3 hours ago, Cpt_Piett said:

I want to share a little story from work this week....

 

That is very interesting.  A common interest outside the patient/doctor relationship - I wonder if you will find it useful in the treatment you provide for him. These things can have unexpected benefits, I'm sure.

3 minutes ago, Paul K said:

That is very interesting.  A common interest outside the patient/doctor relationship - I wonder if you will find it useful in the treatment you provide for him. These things can have unexpected benefits, I'm sure.

Finding some common grounds (without getting too personal) is almost always a benefit. As is a healthy dose of humour 🙂

Well, since @Cpt_Piett shared, I will share too 🙂 I have been simming a long time, as many of us have. It started when I was a teenager in the 80's. Around the time I turned 18, I joined the U.S. Army and spent the next 30ish years as an Infantry Soldier. There is a LOT I experienced during those years, especially if you look at the periods those years cover and what went on globally, you can get an idea. I experienced lots of very rough, bad and challenging situations, without getting too graphic here. There is much that I will carry with me for the rest of my days, but I will say that I can sleep well each night (now). Enter flight simming. General avaition flight simming as well as getting into computer hardware has given me a very nice, calm outlet to enjoy. My professional life was a hard road, but now I am retired and can just enjoy my time simming along. I keep things balanced though. Every day for me starts with a run outside or on my treadmill (when I am home) and I spend a lot of time hiking, camping and skiing (I live in Colorado after all 🙂). 

I will end with I don't think flight simming is a bad addiction if it helps you in anyway and you also make an effort at keeping the rest of your life in balance around your simming addiction...er hobby 🙂  

It's my drug. I went to see a psychologist for this addiction and he asked me "Why stop something you like"? 😂😂😂

In my humble opinion, anything can become a psychological addiction if it, behaviourally, triggers dopamine and other reward system releases as part of a regular pattern of use.

In a past life as a project director working abroad, I once worked with a guy who was pathologically addicted to his postage stamp collection hobby.  If we were away working for a few weeks and he had no access to his collection / obtaining new stamps, he'd become cranky, depressed and miserable! 😄

It's certainly a passion for me, but I keep it in balance with other things.  My simming time drops considerably in the summer and I spend a ton of time outside playing softball, golf, hiking etc.  During our colder seasons though I spend a ton of time simming.  But, if I spend a weekend skiing and don't get a flight in I'll survive.