>>14024689Came 2nd place in nats, topped some VGCs, made some friends and overall helped with my self-confidence issues.
I also think it fixed my OCD, i used to have retarded OCD like, I'd cry while spending hours trying to get my shoes to be tied at the exact same lengths, and with the exact same tightness.
Like, my entire motivation to learn how to tie was because my parents wouldn't put up with my bullshit.
I could've just grown out of it but it was pretty coincidental to die down around when i got pokemon.
Of course, pokemon also turned me kinda lazy and fat. I used to be super in shape as a kid and wrecked all sorts of ass in sports. My dad was a sports nut with tons of medals/trophies and i think he wanted me to get into them too, he didn't seem upset when i lost interest for video games but he definitely was never as impressed with my video game related accomplishments like he was even my nominal athletic ones.
