how much have you changed since you joined TBT?

[necrofantasia]

I can't say much myself since I only joined a few weeks ago ^^'
but I hope that I'll have fun and grow as a person in time, this seems like a nice place

 

[IonicKarma]

I have been here for a month so I'm also basically the same :3 I am a TBT collectible addict now though

 

[Xara]

hoo boy i’ve changed a lot. i joined a little over 5 years ago when i was 13 years old and now i’m 18. aside from my age, i’ve changed in the way i talk - you can look at my older posts and it’s so different and cringy

the people that i interact with are different - i have different and healthier relationships with people and i’m nowhere near the awful and toxic people i had once associated with i even made a thread about one of them on here which is uh embarrassing lmao

i’m not really sure how to describe it i’m just a lot different than i was back in 2015 and i’d like to think it’s for the better ;u;

 

[limiya]

I have been on TBT for a hot minute since I originally joined for New Leaf to trade for items! I honestly love this community so much because not only are the majority of people super sweet and also super helpful, but also it honestly has helped me enhance my experience of Animal Crossing as a whole. Not to mention that I would not have been able to develop my town/island as much without the help of everyone here!

I feel like I have changed in that I def am a lot more dependent on this forum in order to get farther in my game, and I also just love to use this forum in order to meet people and make friends on my game! I also love to get inspiration from this forum too, especially by visiting other people’s islands and such!

 

[Hanif1807]

I joined TBT 9 months ago and i can proudly say i didn't change alot

 

[brockbrock]

I joined a long time ago, and have most definitely changed a lot since then. The past decade of my life has been pretty challenging health wise which has forced me to introspectively grow in ways I probably wouldn't have without those hurdles.

I always cringe whenever I re-read old posts or messages and I will probably look back at my posts now in another 7 years and do the same.

 

[aericell]

I joined 6 years ago and it doesn't even seem like I've been on here for that long. I was 15, in my 2nd year of high school and now I'm 21 about to graduate from college! TBT's the only online community I've ever actually been involved in so I think being on the forums has helped me grow as a person, especially from being exposed to so many other people's input & perspectives on things outside of the game in general discussion threads like these posted in Brewster's.

On a more personal note, a lot has definitely changed since then. For the most part, I'm not as naïve as I was before, which a little bittersweet to me because it's so much harder to stay as positive as I was back then. But I'm also grateful that I've been more exposed to the realities of things instead of staying so ignorant and keeping myself in situations that were actually extremely unhealthy.

Forum-wise I don't think I've changed that much aside for my username, and my avi/sig kpop combo is no more

 

[duckvely]

I've changed so much! I think I used to be a little weird when I joined

 

[Bread Kennedys]

I've changed a lot for sure. I was a very awkward kid when I first joined, I had no social skills whatsoever, I still don't have very good social skills but I was extremely lacking when I first joined. Basically all my older posts are extremely cringy. I like to think I'm more...presentable now. My posts aren't as terrible. But TBT has played a big role in me growing as a person.

 

[Pluel]

Not a lot really, I would say it’s helpful tho

 

[Barbara]

I mean, a lot, but I wouldn't say it's due to TBT. Although it did help me with learning English in the early days! I used to be a kid that only just left primary school and now I'm living on my own and studying at uni! A lot has changed, I'm a lot less shy and a lot more confident now, but in the end, I'm still just the girl that likes to play Animal Crossing.

 

[idiotdoomspiral]

a lot LOL i was a brat when i was 14-15 and all of my posts were self deprecating garbage which probably only served to make everyone else uncomfortable

 

[Vanillite]

I've changed a lot. I'm like.. A real adult now. I joined when I was 18, and I was ultra weeb status and I didn't really participate in forum happenings outside of trading areas. Now I'm 24 and I'm a mental health therapist. I've found myself enjoying replying to threads on TBT about random topics rather than just sticking to New Horizon buy/sell/trade areas. I've come to recognize the screen names of certain folks that I see around a lot, and I never did that before.

 

[Corrie]

I've been more outspoken and not afraid to post a "conflicting" opinion with whatever the popular one is. I've stopped arguing with others cause what a waste of time that is. I basically am more laid back which is nice. Makes this place fun which imo is what it's for.

 

[samsquared]

I'm just so much more mature- when I joined TBT, there was still so much that I hadn't experienced. I was extremely sheltered and had awfully low self-esteem. I used to think I was 'worthless' & IRL I was surrounded by people who reinforced my horrible self-image. I was trapped in a negative feedback loop. But after going away to college, I discovered the true power of my own agency. I could make my own decisions, create my own future, and change my own mind. Before then, I had believed that everything I did relied on other people to make choices for me. I found out the only person whose choices make me who I am is me. After learning how to heal from my own trauma & raising my confidence so I stopped blaming myself for everything terrible that happened to me, I think I finally learned how to move on with my life- and as a result, in the past three years, my maturity & self-esteem has exponentially increased. Just looking at my old posts, I can tell that I've really grown up- it's night & day between the 16/17yo me & the now 23yo me.

To be certain, TBT didn't really effect this change, but I did make friends here who were compassionate to my problems back then, and I always thought of TBT as a safe space for me because of that. My positive memories of TBT are a major reason why I came straight back after ACNH was released LOL! I apologize if I said too much or didn't quite answer the question.

 

[Velo]

So I joined pretty much exactly 13 months ago (happy 1 year TBT birthday, me!).
I feel like a lot of things have changed for me, but ultimately as a person I haven't really changed? Not sure if that makes much sense.

The reason that I joined TBT is I was engrossed in New Leaf at the time. I think I was looking to buy some hybrids or something like that, because as in real life - I am completely incapable of growing flowers.

I was so hardcore into New Leaf because I needed something to take my mind off of my life and I needed something to fill the time when I wasn't working and most people were sleeping. I was jacked up on a bunch of steroids, so I couldn't sleep. I'd sleep for maybe 1 or 2 hours a night, so otherwise I'd just sit up and play New Leaf. I didn't want to bother my boyfriend or anything, so it was a pretty quiet and chill way to pass the time. Plus I think we all know how many hours you can spend landscaping and grinding for PWPs on New Leaf.

But ya, I had a bit of a medical mystery going on, and it was super traumatizing. The only thing they knew to do was to give me steroids and hope for the best. In the end, turns out they were super wrong and the steroids were making my whole situation a lot worse. BUT everything did turn out okay, and now - 13 months later - I am mostly recovered from that illness. And definitely off all the steroids!!

I am a lot less depressed and I sleep more than 1 or 2 hours ahah, I do have a lot less time for Animal Crossing too ha. I guess TBT had very little to do with the actual change that took place, but really this place (and New Leaf) were a combined sanctuary for me. If I didn't have this forum to get the flowers and items and villagers from (Raddle! <3), then I would have been even more depressed and frustrated during that time.

 

[timecapsule]

holy crap i have changed a butt ton!
for one, my art has improved drastically in the past 5 years, mostly because i was like 11 when i joined (i know i’m a RULE BREAKER living on the edge)
but i also am more outgoing. i am a lot more willing to make new threads even if it gives me great anxiety, and i love actually posting on interesting threads and liking posts and sharing my opinion, which is definitely not something i would do as an 11-13 year old me.
i also LOVE trading/selling stuff and moving a bit like clockwork in that, i used to stress about every detail so i would never be able to do it properly without freaking out

Spoiler: tw: depression, gender dysphoria

its kind of funny (not funny haha but funny odd) that i went from anxious kid> depressed & anxious kid> oh shoot i’m trans, anxious and depressed about that too> mostly stable trans guy with managed anxiety and less severe depression.
i still have my moments but i do think the times i was really active here helped me cope with some things. i remember one user in particular was very kind and helpful when i expressed doubts about my gender, and that’s one of the best things i’ve experienced here, just in the way it impacted me.

i am glad to be back! i also hope i don’t seem intimidating to some ppl who are newer because honestly i still have no clue what i’m doing. i remember being so afraid to talk to users who were here longer, hopefully i seem welcoming heh :>

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I've changed a lot. I'm like.. A real adult now. I joined when I was 18, and I was ultra weeb status and I didn't really participate in forum happenings outside of trading areas. Now I'm 24 and I'm a mental health therapist.

as someone who’s struggled with mental health, THANK YOU!! you do such important work and having more people like you out there helps make the world a little less terrifying and lonely. atleast... for me haha

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i’m so happy for you and your recovery. illness, esp unidentified illness is a PITA and really wears you down. proud of u stranger!! <3

 

[DarthGohan1]

*looks at join date*

I'd say I've grown quite a bit since I joined TBT originally.

 

[Blueskyy]

A lot! I joined tbt in 2015 so I was a first year teacher living at home and saving up money. Now I am finishing my 5th year, will be tenured, have a student teacher in the fall, and have lived on my own for over 4 years and managed to survive! Recently I also decided to overhaul my choices, too, and started working out regularly and cutting alcohol. I think I am just past 40 days of that now and doing HIIT workouts.

 

[Annika.]

I joined the forum at my lowest and now I'm in therapy. I'm still at the beginning of my journey with that, but I can already tell it had positive affects on me. Just talking to someone objective and friendly can mean a lot.