The patients own words:
This game has my friends in it... I had a life in this game, I had
friends, I had people I talked to, we did things together. We worked
together to bring down bosses and accomplish all sorts of things. I
liked these people, I liked talking to them, we liked the same things,
and more importantly, I could not talk if I dindn't want to. My illness
doesnt exist here. I was the person who had enough intelligence in
figuring out boss patterns and who kept cool enough to stifle fights
amongst the guild to be the leader. I left that all behind in the blink
of an eye because I knew that online friends aren't a substitute for
real friends, but back then when I quit in 2010, I thought I'd be seeing
my real freinds, I thought I'd have a life. That's obviously not the
case. And for so long now what I dream't of wasn't seeing xxxx, it
wasn't the time I spent with them, it was the time I spent with my
online friends. I found myself longing for that, for the game and for
them, ntohing more. And now I've returned to them.
I
got caught up, caught up in rebuilding the life that makes me happy,
not pining for some distant memory, returning to people who missed me.
People who I can talk to. People who make me happy and people who care
about me right now. People who still remember me as one of the best
people they've had the pleasure of playing with. Not people who are so
far removed from me that visiting my house once in god knows how many years
is too much for them. The friends in this game are my real friends. The
life in this game is more of a life than i'll ever have outside of it. 
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