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    Re: Retired from Competitive Play

    Best of luck in your future endeavors, sir.

    PS: You better stick around the forums.
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    Wow I missed this. I'm glad you didn't let overly stressful competitive play ruin the whole thing for you, or ruin video games in general. I know from experience having extra levels of stress in one area of your life can spill over into other areas and taint everything, so it's really cool that in a time of crisis you rediscovered what mattered most to you sounds like. I wish you the best of luck out there sir, and fwiw your example of badassery will have effects that will continue on far longer than you suspect, even if the people you affected actually somehow forget. RIPPLES IN A POND 8)
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    Shockwave I am sad to hear that for you man and I mean that I swear. Everyone get's depressed for different reason's & I been there for many myself, but one thing nobody should ever think about is suicide, it's never the answer & you only hurt your loved one's, lost my friend this way only 2 month back & lost my cousin a few year back this way too. All over women & I can tell you I've been hurt as much as any man can possibly be hurt myself by spliting up. But no way would I take that route and put the pain on someone who loves me. You got to be strong & no matter what you go through in life, somebody else is going through worse, and I always tell myself this & you know sooner or later the highs will come & they always do. Concentrate on the good things in life & not the bad. We are all lucky in one way or another you just got to realise it. Never give in, ever!
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    Re: Retired from Competitive Play

    Originally Posted by Cl1nt
    Shockwave I am sad to hear that for you man and I mean that I swear. Everyone get's depressed for different reason's & I been there for many myself, but one thing nobody should ever think about is suicide, it's never the answer & you only hurt your loved one's, lost my friend this way only 2 month back & lost my cousin a few year back this way too. All over women & I can tell you I've been hurt as much as any man can possibly be hurt myself by spliting up. But no way would I take that route and put the pain on someone who loves me. You got to be strong & no matter what you go through in life, somebody else is going through worse, and I always tell myself this & you know sooner or later the highs will come & they always do. Concentrate on the good things in life & not the bad. We are all lucky in one way or another you just got to realise it. Never give in, ever!
    That was well said man the way i look at my personal situation is what i never had i will never miss if i had the chance to bond with my parents and then have them go the way they did i would have been much worse than i am right now that is for sure you are by far the most mature man i have ever heard and i have taken your advise on almost everything and just want to say thanks for that and hope you are doing well man .
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    Hey you too man & life is a gift it really is, and sometimes we got to have the lows to appreciate the highs but they come mate they really do. Just got to always be positive no matter what.
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    Respect to you for being so honest. I think everyone gets depressed at times, sometimes depressed a whole lot, it's about finding that one thing that makes you happy and sticking with it; A job, love, where you live, maybe even a healthier diet could help.

    Originally Posted by NonRedOrchid
    Really get where you're coming from. Sometimes it's so hard to step back and realise that Trials is never going to pay the bills or really satisfy you for a long time. It's always about improving, always about getting better and wanting more. I can't count how many nights I've neglected other things in my life in order to compete on some stupid leaderboard that nobody will give 2 sh*ts about a year from now.

    I'll give you an example, yesterday morning I woke up, went downstairs, cereal, cigarette, turn on the Xbox and wander through the trials menu's. Not because I wanted to, but purely out of habit. Seriously, sometimes I'll just be sitting there watching replays and have absolutely no idea why I'm doing it. It's actually really sad when you think about it..
    I have no idea where you are from, but me being from the UK, I blame alot of the depression and OCD on the fact that people are isolated. Also, theres no real communication and community in the UK, add that to the very poor job prospects for anyone who is out of work and you have a recipe for mass prozac.

    Coming to Thailand its just so strange compared to uk, mostly because everyone is out all the time chatting and communicating, people are much more open with each other, all care about each other. Everyone just seems to walk in and out of each others houses like it's no big deal. None of the biterness and ******** you get between people in the UK and people just seem to much happier because of it. Don't know where we went wrong in the west.

    If I could get a job here there isn't a single thing I'd miss about the UK, apart from the food, food here is proper strange lolz.
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    Re: Retired from Competitive Play

    So much honesty in this thread. Thanks to all that contributed; this is exactly why I love the Trials Community!
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    Tell me bout it Slinky. I was miserable playing BFTP!! I usually set low goals cos otherwise I get frustrated if I can't reach them quickly.

    I don't know what your full story is, but for therapy you may want to consider Kinect. Physical activity is very therapeutic and releases endorphins into the brain. Well Kinect is my way of climbing a mountain of bliss before I fall back down again.

    Hope you are well,
    StarfIRE!
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    Slinky mate,i wish you all the best life can offer you..nice,brave statment to strangers dude,so thats a positive straight away..
    By the way,i can totally understand where your coming from cos ive been going through similar episodes for 12 years..its how you manage your thoughts that beats it.cognitive behaviour is my strategy(n loads of valium)..positive thinking at all times..but its still hard..also,honesty will make you feel better..be honest always,and most important,like yourself.dont ever hate wot u see in the mirror.once you like yourself,its easier to like others.
    Anyway,good luck..you will get there..
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