Way to soldier on, Spectral, you got mad respect from the fine folks here as well as myself. Keep on keepin' on! As for myself, nothing as potent as the above, or probably not important at all. *shrugs* My hands hurt a bit, so I'll give you the abridged version:
I'm 31, Gemini, been playing games since I was 3 with the ol' Atari.
Straight, Cis, white, etc. etc. (Sorry, habit. Tumblr is a toxic world, tread with care)
I have a dry, sarcastic, almost British sense of humor.
I finished high school.
Hey...
Why am I listing crap? Because, until recently, I was a very sheltered boy, and didn't know a lot of anything. Back in '96, my mother was diagnosed with MS(Multiple Sclerosis), likely triggered from the stress brought on from the abusive relationship she was in at the time. I took it upon myself to take care of her, and for a time, all was well. But long story short, she slowly got worse, to the point that I had to have her put into a nursing home to heal and mend. Turns out there was a lot more wrong with her than we knew, because she never went to a doctor(combination of lack of knowledge of insurance coverage and her own fear of hospitals). Things quickly slid down from there.
I'm trying not to come off as a sob story, so I'll wrap things up here. Basically, the house got foreclosed, because her SSI money all went to her care, the State literally told me not to care for her after this(now she's been in and out of the home twice, and Michigan is REAL strict when it comes to anything that could be seen as elder abuse, even if it's not), and if not for a VERY good friend/ex, I would be homeless right now. I've had to learn to deal with depression without meds, because they have a history of jacking me up, so things like this are an outlet to keep me sane. Ok, I'm done wasting your time with meaningless banter. Back to the killin'!