In my Second Life, I’m an animator and jewellery maker. You’ll meet me most often at the Shelter in Isabel or on Kingfisher Island (Harimau 1), where I made my home in SL. This blog is about nothing in particular … just random and irregular musings about the things that happen to me in SL.
In RL I’m a 49 year old book translator in Germany.
October 9, 2008 at 5:33 am |
It was outstanding to discover your blogs and enjoy the common themes that you have written about here and the experiences I have also had during my first year in SL. I, like you, find my avatar nothing more than a skin I wear to exist in a virtual world. The feelings, the joy, the pain, the sorrow, all play themselves out in my real life. Here is to hoping we will be friends in SL for a long time Dyl! Ded
October 15, 2008 at 11:05 pm |
I really enjoyed reading some of your information. I am new to SL and very hungry for knowledge. There are so many things I want to learn.
Thank You,
Missy
August 26, 2009 at 2:42 am |
I am enjoying reading your blog as you really know how to express yourself well – a real pleasure to spend my time here:)
August 26, 2009 at 6:46 am |
Thanks, Crystal, what a nice thing to hear!
October 3, 2009 at 3:44 am |
Hi Dylan .. just chanced on your blog .. SLunkie … im just climbing out too … and its such a familiar tale to mine too … thankyou for writing it all down
November 30, 2009 at 8:52 pm |
I came across your blog by searching “Second Life Addiction”. Many of the emotions, thoughts, feelings etc that you wrote about struck a chord within me. I am an addict to Second Life and I’m not doing so well. About 3 or 4 weeks ago I became sick and spent a week away from SL. I already knew beforehand that I was addicted, spending on average 16 hours a day in that virtual world. It was creating chaos in my marriage and I’m pretty sure my family was crumbling.
I had my husband delete my account, uninstall the program and he even changed my OS to Linux which does not run SL very well. Quitting cold turkey has been hell. Obviously, I still have a problem as I google about SL, watch YouTube videos about it, think about it and even dream about it when I sleep at night.
When I was in SL, I started my day off depressed. Then I’d log in and forget about RL. Of course, when I logged off at night, often at 2 and 3 in the morning, the depression would set back in. Sadness over wasting yet another entire day in a virtual world, sadness over the strangers my husband and I had become.
He’s happy to have me back now and says he never wants me to go back to that, an empty shell of a person. And deep inside, I don’t want to return to that life. But, yet I sit here, commenting on your blog…missing my second life, wishing for it. I hope as the time away from that world increases, the desire to be in my avatar form, talking with my friends, etc will go away completely.
Thank you for writing your story. I am truly happy for your recovery.