Every time I play, I try to make the most of my time to relax my mind and remember all the good times I've had in the game. I generally wind up ranching, slowly expanding into a blossoming farm. I enjoy the music staring over a field of wheat, and if I find one, I turn a village into a home for me and the villagers therein. I've played the game since the Beta days I remember the sounds being different, animals not being breedable, and fires not going out. Now I happily enjoy sitting on an island, diving into sprawling caverns, and exploring the dimensions that exist in the game. The game allows me to sit around and relax enjoying a world that has helped me relax throughout the most trying times in my life. I spent seven years of my life being bullied but during it, I had this game and it helped me find a space to relax when nothing else worked. It's not the most expressive essay I've ever written, but this game is a wonderful one. The music combined with what feels like the game's simplicity brings about no end of happiness and positivity in my mind. Thank you for reading.

I lost one of my aunts to suicide before I even got a solid memory of her. My dad's side of the family has been left destroyed for decades now by the loss of my aunt Sandra I never got to know her or get her in my memory she ended her life in the hospital before I was old enough to know her. But it has left many of my family in pain and worsened their already bad mental health. I've seen how bad my father's Bipolarity can get before his medication reached the perfect dose that got him stable and helped him finally gain control of himself. Whenever the day of my aunt's death comes around he tends to break down same with his siblings. None of them have ever moved past the trauma nor have they properly worked it out between them and it continues to create a rift between them that none of them ever try to close up properly. My aunt Stella tends to lose herself at home during that time and my aunt Jackie overwhelms herself with trying to handle everyone's problems all at once in the family with little regard for her health until it is too late at times. I want to go out there and do something in the world knowing this and I want to be able to help people through their tough times. It is why I want to be a therapist and why I am helping others through their troubled times when it comes to their mental health. One of my best friends and practically only real friend for a while suffers from Schizophrenia and for most of my time knowing her she struggled with it and the meds never found a happy middle ground that allowed her to live her life. She had whole periods where the voices in her head would overwhelm her and she'd enter a state of altered reality believing each weird thing they said. Her parents could barely handle it but I made sure to stick it out with her to make sure she never did anything rash/ She has been a rock and one of the core reasons I went into mental health so I could help others on a professional level overcome these issues. I've spoken with my father's therapist before too and he helped me understand what I would be getting into with the field and also what I would be dealing with and how I could achieve my goals. It's not an easy road and dealing with people professionally will be a challenge but one I seek to overcome so people will have someone there when they need it. I have not had many good relationships in my life many people have just used me and tossed me aside be it for money when I had it or simply as a toy to play with for a month or so then he's a problem to get rid of him. I have been in and out of my headspace and I want to be a therapist I want to personally help people through their problems. I've said it over and over again but that is how I feel what I want to do. Thank you for reading this if you did and I hope you have a wonderful day.