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Starbreeze · 04-22-2002, 01:52 PM

Yes, they did help me. In several ways. For a start they helped me through adolesence. As most of you know it is a tough time for anyone - all those emotione etc. well I also had to cope with pressure from all sides regarding "fitting in", exams, parents, friends plus findiong out who I really was (found it now, I'm an orc lol!). Reading fantasy provided an escape like no other book could, and it also helped me find out more about my real friends, the ones who scorned my choice in reading material were not true friends as they could not accept me as who I was.
Also fantasy books have inspired my three new intrests - celtic music, drama and writing fantasy (not really a new one but recently uncovered you might say). With out these intrests I really would be lost.
A third point - without Fantasy books I would have been a deeper, less sensitive person. These books taught me about courage and faith, and how to care for people though you don't know them. You could say I grew up in fantasy.
Now, this is kinda a secret so I haven't a clue why I post it on a public board with more than 2000 members, but sometimes, when I'm really stressed I create new worlds for my self. It's like stepping through a portal, the world becomes real, I can see, touch, move everything. In these worlds I can be what ever I want, beautiful or ugly, human or animal.
Depending on my mood I maybe a ruthless fighter in the heat of battle, or I may be a healer, with a gift to heal others (I like this one best) I can have magic or not - anything. Fantasy showed me the paths to these worlds, and I am eternally grateful - they got me through exams. In these worlds I can sort out depression, face problems, step out of myself and look at things from a different point of view. It has helped me with anger management, depression and other problems.
Basically, fantasy has made me a better person. As well as these it has improved my vocabulary.
Rosa, feel free to use any of this in what you write if you want to. Not that I expect you will be able to find anything useful in my babble but there you go. I hope I have been useful. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

04-22-2002, 01:52 PM	#2
Starbreeze Ghost of a Smile Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mirkwood - Middle Earth Posts: 389	Yes, they did help me. In several ways. For a start they helped me through adolesence. As most of you know it is a tough time for anyone - all those emotione etc. well I also had to cope with pressure from all sides regarding "fitting in", exams, parents, friends plus findiong out who I really was (found it now, I'm an orc lol!). Reading fantasy provided an escape like no other book could, and it also helped me find out more about my real friends, the ones who scorned my choice in reading material were not true friends as they could not accept me as who I was. Also fantasy books have inspired my three new intrests - celtic music, drama and writing fantasy (not really a new one but recently uncovered you might say). With out these intrests I really would be lost. A third point - without Fantasy books I would have been a deeper, less sensitive person. These books taught me about courage and faith, and how to care for people though you don't know them. You could say I grew up in fantasy. Now, this is kinda a secret so I haven't a clue why I post it on a public board with more than 2000 members, but sometimes, when I'm really stressed I create new worlds for my self. It's like stepping through a portal, the world becomes real, I can see, touch, move everything. In these worlds I can be what ever I want, beautiful or ugly, human or animal. Depending on my mood I maybe a ruthless fighter in the heat of battle, or I may be a healer, with a gift to heal others (I like this one best) I can have magic or not - anything. Fantasy showed me the paths to these worlds, and I am eternally grateful - they got me through exams. In these worlds I can sort out depression, face problems, step out of myself and look at things from a different point of view. It has helped me with anger management, depression and other problems. Basically, fantasy has made me a better person. As well as these it has improved my vocabulary. Rosa, feel free to use any of this in what you write if you want to. Not that I expect you will be able to find anything useful in my babble but there you go. I hope I have been useful. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Do not tamper with the affairs of wizards, they are not all that subtle - Terry Pratchett To write is to make dreams, to make dreams is to awaken the fantasy of the mind, to awaken the mind is to be a master.