The reason I was depressed at the time was because I had been shipped to a boarding school far away from anyone who knew me and I had a developmental disability that caused me to have serious problems interacting with people face-to-face, so I ended up with zero friends and more than a few bullies. Of course I had a history of borderline depression, but it was a dark couple years for me. I roleplayed because it was my escape, and I have a feeling a lot of people do that as well.

I'd never say it's easy. It's not. For some lucky few it can be, but for someone with low self-esteem? It can seem impossible. It sucks. And I'm not going to say I had the hardest time of it either, because there's always going to be someone who has it worse and who would have a harder time realizing it, but no matter what, it's never completely impossible. It might take years of therapy to accept, it might take hard work, it might take all the blood, sweat, and tears you can muster--but it's not impossible.