You mentioned that sometimes finding the motivation becomes the process but what happens when once you have an extensive backstory that was created through actual roleplay, and presently what happened in the backstory .... the best way I can put it is just that they "broke" your character, rendering them in a depression; unplayable. There are times where it was attempted to continue finding her place in it all, but she just stayed the same. http://bit.ly/f0fORD

I've been wondering something similar.
What is a good way to reboot a character without rerolling or changing server or race?

I'd like to redo my character, but don't have time or inclination to level another character of the same class.
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I'm thinking, perhaps he/she was one of the poor bastards who stood in the fire and survived when Deathwing struck at Stormwind (yes, I'm leaning towards Alliance since I think their "destiny" is easier to understand than the "blood & Honor!" stuff of the Horde; eventually, your own views seep into your player character).

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Maybe I'm just thinking way out of the box of rules Blizzard has trapped us in, with a world of brave hero's. Maybe there's no room for PTSD characters in Azeroth. But still ...

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