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14-Aug-2023 16:04:47

18-Oct-2023 14:50:09

I've been playing RuneScape on and off (no one ever quits, they just take breaks) for about 20 years. I started in 5th grade with a few of my friends and we played everyday after school. As I got older less and less of those friends would continue to play. I kind of just kept playing almost in a single player mode for a while, my anxiety was too bad to really try to make friends with random people. Then one day, about 7-8 years ago, someone asked me if I wanted to be in a clan, I said no. I hated the idea of being in a clan because I knew I wouldn't talk in the Clan Chat or come to any of the events etc. But this specific player told me that stuff didn't matter and that everyone was welcome and if I didn't feel comfortable doing something in the clan then I wouldn't have to. It's crazy now, I still have anxiety issues and I'm now the owner of that same clan and I run our Discord and try to be active in the forums. I feel more relaxed in game talking to people than I do with random people in public.

TL;DR

- RuneScape has done a lot for my mental health over the years, even though I took breaks, it was nice to know it was always there as an option to distract me during the harder times. For that I thank The Gowers, Jagex and all of the J Mods who put so much work into RuneScape for so long!

I am the milk man.

My milk is delicious.

16-Nov-2023 22:00:13 - Last edited on 16-Nov-2023 22:02:04 by Necroshade57