Losses and Moving on

[Nixeon]

Now i admit i prefer to lurk here on PBS and on most PB sites aside my own but i also have not had the best 6 months and i know im not the only one. I wanted to see who/if anyone had used PB as a sort of support through the last year and the things which cam with it, if you feel comfortable sharing what it was thats happened to you and so forth. 

Imma be honest, im happy being open. I lost a close freind, a old family pet, an older family member and close neighboras well as my (live in) BF losing his job. A lot of this was close together and i admit, i didnt handle it very well but having my RP site to log on to, chatter daily or just throw myself in to really helped and thats pretty much all down to PB for being there to host and support us!

[Shaliza]

Jan 27, 2021 18:14:55 GMT -8 Nixeon said:

Now i admit i prefer to lurk here on PBS and on most PB sites aside my own but i also have not had the best 6 months and i know im not the only one. I wanted to see who/if anyone had used PB as a sort of support through the last year and the things which cam with it, if you feel comfortable sharing what it was thats happened to you and so forth. 

Imma be honest, im happy being open. I lost a close freind, a old family pet, an older family member and close neighboras well as my (live in) BF losing his job. A lot of this was close together and i admit, i didnt handle it very well but having my RP site to log on to, chatter daily or just throw myself in to really helped and thats pretty much all down to PB for being there to host and support us!

I'm sorry that you had to go through all this, but that your friends on PB were there to support and get you through the difficult times.

I have to admit that 2020 was a terrible year for me and that 2021 is not shaping up to be much better. My father's health has been very bad, I got laid off work because my clinic has taken a hard hit thanks to COVID, and now one of my best friends who is like my surrogate mom is pretty sure she has COVID as well, thanks to flu like symptoms, fatigue, arthritis, fever and lost of taste/smell for the past 10 days. 

I've also had a hard time finding a job because none of the big medical groups like Sutter, Kaiser, Dignity Health, etc, are hiring and have pretty much put a freeze on expansion due to the pandemic. I have a long history of depression and anxiety which have also worsened in light of everything that has gone on. So it's been an extremely challenging time for me and my emotional and physical health have become compromised as a result. I can honestly say that my own staff team and other friends on PB forums have been incredibly supportive, kind and understanding during all this. So yeah, I am very grateful to have that online camaraderie to get me through an insanely challenging chapter of my life. Without PB forums and all the wonderful people I've met on here, it would have been harder to overcome all this, that's for sure.

[Nixeon]

Jan 30, 2021 10:34:57 GMT -8 Shaliza said:

I'm sorry that you had to go through all this, but that your friends on PB were there to support and get you through the difficult times.

I have to admit that 2020 was a terrible year for me and that 2021 is not shaping up to be much better. My father's health has been very bad, I got laid off work because my clinic has taken a hard hit thanks to COVID, and now one of my best friends who is like my surrogate mom is pretty sure she has COVID as well, thanks to flu like symptoms, fatigue, arthritis, fever and lost of taste/smell for the past 10 days. 

I've also had a hard time finding a job because none of the big medical groups like Sutter, Kaiser, Dignity Health, etc, are hiring and have pretty much put a freeze on expansion due to the pandemic. I have a long history of depression and anxiety which have also worsened in light of everything that has gone on. So it's been an extremely challenging time for me and my emotional and physical health have become compromised as a result. I can honestly say that my own staff team and other friends on PB forums have been incredibly supportive, kind and understanding during all this. So yeah, I am very grateful to have that online camaraderie to get me through an insanely challenging chapter of my life. Without PB forums and all the wonderful people I've met on here, it would have been harder to overcome all this, that's for sure.

For a start, thanks for the warm wishes and god i totally offer them back and know the feeling. Have since had another death of a close family freind due to all this so really hoping thats still in the 2020 jar and we are moving on. 

As for all the rest, im so sorry that happened to you and i really hope it starts to work itself out what with the vaccine getting more available and so forth. But you are so right, these groups of people we have online have just become so valuable and important in all this and i feel like this has taught the world that those of us who have been doing this for years (stacking on my 15th this year) arent weridos or so forth!