Comments on: Rock Bottom

By: A Day to Give Thanks » Bubbles of Mischief

A Day to Give Thanks » Bubbles of Mischief — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:40:56 +0000

[...] @Beru’s Blog post recently made me think of my own roller coaster of emotions. In fact, it convinced me to put in [...]

By: A Day to Give Thanks « Bubbles of Mischief

A Day to Give Thanks « Bubbles of Mischief — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:49:07 +0000

[...] @Beru’s Blog post recently made me think of my own roller coaster of emotions. In fact, it convinced me to put in [...]

By: mai

mai — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:46:08 +0000

I cannot thank you enough for posting this. You have articulated succinctly the exact emotions that I myself went through during my guilds progress on this heroic encounter and attempts to get good world rankings. We achieved the goal, but there were casualties along the way and my sanity was one of them. The stress became so much for me and i had a full blown panic attack mid-raid which I consider my rock bottom. I put so much pressure on myself. I was there for the first kill, I stuck with it, every single night for weeks on end until the wee hours of the morning. Not once did I bail, but as each hour went by, as each mistake got sillier and more avoidable from myself and many other people it felt like my spirit was being crushed further and further. The relief I felt when it was over, when the boss finally went down, when we got the kill is evident in my very unladylike nerd-screams in our kill vid. Rag hc was my rock bottom too. I feel at the moment like I’m mending slowly but surely and for truth I’m definitely stronger for the experience. Thankyou again. It was very nice to read that I’m not alone in taking things to heart.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:35:36 +0000

Thanks, Kat! I’m glad that it helped you as well as me

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:34:47 +0000

It definately explains a good number of things, I think

Unfortunately, I’m not sure that Brade has read this comment…since there hasn’t been a spa day as yet! ^.^

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:33:11 +0000

I bet you’ve been there, or close, at some point. I think all types of players can get to the point where they just can’t go any lower, emotionally. Raid Leadership doesn’t have a monopoly on it, I don’t thinK!

I’m glad that you still understood.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:30:42 +0000

Thank you!

I am positive that you are correct in that there are so many people who have been pushed to a breaking point. I hope more people will come out of that breaking point in tact than not knowing that it’s only natural to reach that point

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:28:54 +0000

People can be really fantastic, and I certainly feel very lucky to get to play with the group of people that I do.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:27:45 +0000

(I've also given away two of those motorbikes already!)

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:24:47 +0000

/orchug