Naamah D. Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I officially hate life! I adopted 20 beautiful Neopets only to find out 1. I'm possibly going to a residential school and 2. My therepist says one day I'm most likley not going to have time for all of them. My life has been a roller coaster latley, and I don't know what to do, Neopets and real life. I hate my therepist so much!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtbrk Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Certainly everyone will come to a point in their life when they become too busy to care of their pets as often as they can - but that comes naturally. While your therapist is right, try not to let his/her opinion influence you playing the game and still enjoy your pets :) Plus, you may find that you enjoy residential school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naamah D. Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Certainly everyone will come to a point in their life when they become too busy to care of their pets as often as they can - but that comes naturally. While your therapist is right, try not to let his/her opinion influence you playing the game and still enjoy your pets :) Plus, you may find that you enjoy residential school! Thanks. Come to think of it, I would regret that. I adore my pets, but I need a job and money to pay my internet and electric bill so I can continue life with them. So what if I can't play with them all the dang time. They'll always be waiting for me. If they have to go into the Neolodge for a week, I'll send Neopoints to my side accounts for a 5 star 7 day vacation. When I do have time for them, even if it's just 10 minutes, I'll enjoy that precious time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selusa Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm not trying to be overtly rude here, but you do realize that Neopets aren't living, right? Unless caring for them is in some way therapeutic for you, in which case go for it. But whether or not your fake pets are fake hungry should not influence your real life at all. Your therapist is right -- real life > fake pets that can't die. Even if you can't get on the internet for a month, they'll still be there, unchanged save for their hunger levels and whatnot. They're not going to attack you for neglecting them or anything like that. Sorry to sound so harsh, but you shouldn't be freaking out over such a blandly true statement from your therapist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yoshinho Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 These pets are good but they have to go sooner or later D: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naamah D. Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm not trying to be overtly rude here, but you do realize that Neopets aren't living, right? Unless caring for them is in some way therapeutic for you, in which case go for it. But whether or not your fake pets are fake hungry should not influence your real life at all. Your therapist is right -- real life > fake pets that can't die. Even if you can't get on the internet for a month, they'll still be there, unchanged save for their hunger levels and whatnot. They're not going to attack you for neglecting them or anything like that. Sorry to sound so harsh, but you shouldn't be freaking out over such a blandly true statement from your therapist. I'll give you some things to remember about me: 1. Yes, I realize they aren't living. However I still treat them like I would my REAL pets and to some degree my children 2. I can't friggin' have my own children. Unless, my disabilities/medical conditions/disorders are magically cured. I'll never know the feeling of getting your kid ready for their first day of school, playing trucks/dolls/whatever little kids like. 3. Due to my disabilities(Autism, Bipolar, Epilepsy), I'd be an unfit mother in the first place. So I had to decide what's more important, using my disability money to help my self, or spend it on children. 4. My disabilities are all, to some degree, very severe. I'm socially awkward, I have no friends other than my parents and brother(who sometimes gives me heck about my conditions), I get manic and need something to distract me from my sometimes suicidal/homicidal thoughts, I'll never be able to drive and have to have my caretakers give my rides to a part time job or take a bus that smells rotten with rude people on it, I never know when I'll have a seizure, and when I do people say I fake it and say "Well, what's her problem?" 5. I had real friends and one point, they all made fun of me, called me derogatory names, call me a fatty because of all the medication I have to take, and last but not least as soon as they found someone cooler, richer, and prettier they'd become friends with them and ditch me. That's why I love my 20 pets so much. They don't do those terrible things to me. 6. I've had problems with self inflicted injury, my pets have taken that thought away from the most part. Nothing feels worse than when you make a social mistake than feeling like getting Mr. Sharp Object out and slitting your wrist wide open. 7. Because I hate physical pain so much, I don't let my pets enter battle dome. I'm giving my pets the best life possible, rather than the life I've wasted with unintentiol misery. 8. Pysch wards are soooo much fun, being stripped searched, eating boiled fish and canned veggies is such a good meal, not being able to shower in warm water, not being able to see your parents except for 30 minutes a day, having needles in your arms for drug testing, not being able to wear your favorite clothes, it was such a blast when I was there. Sometimes though, I wish I had taken those pills and O'D like I planned on but guess what? I knew I couldn't leave my poor pets. What would they do without there mommy? Wonder what happend to her, why Pizaroo night is no longer around, why she stopped buying toys for them, why they didn't get groomed anymore, how come they didn't get to go to the NC Mall anymore, most importantly: Does mommy still love me? I want my mommy back. I miss her. Unlike you, I have an imagination but I'm too old for my imaginary friends. That's where my Neopets step in. If you want to be uninmaginative, if you want to say "Oh...their just pixels on a screen" stop playing. That is the exact opposite of what Donna and Adam wanted. Sorry if I sound harsh, Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yoshinho Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Sheesh she only said they are not living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtbrk Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 People play Neopets for different reasons. Some people take very good care of their pets, as if they were a "real life pet", and some don't bother feeding or playing with them at all but stiill enjoy the game. There's no right or wrong way to play (unless it breaks the rules) but others should understand that the game may hold more sentimental value to others than it may themselves. Either side should not be chastised for treating their neopet as real (or not). Star, continue playing Neopets and taking care of your pets until you're ready to move on :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selusa Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Yeah, like I said, if it's therapeutic or whatever, then by all means have at it. I'm certainly not going to stop you. Obviously you value Neopets more than me, and that's cool. Like hrtbrk said, we play Neopets for different reasons and in different ways. I do have real life pets, so maybe that's why I don't understand your attachment to them. But anyway, in my defense, it's not like you gave me eight paragraphs about why you're so angry at your therapist in the first post. All I saw was a bit of a temper tantrum with no other information to go on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naamah D. Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Yeah, like I said, if it's therapeutic or whatever, then by all means have at it. I'm certainly not going to stop you. Obviously you value Neopets more than me, and that's cool. Like hrtbrk said, we play Neopets for different reasons and in different ways. I do have real life pets, so maybe that's why I don't understand your attachment to them. But anyway, in my defense, it's not like you gave me eight paragraphs about why you're so angry at your therapist in the first post. All I saw was a bit of a temper tantrum with no other information to go on. Ya know what Selusa? I was seriously overreacting. Sometimes people just don't understand the full story and need more information to understand. I deeply apologize for getting so angry. As hrtbrk said, every Neopian is diffrent. I think you and I could get along if we tried. Do you forgive me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selusa Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 As far as I'm concerned, there's no need to apologize. I am well aware that I am not an exceptionally nice person to people I don't know, and maybe that's just my love of arguing or my general misanthropy. Obviously I could have made my point a little less harshly, but I didn't because I guess that's who I am. So I shall call a truce and extend a metaphorical "no hard feelings" handshake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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