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4 Years of Pony (And My Brony Testimony)

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TL;DR I quickly made his picture in celebration of 4 years of being a brony. Becoming which helped me break out of my depression. Thanks everyone for an awesome 4 years!

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Just a note. The following is my testimony about becoming a brony. It contains stuff about my Christian beliefs. I don’t want to be seeing negative comments because of that.


It was around this time 4 years ago that I became a brony. For around 3 years before that I was depressed. I'm not sure it was super severe or what the root cause of was; but it was bad enough that I was on meds and having dark thoughts.

Around that time, I was a regular visitor to the website Memebase if anyone remembers that site. Basically it was just a website that was pages of memes and things like rage comics. When scrolling through they would often throw in memes from sister sections of the site. One of those was "My Little Brony", memes that were all from the show. Curious why in the world My Little Pony was so popular, I did what any normal person should do and Google why instead of straight-up being as hater. Learning that the show was created by Lauren Faust, who made shows I liked in the past; Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends among others; and hearing that the show was more made as a family show than a “girl’s show” and that everything else about it was pretty decent, I gave in and watched an episode. I thought it was just okay and then later watched the next episode, then the next and then it just took off. By the time the Season 2 finale hit I was all caught up, meaning I that had watched everything in a month.

During the months of April and May I felt an overwhelming, very unique, and unexplainable feeling of happiness, one I had never felt before and never really felt since. I became more involved in the fandom and the love and compassion everyone had over what was just a weird show was awesome. Sometime in May I had forgotten to take my pills one day (and whenever I did I would get a big headache for a day) and I realized I had so much more happiness recently, realizing it was come from the show. I stopped taking them and everyone and I agreed I didn’t need them anymore. I was cured. (A warning to anyone dealing with depression and taking meds; do not go cold turkey. Make sure it isn’t just the pills working.)

In June I thought of the idea of starting a YouTube channel and improving my video editing skills by making things like PMVs for some of my favourite songs. It since has gotten over 50 subscribers and over 28,000 total views. Thank you everyone for your awesome support! I wouldn’t be working on the stuff I am today if it wasn’t for all of you!

Since the Spring and Summer of 2012 my depression hasn’t made any signs of coming back. Of course I still have had tough times, but during those trials I’ve learned that depression truly comes straight from the devil. Don’t let him get a hold of you. I may be going all Christian on you now, but I have strong reasons for that.

Earlier I had mentioned how I had an overwhelming and very unique feeling of happiness. I have never really felt the crazy amount of joy since, but there have been times when I could get that feeling again by reminiscing in things from those times like listening to music I listened to during that time. But that feeling would only last a short while and would be no where near as vivid.

A couple of weeks ago the weather here was super nice and everything was starting the look like Spring which was bringing back memories and that unique feeling of happiness again. As I was driving to work one morning I was thinking to all the way back and had a small breakdown. Realizing that it was really Jesus who had been there and helped me through it all. It was Jesus who stopped me from taking anything too far. It was Jesus who gave me that intense and unexplainable feeling of happiness. It was Jesus who helped me break my depression! It was Jesus’ true love shining through the rest of bronies! It was Jesus who saved my life! Not only can I never thank him enough, but all of the bronies too! Let his love shine through all of you!! With his help everyone can save every broken life! I realized during that drive I had never truly thanked him for saving me. But he saved me anyways, because the amazing power of his love is beyond any amount of recognition. Let him save your lives too! He is especially close to the broken hearted and he will save of all those whose spirits are crushed. (Psalms 34:18) Remember that whatever you may be going through; he is always there with you. All you have to do, is reach out for him. When I think back now, I would see people get an overwhelming joy from finding Jesus. Something I envied because I grew up in a family who already knew him so I never got that overwhelming joy from finding him. Now I know that the unique feeling of happiness I got from discovering the show was the exact same thing. And I can tell you this much. If those feelings truly are the same, it feels absolutely amazing!

Again, thank you everyone for an amazing 4 years! Here’s to the many years beyond!

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Adorable models!