I think it'd be fun to hear about everybodys life experiences, and what ultimately brought them here. For reference I'll go through myself with background information and then more specific recent events that 'brought' me here.

i was born in spokane, washington. adopted within 2 weeks, my mother was too young to support me at the time. lived in brooklyn, NYC until I was 4. Moved to maryland, mostly throughout that time I didn't spend much time thinking about this stuff since i was just a little kid, though I had certain questions and thoughts in my mind that remained unanswered because of my inability to put them to words. became moderately depressed at the age of 14 due to moving schools and losing all my friends, withdrew into my house for 2 years (besides for school everyday). At this point when I spent most of my time on the computer playing games to pass my time, I also began unconciously attempting to control my dreams, except I wouldnt think about doing it while I was waking, but in my dream a point would come where my conciousness would break through and I was able to make concentrated decisions.
Moved back to maryland after 2 years due to my depression and my fathers depression. Around the age of 16 I started to recreationally smoke bud, and this became more and more a part of my life. I was stabbed last summer, the story behind it is long and to be honest I've told it so many times sometimes I wish it hadnt happened. This incedent I think was a big milestone in my life, though not always looked upon as a good thing, it was more of an awakening for me. A year after this I was sent away to Arizona for "rehabilitation", due to post-traumatic stress from being stabbed. They teach the way of the Anasazi Indians, and their beleifs, which most of my foundation beliefs are based on.
And recently, I have become so tired and frustrated with the outside world, I've decided to come back to myself, and learn more.

i understand if this isn't a normal topic, but i'd like to see if theres any correlation between people here, or its completely random and we just share a similar train-of-thought.