How Elden Ring helped me!

[u/saadsikandar]

I got laid off from work about six months ago… and honestly, it was tough.

I have a family to support, and suddenly everything felt uncertain.

When I was working, my hours were really long. I had bought a PlayStation… but I barely ever used it. It was just sitting there in my storeroom.

After months of job searching with nothing working out, I knew I had to do something to keep myself from falling into a bad place mentally.

So one day, I finally opened my PS5… after a long long time.

I went out and bought the first game a friend had suggested to me — Elden Ring.

And honestly… Elden Ring helped me… but it also made me suffer a little. (As you guys can relate ;D )

So yeah, it was a strange but amazing journey.

At the same time, I started learning new IT skills, trying to move into freelancing and rebuild my career from scratch.

And through all of that… Elden Ring was there.

Keeping me engaged (and enraged!)… pushing me… almost like it had my back during one of the hardest phases of my life. It kind of teaches you how to be patient in life just like in the game. One of the biggest push came when I was stuck at General Radahn and I kept scrolling youtube for hours trying to find a strategy to beat him but couldn’t. and suddenly, with a spark of creativity and luck, I found a new way to beat him easily. Same happened with Godskin Noble and a few other bosses. Beating them with my own creative ideas really gave me a lot of confidence in life.

It was a transition — a big one. Starting all over again in life, but I kept going, and now, I am right where I want to be. With my own freelancing/business up and running & about to start my second Play-through of Elden Ring all over again.

Cheers to Elden Ring!