Giveaway Time :)

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I’m proud of you Jake for overcoming such a difficult time. You’ll be a great role model for that little boy:)

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I’m scared of everything and need to be in control all the time.

I’m deathly afraid of getting cancer or an sti. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t sleep with anyone because not only am I extremely paranoid about HIV I’m also freaking out about getting someone pregnant to the point where I spent 4 days working out how much child support I’d have to pay or making sure birth control was taken in front of me. It’s incredibly jarring and I’ve had to swear off casual sex.

I have panic attacks when I’m on planes, I get anxious when I’m being driven around faster than 60 km/h, I can’t go on roller coasters because I feel like I’m going to fly off and die.

I can’t even sleep at night, I’ll stay awake listening to every small sound as if someone is trying to break into my house. There was a point when I was 15 where I’d just stay up all night and read until 3am witch a Stanley knife next to me in case I’d have to defend myself…

It’s not fun, I stress then I eat and then I feel like shit because I’ve been trying to lose weight but I’m going at a snail’s pace.

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This is probably one of the worst days of my life. I was working until late in the city about 10pm and had bought a load of stuff to work with me (as i’d come from a sleepover). On that night, a huge storm hit and it was chucking it down. My bags were too heavy to carry across town to the bus stop so I tried ordering a taxi but none were about so I walked about town for a bit and the handle strap of my bag broke.

At this point I was soaked and holding my heavy bag in my hands, absolutely distraught. Eventually I had to slowly travel to the bus stop across town, stopping every 10 minutes to catch my breath because holding the bag with two arms was really heavy.

Eventually I reached the bus stop and i was so soaked through and had a huge bag to hold, the driver sized me up and said “just get on, dw” which was nice.

My phone was running out of battery at this point but I managed to call my housemate and he came out to meet me at the stop with a new bag. But the whole trip home after work was an ordeal and kept going from bad to worse.

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One of the hardest times in my life was on this last deployment. Everything started fine as it always does and then out of no where I got a call from my mom that my aunt had stage 4 Brain cancer. So esentially over the next 6 months I watched my Aunt Tracie go from happy and healthy to a bag of bones. Other people that have had this experience will understand when your gone and you have a loved one dying and there is literally nothing you can do but watch them die through e-mails and FaceTime its literally the worst thing ever. So her final days were spent around loved ones I was actually blessed enough to be on the phone with her as she took her last breath I got to tell her I loved her and she tried to say it back but unfortunately that was her last breath. Im lucky to have been able to say good bye but I never got a last hug or kiss didn’t even get to se the funeral. That being said I think we should all take time out of our day to love and appreciate one another because you could be gone within a matter of months, mins, even seconds.

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Been reading this thread the last 6-7 days and have been trying to figure out what to say. I could talk about my mothers 25 surgeries, both my great grandma’s deaths, a family member who is constantly verbally abusive, but those might be stories for another time.
Today I’ll share with the community how I got back into Pokémon. Around March I realized how alone I truely felt over these past couple years. In person I have a very distinctive personality to say the least that not many people are willing to “deal” with in terms. I’m human I don’t always say the right thing, I don’t always do the right thing or am always happy. I wish I was but I have a higher chance of getting a trophy card then that happening so… anyways I was majorly depressed and didn’t have anyone to turn to it seemed. There is definitely something to be said for someone who will just listen and hear your life story without judging you for it. As I pondered whether or not my life was worth it, my sister came to me about our old Pokémon collection as children and asked me if I wanted them and I said sure for reasons I’m still not sure of. By picking up that collection started a journey that would bring me back up. It helped me find this group of amazing opinionated people that care about not only the hobby of Pokémon but about each other even if they argue about things sometimes. It gave me a purpose to find and create a spreadsheet of cards, so that every single card can be documented into one place. Pokémon helped me when no one and no thing could, it helped me to have something again. To find happiness and joy in this life we live.
I don’t know if that’s considered a sad story or a happy story but it’s my story and it’s why I’m here with you today in this community.

Thanks for listening everyone,
Mjisaacs

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Great story. We’re all lucky to have you here:)

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Thank you all for your stories. This is now closed and I will put the names into a random generator this weekend and announce the winner by Sunday night.

Thanks again!

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As much as I would like to give all of you something, there can be only one winner and the winner is Silentoaths! Your item will be in the mail this week :blush: Thanks for entering, I’ll try to do this again later this year.

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Congratulations @silentoaths! :grin: And thanks for the give-away and the thread @jcincy101.

Greetz,
Quuador

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Thanks again for the giveaway @jcincy101! Congrats silentoaths :blush:

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Thanks and congrats.
PS…excellent idea.

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Congrats to the winner :blush: we’re all winners as we have all overcome our own difficulties in life ! So respect to you all :facepunch:

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