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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5590151" data-attributes="member: 9037">When my dad passed away I still gamed and it helped. It took my mind off the horrible grief I was dealing with. It was the same with going out to dinner with friends or to a movie. Though there was a period of time where I was going through some major issues. I was living with roommates who I hated living with, my son was in a bad situation in his life ,my best friend was having major health issues and I was on some really bad medicines for depression. I would go gaming and at the table I would be having fun but afterward I would get upset over things that happened. Looking back on that time I feel sorry for the other players and DM because all game discussion via email deteriorated into a morass of misery. Looking back I should have taken a break from gaming to deal with my issues. I am lucky that my friends stuck by me but it wasn't easy.So I do think there are times it is better for everyone at the table if you take a break.I have friend who DMs Shadowrun for us. Usually he is a great DM. But he was going through a lot of issues in his personal life with his wife and immediate family. The game really suffered he took offensive at the littlest thing. My character had the flaw paranoid and I was playing her as I always, did not be fully opening to any new NPC. I always did background checks on the NPCs which we used to joke about.When I said I was going to do it he went off on how sick he was of giving us helpful people and how we didn't appreciate anything he did for us. It was obvious he was projecting his frustrations at home on what was going on in the game. But he couldn't see it at the time.It got to the point I dreaded playing so when he wanted to make the switch to 4E Shadowrun I bowed out of the game. The game self destructed a few months after that.So I do believe that gaming is not always the answer if you are having issues.</blockquote>

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