Away From and Buoyed Up By

[kateamdahl]

I've been away from Second Life and this blog for most of the past week and a half, and I'm a little disturbed to tell you that it wasn't so bad being away. I missed Second Life itself a little, and I missed my friends more than a little, and I missed Andr3 and Eris quite a lot (they are, after all, my Second Life family), but it's been a happy

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Study of SL and happiness confirms your realization!

[anonymous]

http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2006/12/12/study-on-second-life-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness/

"...people with a strong sense of well-being and many friends in the real world follow similar patterns in Second Life."

"...therapeutic effect on those with few friends: as they spend more hours in Second Life, they start feeling happier in the real world."

There's a link to the PDF study results in the Reuters article.

[grizzygriswold]

I don't have all the insecurities that I do in rl when I am in sl. I think partly because I'm not me, despite acting pretty much the same. This lets me be more outgoing in sl. Since I act more freely in sl without my insecurities hampering me, I get lots of compliments about the person that I am, which has translated into me feeling better about rl me and being a little more assertive and outgoing in rl.

[kherber]

hey, you flirting with another horse? *swishes tail at you*

[kateamdahl]

Oh, honey, you know I wouldn't do that! Endy's a unicorn.

[kherber]

And I'm just a sad ol' work-horse. I get the picture.

*sighs and clip-clops away, head hanging*

[kateamdahl]

Oh, now, don't make me dote on you in public...because I will if I have to, you know!