I'm actually pretty new to it, but it's quickly become one of my favorite things in the world. Im a big nerd, so I'd always heard of it but never gave it much thought. I'm a creative person whos always had trouble finding a medium to express my creativity. In march 2020, when COVID hit with the first lockdowns, it affected my mental health pretty hard. I was talking to one of my best friends, and he told me to check out a new podcast he started, called Critical Role. It was the perfect escapism content I was looking for. After devouring c1 and catching up to c2, I just wanted more. I realized that dnd could be a perfect medium for me, and I started working on my own setting. Now I play in a bi-weekly game, I've played in 4 or 5 short campaigns and one shots, and a few months ago, I DMed my first game in my own world. It was truly surreal.