to try and get me down, with 2 more deaths (3 if you count my kitty), and a horrid job. But whenever it was too much, I went to eRepublik, it was fun, my little life away from life, and it for sure, was what got me through one of my worst years.
And if it wasn’t here, then well, I probably would be petting my kitty talking with my Uncle.
Thank you eRepublik, and thank you to all who inhabit it.
Comments
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I'm glad you're still here.
Stay strong, brother. The world is your oyster.
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'm glad you're still here x2
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Shit.
I don't know you, but I'm glad you're still here X 3
One life saved for a thousand destroyed 😮
Stay strong!
Your post reminds a lot of us older RL guys about being a teenager.
It's tough. It's a lawless society, a lot worse than adulthood IMO.
The sun will always rise in the morning, no matter who passes away, no matter who dumps you. There will be a sunrise tomorrow and with it an opportunity to keep moving forward.
STAY AND PLAY!!!
ya but dont forget to go outside, get a new girlfriend, and keep biking....RL is real.
In my day eRepublik didn't have ads!
glad you're still here james, in real life and eLife. Addy is right teenage years were tough. Just remember life has alot in it, things get better.
oh and,,,
penguin in our time!
Glad to be a tiny part of this small eworld that somehow made a difference - and look, now you're walking tall as a penguin 😉 - don't ever get too discouraged as you travel down life's road, there's so much that lays ahead around that next corner, and the next, and the next, that you'd never dream would be there
"I'm glad you're still here" x4
Glad to have you here 😃
PANDA IS GLAD YOU"RE STILL HERE
You never know who you're gonna meet in the future, so dont give into any negative thoughts
SEX
I'm glad you're still here times a million. Don't worry man, these things have a way of working themselves out. I'm glad you found an outlet in eRep.
"I'm glad you're still here" x5
I don't know you, and you surely don't know me, but man, it is good to have a glimpse of the man behind the pingouin.
We all know that life is a ... but everybody gotta get through it
I agree with Addy too. Life gets a lot better after the teen years. They were the worst years of my life too. Glad you found something to hang on to, and there will be more to enjoy...
I'm sorry little fella, but from what i've read, you trully need to toughen up a bit. It's a hard world out there and shit happen every day and i mean real shit, not some minor teen mind games. It's alright to fall down, but you always need to get up and move on.
forget the chick, the kitty is the real loss! and I'm with crisfire on this one, get on the bike and live up some RL to😇 but congrats on toughing it out!
crisfire1 & Mister101 should be quoted for truth... encouragement is good, but so is a dose of healthy realism
Who needs girlfriends when there are hookers?
And yes, join the military. You need it.
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"I'm glad you're still here" x6
The power of the penguin... it works!
Glad your here 🙂
Brother, as Addy has said, we older guys can relate. Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt (and then was forced to throw it out by the wife.)
All I can tell you is, it gets better. As you navigate life's challenges, it's not that the challenges get easier, but your understanding of who you are gets better, and you learn you can endure more than you thought you could. You also develop an instinct for people and situations and learn to trust your judgment.
Experience is a harsh but effective teacher. First love is a big one, in some ways you always hold them in a special place. But don't confuse it with what actually makes a relationship work. I went out with some wonderful gals in my life, and some real nutjobs too, and I hold almost all of them in fond memory. But judgment and experience will teach you to end toxic relationships, and especially to understand that "no-one (else) will love me" is a total lie from hell. The girl I ended up with is not what I expected, and good thing, too, because my relationship with her so far exceeds my expectations.
Keep on keeping on, and remember "ta kathekonta": the things it befits a man to do.
This.
Articles like this are why we play. They are the written expression of the virtues which this human enterprise draws upon: imagination, hope, camaraderie, the quest for meaning, self and group identity, creativity, loss and rebirth.
scary times
Its only a teenage wasteland...
Glad to see you are still here
I don't know you, but I'm glad you're still here x7
I don't know you, but I'm glad you're still here x8
"ya but dont forget to go outside, get a new girlfriend, and keep biking....RL is real." x2
you should go everywhere, doing everything! try acting, try football, singing in chorus (if they say it's gay F.CK THEM, F.CK THEM UP THEIR STUPID ASSES!), jumping from the plane... every shit you get on your way (like jim carrey in yes man, i'm not fan of jim but the movie has a point).
the reason why you felt bad is because you had nothing social to do and then you found erepublik and things went better.
when i was younger i've been in your position but i had a friend which had dragged me from the closed room. bad things happened and after, but there were much more happy memories! 😃
Pants Magee is glad you didn't say "Fuck It" to the situation.
P. Magee
Never surender!!!
This article made my day, and it's not even noon.
Thank you, Pengu.
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Props for sharing your story. Teenage years seem to either be great or horrible, personally I think the best years are to be had in your twenties.
Online games can been a needed escape but it only delays your path to recovery in RL. Find something to be passionate about and run with it, Enjoy life and it will enjoy you.
great article!
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Glad to hear it, James.
One thing I can tell you; the older you get, the more it seems like people are dieing around you. Its all in the plan. As you know, none of us are mortal. Appreciate every day you are walking around on this earth. Don't let the crap pies God throws at you discourage you. Good luck.
Citizen B
Thank you all for your comments 🙂
story of my life there, it's like me biography, every word.
Stay up bro.
Cool story, bro.
stay with us