I don't know about others but, talking about me, yes, it affected me, and even in a high level. Because it made me find a way to escape from all my demons and my problems instead of facing them, something that I'm still doing today in a certain degree.

yes a lot to this day i keep thinking if didn't MD i would have Done and done and that give me depression but if really i didn't have MD wouldn't i be addicted to something else ? from my experience i try to view it as a learning experience and learn from it because it made me found a lot of things that thought i wouldn't have found if i didn't have MD even if you look at you know more successful people you will found problems in them that they are not aware even if it's nt sever as MD so that's my point of view although i get depressed from time to time about the time got and still wasted on MD so yes

Oh my god yes, I've had this exact same experience. It's so crappy, to think I spent a solid decade of my childhood MDing. I feel like it disconnected me more from my peers, and made so many situations worse for me. I'm glad there's other people that understand. I'm curious though, how did it affect your social life?