Playing RPGs, at the moment, give me a great sense of comfort.
This is perhaps because these are inherently uncomfortable times, what with the global pandemic, the politics of both my current and home countries, and my own difficulties transitioning from one city to another. Playing (online) with a group that I had played with when I was still in Atlanta brought me a great sense of comfort recently.
The sense of familiarty and community that game brought to my evening was extremely welcome. It had been something of a long week at work after a series of long weeks and longer months as I have (to some extent) struggled slightly to adapt to my new home. It's not all doom and gloom, and there are many things about my new location that I enjoy, but it hasn't been an easy transition, and I have missed the sense of comfort that I had found at "home" in Atlanta. I'm, to put it simply, a little homesick.
The rememedy, in my experience of being homesick previously, is to try and capture some of those feelings of home, some of those feelings of comfort that one experiences when one is at home. RPGs have helped me to experience those feelings recently. I recognise the need to find those feelings independetly/separately, of course, but I will for now take them where I can get them and I'm glad that I have games, and players of games, in my life to help me find them here and there.
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