Success story! Long term friendship

First posted in this sub around 2019. I was fairly new to Reddit and was honestly going through one of the roughest times in my life. Was just dealing with a lot at the time, depression, loneliness, school, work etc. I wasn't expecting a lot when I first posted here. Was just hoping to find some one to talk too and take my mind off things. This guy commented on my post and are interests really clicked with eachother.

We moved to another platform and would usually talked about games and cartoons we enjoyed in our youth. There were some moments where I didn't respond because I was just feeling really low. But he never gave up on me and was the first long term friend I made off Reddit. He has honestly been one of the biggest support pillars in my life and really helped me through my darkest time. Luckily I'm in a much better place now. It is now 2023 and we still talk frequently and check in with eachother. We even play games and watch stuff every once in awhile. We live in different states but there has been talk about potentially meeting in person.

Don't know where I'd be without him and Im truly thankful he responded to my post that day.