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Mr Lasastryke posted...

going to have to go with no.

it's not that it's been 100% bad or that there haven't been times that i greatly enjoyed being here but yeah, overall, i wouldn't say my past 16 years on this board have been good for my mental health. i also think it's turned me into a more unpleasant person.

This.

When I was younger, Board 8 was my online life. And I had problems here. I had friends, but also enemies, and those enemies weren't good for my mental health. But as an adult, it's been better because of a few good friends I've made that made positive impacts on my life.

Those people are the positives of this board for me (rather than the board itself) and it's been huge. I've flown a few times to see a friend I met here and it's been great. A group of friends I have IRL would have never happened if it weren't for another friend. I'm not sure the people involved want me to say who they are (but they're welcome to say who they are if they want) but it means so much.

In recent years, I've been tackling depression and anxiety more publicly and the board has been supportive of that. It's been great to see and it has saved my life. But I do believe that, at the same time, some of my issues were worsened by the more toxic members of the board and the impacts last to this day since those things pile up.

So overall? It hasn't been healthy. But there are some awesome people that make it worth it nonetheless.

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According to my therapist, "severe" anxiety and "moderate" depression.

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I'm trapped in my house, but at least I have a job and savings.

Better than in 2014 and 2015 when I was trapped without a job and was broke.

Worst year for humanity yes, but overall, not the worst year for me. At least, I'm not suicidal anymore.

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firefdr posted...

I'M AN ADULT!

I AIN'T GONNA BE A PART OF YOUR SYSTEM!

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Leanansidhe posted...

I threw it on the GROUND

MY DAD'S NOT A PHONE!

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No, not having time.

Used to be money though.

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Tom Bombadil posted...

I work at a high school, and based on how more common diseases tend to fare, all it takes is one person and we're all gonna get it.

The shit that scares me is that in my district, we have people from the district offices that go in and out of different schools. I'm one of them. So if I get it from a high school, I could easily transmit it to some kindergarteners the next day unknowingly and get a whole classroom sick, all because a few people in a few classrooms requested technical support from me.

That's the really scary thing. And as I visit multiple schools per day, and others do as well...yeah, it's really easy to start a pandemic in the schools and it just takes a single person to start it all.

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Only because I work in a school district doing tech support. In other words, touching computers and iPads all day that kids with poor handwashing (or lack thereof) habits use. I get sick pretty often and it's not uncommon to see people go to work or school while sick and they bring some nasty things. I've seen people go to work with a full-on flu, multiple times.

But I'm not any more worried than I already am about getting any other virus. I just know that if it makes it into a school that it's likely it will spread quickly.

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California. Tags or registration stickers.

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Only caffeine. I consider it an addiction when I needed to start drinking Mountain Dew like water and taking caffeine pills with Red Bull (on the same days) just to function. But since that's not included, no.

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