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[poppins122325]

Hi all

I never thought i would see the day i walk away from Trainz but alas that day has come. After many years of happiness both in life and here on the fourms i have decided to walk away after having personal issues. I will not rule out a return to the fourms but for at least now i am taking a long break to sort myself out. To a great community with many wonderful members you have sometimes given me what it takes to push on through the bad times but like any grade in rail sometimes you cant make the climb.

So goodbye to everyone and i hope to return when i am better

Nathan

 

[mitch456yui]

Take care Nathan.:wave:
Trainz can wait, don't worry about us, just get yourself sorted out.
Take care,
Mitch

 

[poppins122325]

Hi guys

well after a month away from the forums, i think its time to come back after getting help with myself. I will come clean about why i left the forums though, the simple answer is that i was fighting depression and had been since November last year. i thought i could get myself out of it alone and tried but this simply didn't work, i went into suicidal thoughts and very nearly killed myself on a number of occasions, in late January i thought i was making a breakthrough but this only lasted 2 weeks before i relapsed and went back to suicide. Now im getting professional help 2 times a week and have started to make my way back to being "normal" once again but there is no telling what the future holds for me but i hope to come out of this and stay out of it for good.

My thanks go out to all the members on the forums, and to everyone involved in trainz from the management down to the individual users for making this such a great community as many of times this is what helped me get thinking about life was good and worth it so a massive thank you to all.

Thanks everyone
Nathan

 

[amigacooke]

Good to have you back!

 

[cascaderailroad]

Perhaps you need more Trainz friendz

 

[ColPrice2002]

Dear Nathan,

Glad to see that you have light at the end of the protal (intended as a Trainz pun...).

Seriousli, form personal experience of people who have experienced depression, the first step is to recognise that there is a need for help.
So far (to my inderstanding) they have now stoppedd taking their medication (carefully - because it's possible to relapse) and the depression is behind them.

They found that a change in lifestyle helped - for example, joining a sports/social club partly because gentle exercise helps, but also the social interactions as well.

I hope that that's helped you know it's possible to come out of the dark.

Best wishes,

Colin

 

[jonj]

hope to see you back soon

 

[jadebullet]

Good to have you back again.