1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Pony (pony) http://rainbowdash.net/pony http://rainbowdash.net/notice/945915 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/76" class="url" title="Jack"><span class="fn nickname">thelastgherkin</span></a></span> @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/4363" class="url" title="Steve"><span class="fn nickname">deadmachine</span></a></span> @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/4200" class="url" title="Joe"><span class="fn nickname">purplephish20</span></a></span> @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/1022" class="url"><span class="fn nickname">starlightbolt</span></a></span> hmm.. I haven't been depressed lately, but ponies have helped reduce my anxiety. I doubt it will be enough once midterms and project start to be due, but stress (including depression) is a part of life everyone deals with, some constantly. We can't realistically expect ponies or any other non-career hobby/entertainment to put food on our tables and a roof over our heads, but things like MLP /can/ make everything more tolerable as an escape. It happens that MLP:FiM is one of the best escapes I've found to date, in part because of the community. Overall I find the company here reassuring and comforting. The fan base isn't perfect, but I'm happy to take the good with the bad.