I love the anime so far, the op and end songs is amazing and I just love the plot and characters Surely a big cosplay plan in the future

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Gotta love this site. Sorry I seen this thread before the other...

I actually have the bluray/DVD combo pack of the video. It's called "Kazuo Oga Exhibition: The Man who drew Totoro forest.

It was quite the process. It started out on a pokemon forum that had seen better days. A small group of online friends and I started our own little forum away from there, and it quickly became a story-writing forum. It just kept going like that. Even though that forum went under, and I continued to ping-pong from place to place, whether it was my own writing or roleplaying, I kept at it. I grew up with family that tried to control many things about me, but in the words I put to paper(or digital paper) I had found something I had control of. With my words, I created this world. Fictional though it was, it still made me feel good. It made me feel strong. I finally had something where I could call the shots instead of everyone in my life trying to call them for me. I could find inspiration in many things, from a song, to something a friend said to me, to a movie. In time, it became my way of connecting with people. It's how I found a good friend of almost 9 years now. To this day, we continue to write together in the form of RPs. He's a great guy. Perhaps my writing is the only place in which I felt I could be the real me. I could take all those emotions I was never able to effectively express in the real world and let them out through my characters, be they feelings of love, feelings of hatred, anger, sadness, or despair. I'm learning, though, that my writing can only take me so far. While it helps me get out those tangled feelings, I don't think it can ever bring me true happiness, and that's something I know I can't expect from my family. I think that's what brought me here. Hoping to finally capture that which before I could only hold in the world crafted in my head. Thus far, that has proved fruitless, but it's actually nice to talk about it, strange as that may seem. Sorry for the wall of text. That tends to happen when I get passionate about something. I just go on and on.

whenever i get an ego i feel like life has always put me in my place "oh i look pretty" *looks in a mirror a day later and i look ugly* "wow im really good at drawing!" *see someone whos younger than me draw something amazing* "sweet! im doing hella dps on my warrior! im gonna pug a raid!" *does the worst damage and leaves out of shame* every damn time

As someone who has been on both sides of this topic, I would say all you can do is to just continue being supportive. Also be sure to not suggest/do anything unrealistic. Sadly there are just some things in life that cannot be solved with help and only time will tell how things will move forward. Be sure that she never gives up hope to cross to the light on the other side of this long dark tunnel she is currently walking through. It may seem never ending but as long as she pushes forward all will be well. I realize this may sound like the worst advice ever, but trust me when I say I have been there and there really isn't much that can be done.

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Routine. Do what you like, or what you want to do, and do it over and over again. Force yourself to do so until it becomes the "Normal". Stay healthy, exercise. Surprisingly it gives you more energy in the long run and determination. Sometimes you just need to try something new that you think you may of always liked but never had the time for. That's what I do when in a slump. Planning out on what I want to do? Think what makes you happy, what you like doing, what you Want to do. Then do a bit research on said subject, How other's have become successful at that specific thing, and the requirements you'll need, whether it be a certain level of schooling, athleticism, practice, ect. Then, the above. Routine. Humans are funny things. We like to be lazy. But the only way to get what we want is to force it. And the only way to be truly happy, is to be happy with the life you have. You never work a day in your life if you love your work after all.