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[Strawberry Tart 161]

Tears of joy don't exist, of course.

-snip-

 

The tears I cried were tears of joy...

[kirbyboi 588]

Oh my...your story was touching. I'm not just saying that.

 

This is kinda what irks me when I see haters around the place. I mean, if MLP changed this kid's life, it can with anyone. This show actually gives me hope that I'll meet my true friends one day. It cheers me up, and the show itself is just magical.

 

I guess friendship really is magic.

 

Thanks for sharing your story. I wish you luck in everything you do.

[JhonHipster 124]

Woah. Just woah.

 

That was a preety amazing read.

[Ezynell 2,037]

I can;t believe I just now found this post while lurking around the forums. Your story is amazing, inspiring, and really brings to life the visible impact this show has on peoples lives. I hope you continue to not only stay on these forums, but be an avid member while we wait for season 3.

[Somebody 570]

I have a similar story, myself. Had I not found ponies, I wouldn't have become so active in looking for friendship. Before that, I didn't understand the importance of it. Once the show inspired me to go make friends, I was literally getting high on friendship constantly. It even set me on the path of studying psychology and counseling.

 

...Though I wasn't very discerning in choosing my friends and ended up in a rather shady crowd. It was a start, though. Recently, I left my old clique of bronies whose ideas on friendship seemed questionable to me, my faith in friendship having been badly shaken. I was driving home from work today and I felt so sad--these days, friendship is the only thing I really believe in, and I was wondering whether I could even believe in that anymore...

 

But just now, I find this thread. The brony community, and this site in particular, have actually saved someone's life? If that's not real friendship, I don't know what is. I knew of this place when it was in its infancy, but its quickly-growing size scared me away. Why didn't I join this place months ago???

 

This has renewed my faith in finding true friends... and I may have just found my new home on the Internet.

[Sun 34]

I already have 2 friends closer then the ponies on the show. We are like one person entirely, I love them so much, we've never fought. <3

[My little pwny 1,392]

Wow, you guys really touched some of my heart strings with YOUR posts! I had no idea it would have this kind of response.

[Nightfall 3,950]

Wow, you guys really touched some of my heart strings with YOUR posts! I had no idea it would have this kind of response.

 

Your story touched my heart greatly, man.

Thank you, Feld0.

 

Feld0

Saving lives is only part of his awesome "job"

[Rainbow Dash Loyalty 1,275]

Reading this to me is a million times sadder than reading My Little Dashie You're a very brave person to share this story with us.

[Dave247 568]

After pondering on this for a while while slowly going through all the posts I realized that it did indeed touch me because it didn't at first. I think it just took a while for it to sink in. I believe this to be due to the lack of empathy that I supposedly have but the more heartwarming stories I come across like this makes me question who I think I really am.

 

Video games used to be the main source of happiness for my life and I enjoyed my solitude wasting hours each day on the computer but after a while I would get bored and I would start to feel lonely. It was then that I realized that I was most happy when I was around the few friends that I have which confirms for me that friendship is the most important thing for me.

I think this is what appeals the most to me about the show, how that without each other their lives just wouldn't be the same.

 

 

I sincerely thank you for sharing your story with us as it serves as a inspiration for us all and stands to be basis of just what this show can achieve.

[Hazardus_Havard. 479]

Glad you didn't commit to that act in the end. My own family has a history of this type of stuff which sadly placed me amongst them. So I can see where you're coming from with this. The thing to get me outta the slumps is mostly my art for myself. Just the need to improve and to share my work with others makes me a bit better each time.

 

I hope you lead a great and fulfilling life.

[Feather Spiral 1,892]

I already have 2 friends closer then the ponies on the show. We are like one person entirely, I love them so much, we've never fought. <3

They teach you to fly a kite?

Cuz then you could say "they taught me how to fly a kite (best friends forever), we never had a single fight (we did everything together)". :3

[Sun 34]

They teach you to fly a kite?

Cuz then you could say "they taught me how to fly a kite (best friends forever), we never had a single fight (we did everything together)". :3

 

I don't think we've ever flown a kite before. xD

[Matus 130]

This story is very touching, and I'm very happy to see you get out of the state of wanting to kill yourself. My best friend had cut himself and such, but it really pained me a lot to see him like that. I don't like to see people like that, and I'm glad you became a new you.

[My little pwny 1,392]

Thanks for your love everypony I'm anxious to reciprocate it back to each of you.

[PlunderSteed 1,252]

Hey girls (Lauren, Tara, and everybody else), did you know...

 

That, um...

 

Your show...?

 

Is for turning lives around.

[Juggler 345]

It is amazing that something that is so hated on the internet actually saves lives... I think that no series has saved so many life as MLP:FiM.

 

I was also saved by MLP and the brony community. I was planning on suicide often, but I never thought of a good place, time or a way to do it. I don't think that I really had the guts to do it either... It often feels like you are the only one in the world who feels that way, so it really helps me a lot to read yours and others stories. It shows me that others have had similar problems as me, but got through it.

 

So thank you so much for sharing your story with us!

[mintfreshAD 55]

I've been in that bad place. It was other things that pulled me out of it, but I can appreciate how it really takes a changed outlook on life, and that the show gave you that and saved your life, in a very literal sense, is nothing short of amazing.

 

Stories like this are why I don't give a crap about the haters, about media misrepresentation, about any negative aspects of the fandom. All of that is meaningless crap in comparison to something as wholly positive as this story. Every single bit of negative crap that gets hurled at the show or the community joined together doesn't have even 0.1% of the meaning that a story like this has.

 

Thanks for sharing your story with us, and I hope that the community, the show, and most importantly your life continue to bring you happiness.

[Teh Boi 113]

I don't know that feel bro, sorry.

I never thought about committing suicide. I've always wanted to live a long life, have children, grandchildren, a dog, a house near Loch Ness, a job at a Video Game company... So many things to do, and so little time.

[TheEngineer 188]

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Fantastic post MyLittlePwny, I'm so glad you are with us now! You seem like an great person to know and be around and I hope to see you around the forums and the community. There is something truly heart-warming (and, in your case, changing) about MLP that seriously can improve our lives and give us hope.

 

Thank you so much for sharing your story .

Edited July 22, 2012 by TheEngineer

[Homura Akemi 974]

We're glad you're still here. If the simplest of things in life can help someone keep living, I think it's a good thing. My Little Pwny, you deserve this from me.

[Cjero 49]

Hm... Im not a brony but im glad. This show helped alot of people.

If there is anything! And i mean anything i love to help people.

 

I honestly dont mind lending an ear. I hope you get your stuff together.

 

And if you ever think of suicide agian ill track your ip buy a plane ticket flyover to you smack you and then treatvyou for icecream and go to a movie. Once iget a job that is... Ehehehe... Either way. Everyone here is herecfor you.

[Iudex 1,945]

You are a model for all of us. You went from one end of the spectrum to the other.

A credit to all of bronydom. I salute you sir.

 

 

You...... are a true brony.

[Pony Joe 583]

What an amazing thing to come back to after my now-annual summer Brony community break.

 

Keep living for the things worth living for, brother.

[Creamy Arty 6,252]

A bit late to this thread, but here goes:

 

Been there too. I feel you. Most of my childhood is a blur, deliberately forgotten. All I remember with clarity is that I was never happy at any time in all of those years. All those I knew, especially relatives on my Mom's side of the family, only had one true pleasure in life - making others suffer. Being a compassionate and gentle person they saw fit to hurt me at every opportunity. When I was done with that I went on to college. It was a dull, daily commute back and forth. No friends or relatable people to be found there. When I got into the workforce it was more of the same. Didn't like my jobs, lost any semblence of passion I may once have had for my work, but worked all the time just so I would have something to do and so my mind wouldn't have a chance to get idle. When I didn't have something to keep my mind busy was when I started to fall apart. So there went 22 years, all miserable and - for the most part, though there were times I got to speak or visit with my only friend, times far too rare - solitary.

 

Like many others I've talked to in our brotherhood, I also planned to end myself, though I was determined to give life a fair chance to prove itself worthwhile. I had in mind from the age of 15 that I would give myself until the age of 30, twice my current age at the time. Certainly if I had not found any measure of fulfillment by that point it would never come. I counted down the years, seven, each bringing new failures and torments to add to an already overwhelming weight that bowed my shoulders and caused occasional heart palpitations. Each year making me think more strongly about cutting the deadline short.

 

Going about my business as usual on another forum that I frequent, a long-time member rocking a Fluttershy avatar posts a thread about Friendship is Magic. By now I've already seen images floating around other forums and image boards but never stopped to read anything that might give some context to the pictures, that I might watch the show or talk to any fans. Said member invites all reading to try watching the show and for all fans to band together into a new community on the forum.

 

After the first episode I was already taken by the show's sense of humor, sensible scripting, believable dialogue, endearing characters, theme and audio quality; and yes, its cuteness. I reported back to inform everybody that I was hooked, then watched the rest of the first season (all that existed at the time; I became a brony on May 20th of last year) in one sitting. All of us new fans came together and got acquainted. After my first month of watching this show and my involvement with its kindred community, I decided to cancel my suicide plans, still some 8 years away. That may not seem significant or serious to some people because of how far away it was, but when you've spent your entire life of 22 years in sorrow, fear, and self-loathing, it is. More so considering my failing health caused by the depression. I now wanted to live. I felt like there was a good reason and I was enjoying myself. After going to Bronycon this summer I threw off the last vestiges of my old self. I finally felt human and every bit the equal of any other person. For the first time in my life I liked who I am.

 

 

 

Probably going to regret posting this when I wake up later. Some of it is in my profile's "About Me" section or whatever it's called, but I've never disclosed everything before. Eh. I typed all of it out to get it off my chest and I'm not simply deleting it now. Nah, I'm through with regrets.

 

I know how it is, OP, and I'm so glad we're all together now to unshackle each other and share in one another's burdens. I love you all.

Edited September 3, 2012 by Artemis