"Hey Jack! Iām Becca; I did a some of the art for this game, but you probably havenāt seen it yet. (Most of my stuff is in the credits, so play all the way through.) Anyway, I know youāve got tons of lovely people to talk to, so Iāll try to be brief. (Haha.) Iāve been a part of the community for two years now, and Iāve absorbed a lot of your positive energy and messages about ākeep smilingā and such, most of us have. But what really touched me was, uh, I think it was last summer? I donāt remember how it all started, but you ended up taking several ADD/ADHD tests over about a week. Those made me more nervous than Iād ever confess. See, Iāve had almost 20 years to come to terms with my ADHD, the static fuzz, the jittering, the tongue-tying and losing ā or forgetting ā things all the time, and just the overall sense of being the class clown and laughed at or an embarrassment to be around. Itās hasnāt been easy. Actually, most of the time itās very, very hard. But never once has it, or my struggles, or mental illness, ever actually felt validated. Here in the U.S., the two are a catch-all. They arenāt considered anywhere near as serious as other illnesses so they arenāt taken as seriously. Or seriously at all. Never in almost 20 years have I heard someone actually ⦠someone actually validate all my struggles. And not just mine! There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of us in the community, and a few that helped build this game, that all struggle with ADD/ADHD, and every single person that Iāve talked to has expressed the same thing: an overwhelming gratitude for someone that we all look up to for finally taking these illnesses seriously, and treating them respectfully. ⦠So, thank you for that. From me, from them, from all of us, thank you. (Oh, gee Iām rambling. And also crying.) Whether you are ADD/ADHD yourself, Jack, youāve been a bigger ally to us than you may ever understand. Thank you. Can I ā can I get a high five for us all? And a hug, if we ever meet in person? ⦠Well, sorry for rambling like that, but thanks for playing the game! So many terrific people worked really hard on it! Uh, you better get going and keep mingling, though. āA rolling stoneā and all that. See you around!"
Above is the message (and screencaps of) the message I left for @therealjacksepticeye in @sarcastic-pasta-gamesāsĀ āThe Bossā, what, two years ago? Recently, I was contacted by the very sweet @edgarpie339, about how much my message meant to them, and how true my words proved. Originally in the video, my message launched Sean into another one of his infamous rambles about mental health and how respectful he tries to be of all variations of mental illnesses, but EdgerPie reaching out to me meant so much more than that. My message was designed to impact Sean and get the appreciation of everyone in this tribe across to him, but was also to reach out to others and offer a little hope and support. I canāt express how much it means to me that it worked.