Thanks to General Gonad, a number of very interresting subjects have been discussed on the board recently, ranging from the sexual aspects to our relations with SPs and women, to some of the consequences of hobbying, ie: depression.
Hobbying is a world in itself. Some of us will be able to have their relation with SPs blend in with their personal life, making friends along the way and unify everything in harmony. I suspect this applies more to men and women who are single, or otherwise not too emotionally attached. Other persons will have to keep that part of their life hidden, and will succeed at varying degrees. A bit like people dealing with drugs, gambling, or other addictions, those who are not strong enough to keep a definite separation between the two worlds may eventually suffer from very negative effects of their "other life": Losing money, losing their job, losing their family, losing friends (even those made in this hobby), etc.
It may come to a point that whichever direction they look, they feel like they destroyed everything around them, have exhausted all possibility of resolutions, that whatever they do they'll destroy something else. They lose any and all self-esteem they ever had. All they have left to feel is regrets, sadness, guilt.
I wonder if anyone went through that, and how they dealt with it?
Mods: If you feel this post should go in the depression related thread started by GG, by all means, move it.
Hobbying is a world in itself. Some of us will be able to have their relation with SPs blend in with their personal life, making friends along the way and unify everything in harmony. I suspect this applies more to men and women who are single, or otherwise not too emotionally attached. Other persons will have to keep that part of their life hidden, and will succeed at varying degrees. A bit like people dealing with drugs, gambling, or other addictions, those who are not strong enough to keep a definite separation between the two worlds may eventually suffer from very negative effects of their "other life": Losing money, losing their job, losing their family, losing friends (even those made in this hobby), etc.
It may come to a point that whichever direction they look, they feel like they destroyed everything around them, have exhausted all possibility of resolutions, that whatever they do they'll destroy something else. They lose any and all self-esteem they ever had. All they have left to feel is regrets, sadness, guilt.
I wonder if anyone went through that, and how they dealt with it?
Mods: If you feel this post should go in the depression related thread started by GG, by all means, move it.