It's quite amazing how much dealing with people who have mental health issues really defines you, don't you think?Hello, I am Luke. And today I would like to tell you the reader a story.
This story is about who I am, where I've come from, and most importantly, where I am going.
Despite that, today's story is one of my mental health. It's about the people who made and make me who I am today and why I am the way I am. And hopefully, while I'm writing this, I like you can experience the story of "Hobbing".
Believe it or not, and yes there have been countless arguments surrounding this detail (I'm talking to you Mrdarkii). However, this all begins seven years ago with a few books, a laptop that was made many years ago and a dream. I wasn't much into the scene of MC-Market or even Discord at this time, but I was into Skype.
I'd show you the desk this all began on as a visual aid, but sadly this year that desk was thrown out and got replaced with the cot of my beautiful nephew, Caiden. Which, in my opinion, is worth much more than a depressing chair and desk. Though I do still have the books, they are ones which many of you also have.
We all know I'm way too lazy to get off my chair and go into a box to find them, so we will include the first image results I can find on Google.
I was absolutely fascinated with these books and Minecraft as a whole, so I decided that seeing this: (Trying to get an accurate representation of what my first ever work would've looked like)
Might not be what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. So I quickly became amazed by the multiplayer side of the game, and promptly found:
(Yes, I'm aware this makes me sound like a server hopper back then) EndlessPVP from a Minecraft server list. I began playing Minecraft Factions. Became addicted, applied for a helper role, got promoted to Mentor (A position I created on that server, which is equivalent to Staff Manager). And the rest is history. Well, no, it's not. Because this story wouldn't be complete if I lied to you.
My life was good; though mental health always takes it's toll negatively, and the person you are after all that determines you for the rest of your life. At about 8PM in the night two other users and I were in a Skype call, one of the users (Not me to be precise) was suicidal. He tried to jump off of a bridge, thankfully the other user and I were able to stop him.
Though this would not be the last time that this would happen, various times after this user would try to kill himself, and honestly, that's the cycle of abuse. His mum abused him, abused drugs, and he got put up for adoption, he abused himself and me, and now it's up to me to stop the cycle of abuse.
I hope that when reading this, you experienced my story that you learnt about me. So now I'd like to thank some users:
Ghast - My best friend in the whole world, excluding my girlfriend.
Alistair F. - One of my favourite people on earth, a fantastic manager and someone I'm proud to know.
Ren - A tremendous manager and an incredible friend.
Diz - An excellent Manager and Developer, and someone who inspires me.
Dehy / @Krafto - Some of the best friends I've ever had.
Chawks - Pretty funny dude.
And, as always: UMA - https://discord.gg/gGZHkkp because, without it I wouldn't be me.
I would also like to say that this is a serious topic, 100% factual and if you decide to trash this thread then I'd love for you to think of what you would feel like if this was your son or brother or dad.
Mental health is a huge grey area, and it's surprising how little the medical community can really do, though what I have found is that it all stems from past experience. My own mother can be suicidal at times and she suffers from various things due to her bad habits, and I have also had to deal with depressed and suicidal internet friends.
The majority of it all stems from the past, how they were brought up, the trauma they were exposed too, etc. Of course, being exposed to a lot of trauma from the past as helped define me and help me mature a lot more, it also takes you on quite an unpredictable ride too, as one moment they can be alright, then the next moment they are suicidal.
All in all though, to help them, you just need to love them and really listen to what they are saying, they just want someone to listen and to sympathise with them, and if you do that, they'll like you more, which gives you more power to encourage them to go and get medical help and to also believe in themselves
