Never have I been so thankful for timezones....
I just want to post this to publicly thank
poppyfields13 and
hannah_sheree for all their help last night. You both are amazing and I am so thankful and appreciative that I know you two.
I was going through a major crisis that I had me on the verge of an emotional breakdown from worry and fear while trying to deal, and it was after 2 AM so nobody who I knew in "real life" or from around where I live was awake. Not even my roommate or crazy suitemate were up, everyone was dead asleep, and there I was wide awake and panicking, not knowing what to do.
Thankfully, it was fairly early in the evening in New Zealand, and I began frantically panicking to and confiding in
poppyfields13 (who unlike me, was probably much more awake and therefore in her right mind than I was) about my situation (which, as it turns out, she had gone through a similar experience herself in the past), and she was able to keep me calm and tell me what to do and level-headed advice, as well as listen (or rather read?) to everything that I kept saying in worry and panic and desperation (and plenty of sad emoticons, XD which she returned on msn hug emoticons) the entire time, which ended up being well over two hours (maybe more, i wasn't keeping track of time well). She didn't sign off, and even when she was running out of ideas, she kept talking to me and basically just being there for me until it finally was over at about 5 in the morning (my time). And for that, she is an absolutely amazing person, and has my eternal gratitude, and I totally felt her friendship strongly, even if we've never actually spoken face-to-face because of where we live. She completely proved that she was a fantastic friend to me for being there.
And once i was starting to head to bed and shutting the computer down, though still quite upset over what had happened even though it had been solved for now, by some twist of fate I decided just to click
hannah_sheree's page just for the hell of it, only to find she was actually on the same time as me for once despite her having started school! I ended up confiding everything that had happened to her (since she right away noticed my mood), and I could tell that she was truly upset for not being able to be on while it everything was happening to help. She still nonetheless opened up to me about a similar situation she had, and also gave me some advice for what to do and listened to me (probably "whine" i guess for lack of a better word), and then joked around and helped to cheer me up and take my mind off things. After talking to her for just about an hour (since she had to sign off soon because of something), I felt so much better and ready to go to sleep without fear of nightmares or staying up fretting and worrying because talking to hannah had lightened my mood. And just from her talking, I'm sure had she been on at the same time as what was going on, she would've been there for me just like poppy was. Because she is also a fantastic person whom, despite having never physically met her, I know is a real true friend.
It really means a lot to me, because I had nobody i could talk to at the time. I suppose I could've woken someone up by calling or something, but then I'm not sure they would've been able to give me half as much help as poppy and hannah did, because they all probably would've been half asleep and not thinking clearly. And I am just so thankful that both girls were willing to listen and give advice and so obviously and openly care about me enough to be there and help out, despite having never met me in "real life" or even heard my voice. Despite all of that, they are still two of the closest friends I have now, who I can honestly now say have been there when I needed them most. I've officially lost any doubt I formerly had that friends you meet through the internet can't possibly be as close or important or real as friends you meet in real life, because I know both of these girls absolutely are. I love them and am so grateful to them both so much for it.
And never have I been so thankful for timezones....and the internet too I suppose. Because I never would have met them otherwise.
You guys are wonderful.
poppyfields13 and
hannah_sheree for all their help last night. You both are amazing and I am so thankful and appreciative that I know you two.
I was going through a major crisis that I had me on the verge of an emotional breakdown from worry and fear while trying to deal, and it was after 2 AM so nobody who I knew in "real life" or from around where I live was awake. Not even my roommate or crazy suitemate were up, everyone was dead asleep, and there I was wide awake and panicking, not knowing what to do.
Thankfully, it was fairly early in the evening in New Zealand, and I began frantically panicking to and confiding in
poppyfields13 (who unlike me, was probably much more awake and therefore in her right mind than I was) about my situation (which, as it turns out, she had gone through a similar experience herself in the past), and she was able to keep me calm and tell me what to do and level-headed advice, as well as listen (or rather read?) to everything that I kept saying in worry and panic and desperation (and plenty of sad emoticons, XD which she returned on msn hug emoticons) the entire time, which ended up being well over two hours (maybe more, i wasn't keeping track of time well). She didn't sign off, and even when she was running out of ideas, she kept talking to me and basically just being there for me until it finally was over at about 5 in the morning (my time). And for that, she is an absolutely amazing person, and has my eternal gratitude, and I totally felt her friendship strongly, even if we've never actually spoken face-to-face because of where we live. She completely proved that she was a fantastic friend to me for being there.
And once i was starting to head to bed and shutting the computer down, though still quite upset over what had happened even though it had been solved for now, by some twist of fate I decided just to click
hannah_sheree's page just for the hell of it, only to find she was actually on the same time as me for once despite her having started school! I ended up confiding everything that had happened to her (since she right away noticed my mood), and I could tell that she was truly upset for not being able to be on while it everything was happening to help. She still nonetheless opened up to me about a similar situation she had, and also gave me some advice for what to do and listened to me (probably "whine" i guess for lack of a better word), and then joked around and helped to cheer me up and take my mind off things. After talking to her for just about an hour (since she had to sign off soon because of something), I felt so much better and ready to go to sleep without fear of nightmares or staying up fretting and worrying because talking to hannah had lightened my mood. And just from her talking, I'm sure had she been on at the same time as what was going on, she would've been there for me just like poppy was. Because she is also a fantastic person whom, despite having never physically met her, I know is a real true friend.
It really means a lot to me, because I had nobody i could talk to at the time. I suppose I could've woken someone up by calling or something, but then I'm not sure they would've been able to give me half as much help as poppy and hannah did, because they all probably would've been half asleep and not thinking clearly. And I am just so thankful that both girls were willing to listen and give advice and so obviously and openly care about me enough to be there and help out, despite having never met me in "real life" or even heard my voice. Despite all of that, they are still two of the closest friends I have now, who I can honestly now say have been there when I needed them most. I've officially lost any doubt I formerly had that friends you meet through the internet can't possibly be as close or important or real as friends you meet in real life, because I know both of these girls absolutely are. I love them and am so grateful to them both so much for it.
And never have I been so thankful for timezones....and the internet too I suppose. Because I never would have met them otherwise.
You guys are wonderful.