Out of Pod Experience

Ok serious time now.... but I have nothing of note myself really

I'm just a regular 26 year old florida redneck that just sits here playing Eve and does nothing else right now besides collecting tax money in the form of a disability check due to a few health problems. It's not really all its cracked up to be either. Plus throw in some severe depression in the past an it makes it really not fun.... I'd trade all this in to be healthy if I could but I can't.

And no I don't have cancer

Can I live vicariously through the res of you guys? Pretty please?

In realz I am like walking in a hole-ridden sock, and I'm a lazy bum for most of the week.

Me in work

I'm kind of a **** irl.

So uh.. I just turned 40, I am an employed straight cis Caucasian male without any severe mental or physical illnesses.
BRB, checking my privileges.

I work in a medical facility that treats hero1n-addicts (stupid wordfilter), so basically my job is caring for the outcast of society, keeping them out of harms way and -most importantly- alive.
2014 isn't a very good year for us, several long term patients that I knew very well, died within the last months.
So it goes.

Not married, no children. GF lives in a town 100 km away, which leaves me plenty of time for eve on weekdays.

I suppose that people in RL have commented on how lucky you are to just 'relax and get paid'. But to be honest. If they knew how it would be they would certainly not envy you. I can only imagine how hard it would be to, in some way, live outside the society. I wish the best for you and hope that future technology will be able to improve your situation.

And as someone who is in the medical field: may I ask you what kind of disability you are struggling with? (You don't have to answer if you don't feel like it).

Well, the flow of information in society is speeding up because of information technology, and anyone with internet connection is in some form included into society now. I don't see how any disabled person must live outside of society these days, it's easy to communicate now on a far distances from your house, and in a society of gamers, like this one, cake is everywhere to find.

I might sound like a douche, but I am somehow glad to hear that you burned out on eve.
I mean, you were scary...a person who put so much time and effort both into his study and this game, without ever faltering.
Finally showing signs of eve-burnout makes you human again

Not sure how bad it is currently, but I found out that at least for me, unsubscribing for a few months worked far better than just lurking and playing skillqueue online.

If everything else fails, I can highly recommend just settling down in the middle of nowhere and building AFs and dictors...

Im in very much the same situation but with a different attitude towards it. I'm on disability for mental illness, which I mentioned in my original post in this thread. I am almost always in hermit mode myself. I become VERY uncomfortable when out and about, so pretty much the only times I leave the house are to see the psychiatrist or my therapist. Maybe a few times a year I'll go spend a weekend at the home of my best friend of 21 years. I prefer it if he comes over here lol.

It rly doesnt bother me much. As I said in my previous post, my passions are my cat (my baby) music, and cooking. I have all of these things at home. My therapist is always telling me to "get out and socialize;" For a guy with a PhD I'm pretty surprised that he doesnt get that this IS my socializing. Right now, writing this post, reading yall's posts. In game I chat live with my friends. When Im done eating dinner Im going to text my CEO and another corpie. Maybe we'll talk on TS later, tho I prefer to only do that during ops or meetings. I never liked talking on the phone either.

TBH, I ILIKE my situation for the most part; not the illness (AT ALL) but my living situation. As I said, I'm a hermit anyway. I actually consider myself blessed in a way. It's sometimes very difficult being me, thinking, feeling, seeing and hearing the things I do(that usually arent really there), but on the flip side, I dont get up every day and go to a job I don't like, I dont have to be around people all the time and try to focus on what they're saying to me, etc. I sleep in 2-3 (if Im lucky 4) hour shifts, not by choice. It happens a few times a day, but I see the bright side even in that: I'm online at least for a few hours in all timezones

So I have Mr Nixon (my cat) as my constant companion, if I get bored I make something nice to eat, I can play Eve and listen to music whenever I want. There's always a bright side to things, even if the grass looks a LOT greener on the other side. I wouldnt be as presumptuous as to tell anyone what to do, but appreciating even the small things has a great impact on my overall happiness, or at least contentment.

sorry for the long post

I am 40 years old and have been an ER doc for 11 years.
Not very glamorous with the nasty stuff I deal with, but I do love it.
I meet people on the worst day of their life.
Served in 2 wars. Not a hero.

A better summary of me would be:
I live in the woods you see, the woman the kids and the dogs and me,
I have a shotgun, rifle and a four wheel drive.
And a country boy can survive.

My mother was an ER nurse (RN) for thirty-something years before she retired. I've heard some real doozies of stories from her, and Ive spent time there myself.

Props to you.