Comments on: Home As Therapy

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:53:22 +0000

You’re welcome and I think that it is wonderful what you are doing for your friend. Let us know how it goes?

By: deuce_for2

deuce_for2 — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:52:14 +0000

I know someone who may be able to benefit from Home in the ways you have described. They can’t afford a PS3, so I may just get it for them. I don’t know if they are one who will benefit from Home, but it is a good thing to try.

Thanks for an insight I would never had come up with on my own.

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:27:43 +0000

Thank you Kid and you are showing your age with Bobby Darin (or you had older brothers or sisters). I am finding myself more tolerant of people who seem to be rude, understanding better now that people are at all different stages of development. Glad you enjoyed the article.

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:22:54 +0000

I think that it is great that you have found a compliment to RL with Home and that you go on with your daughter. I know of other people that do the same and even let their children control their avatar for a while.

You’re welcome and thank you.

By: Kid Fleetfoot

Kid Fleetfoot — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:58:34 +0000

I am glad Home is therapeutic for so many people, at least apparently so. Then again I've actions by some who need therapy. I find it an interesting and sometimes fun place to be. It's a good article. (I surely wish I knew why when reading it I think of Bobby Darin singing his song "I'll Be There". Home is there.

By: tbaby

tbaby — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:26:24 +0000

TY for the great article Orion.

I might not be on PS Home as much as others, but for me, it is a great compliment to my social life. Being a single mother of a 3 year old on top of school and working, I have not been able to go out like I used to and PS Home provides a convenient but very fun way for me to interact and socialize with people online without me having to leave the house and have to worry about someone watching my daughter. In fact, many times she is next to me as I play around. The fun times I have on PS Home rival those I have in real life as they force you to rely on your imagination more and focus on the exchange of words without actual physical interaction. I have made some truly great friends on PS Home over the last 2 yrs and love meeting new people and making new friends all the time. I have met so many great people, including some of the staff of HSM such as Terra_Cide and guest contributors like Olivia_Allin. All amazing people who I have found things in common one way or another and have enjoyed multiple witty moments acting avatarded.

Thanks again for the article and I wish you luck in the writing contest as well.

By: Terra_Cide

Terra_Cide — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:37:39 +0000

If you ever are in need of ideas, please don’t hesitate to ask!

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:12:15 +0000

Thank you, Keara, for your most kind words. Thank you, for all the encouragement and support that you have given me. Hopefully, I can find a few more article in me.

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:09:32 +0000

You are so right Terra.

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:08:38 +0000

Thank you, April. I am glad that you enjoyed it.

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:07:59 +0000

I think this is wonder and that you had the foresight to be able to see what Home could be for your friend. I think that is remarkable.

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:06:23 +0000

Thank you for your comments and your constant support. And for making me feel welcome in Home.

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:03:50 +0000

Sometimes it is hard to remember that looking at an avatar. They are people and all people are different. I feel that in Home, I have gotten to know the real person much more than I have in the real world.

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:59:38 +0000

Thank you, Olivia, and, yes, it is an amazing gift and I like what you have said before that Home is what you make it to be.

By: Keara22hi

Keara22hi — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:34:27 +0000

I know this is your contest entry, Orion, but I really hope you will continue to write more articles for HSM. You have a talent for getting to the core of things and laying them out so everyone can understand and appreciate. Keep writing!

By: Terra_Cide

Terra_Cide — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:37:22 +0000

If not for the friends I have made on Home encouraging me to do so, I would have -- in all likelihood -- remained in a situation where my son and I would have ended up a domestic violence statistic.

You can’t quantify those kinds of connections and the effects they have. Unless, of course, you experience them yourself.

By: ApriL83

ApriL83 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:54:09 +0000

great job on your article. it’s always nice to hear how Home has helped personal problems.

By: Danger_Dad

Danger_Dad — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:40:36 +0000

;^) Well done. I have a friend in a similar situation. So, I bought her and her husband a PS3, and showed them how to establish themselves in Home. They love it, and she’s learning to relate to some of the people she meets there.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:31:03 +0000

This was a wonderful, heartfelt article Orion. I am glad that you did this and that you count me as one of your friends. I can’t begin to tell you how many people I have met in Home who are hurting in one way or another. Sometimes it is physical or mental, but sometimes it is only socially or emotionally too. I think that the fact that you were able to write this shows how far you have come, many people wouldn’t have the guts to wear their heart on their sleeve as you have here. Home has become many things to many people and therapy is one of them. Great read.

By: Jersquall

Jersquall — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:22:05 +0000

Someone asked me for a tour today. I had met her a few times and we had exchanged stories before. She asked if she could ask a personal question. I agreed to answer.
She asked is I had a lot of pyhsical pain then proceeded to tell me her’s and counted off about 8 very strong different meds she takes and then again asked me.

I told her I take a Ibuprophen once in a great. She seemed shocked and then said “You’re fortunate” I told her that by staying busy in Home and Podcast, meetings, HCving and video’s etc.. I don’t notice much pain. She agreed that Home was her getaway and sanctuary. Everyone has or knows someone with some sort of.. Never mind. In Home everyone is just who they really are. People.