Congrats on all you have overcome and all you have accomplished.
I have so much that mirrors (to one degree or another) the situations in your life but caused by different catapults (my catapults being betrayal, violence) and a little of the same. For me the smoke has since settled as best it can but never fully es-capable and always re-ignitable. The memory loss, I experienced and seen others experience for different reasons. Happens to more than admit to it. Recognizing and moving forward is to be commended.
Your quote "everyone seems 10 years older" hit me like a ton of bricks smacking me upside the face. I often think that very same thing about most around me. I have a time or two said a variation of your quote out-loud to people. They likely thought I was just being an ass and calling them old (as I do such in ways that are meant to be comical sometimes) but it goes much deeper than that. I don't think its something others who haven't experienced can understand fully. Good luck with the battles you face with family law. I have never dealt with but from every account of any man I ever heard talk about such they echo the same sentiments as you do here in your post.
all I wanted to do in life was make games and be snarky on the internet. From that perspective I've been killin' it.
You indeed have been killing it. The Hive Blockchain wouldn't be the same without your innovation. Splinterlands/ Arcade Colony/ Hive-Engine and all that comes with. Happy 10th birthday.