dark souls saved my life. i know everyone says this but seriously it did. I started this game about a month after my boyfriend of almost 3 years broke up with me, it was my first relationship and I was way too attached and I lost it. i would stay up late every single night crying myself to sleep, and on top of this I had to go home to an abusive stepmother and my alcoholic dad. but anyway, one day during this time of my life I randomly decided to pick up dark souls one for, the Nintendo switch. i know I'm embarrassed too, but quickly those nights spent crying we're spent exploring anor Londo and undead berg and fighting orienstein and smogh or artorius the abyss watcher. i would die and die and die and die again but every time I'd get up a keep going, everytime this game knocked me down I pick up my soul and keep pushing, and seriously I applied it to my life too, everytime my stepmom called me a bitch or a cunt or a disappointment I'd keep pushing everytime I came home to my dad so drunk he'd say everything 3 times I'd keep pushing and eventually things got better, I'm happy now I love a lot of myself and I've forgiven my dad for a lot. dark souls saved my life, and I will never forget it for that.