Thanks for all the good wishes guys, they're nice to hear and definitely boost my spirits.
To those of you amazed or appalled over what I've gone through, be glad that I haven't posted the entire story here because I could literally write a novel and probably a sequel based upon the last 5 years of my life, most of which just comes off as a sob story even when written as un-biased as is humanly possible for a person to do.
I've been through ups and downs and I will recover from this one and experience more in the future as well that I will manage to overcome as well, but at this point in time the added stress of all my endevours in the community is making things harder to deal with. Like a lot of people who have been at this for a long time, I've also been saturated with a lot of negative vibes from people still struggling on their way to deal with who they are and how this stuff all works, as well as more than a few somewhat unbalanced mindsets and viewpoints; at some point we all need to get away and just cleanse it out of our systems.
I've stopped by a few times and even read a thread or two that caught my eye and some of the stuff I read really bothered me, but I promised myself not to post anymore for at least 2 months, aside from in this thread to thank you guys. I'm going to leave this thread unlocked, but it's gotten to the point where I'm so used to coming here that I'm going to delete my bookmarks and stop coming altogether. So if you say something nice and I don't reply, I'm not snubbing you, I just haven't been around! I'll probably stop by in a week or 2 and hopefully find some more nice comments though!
~ Rye