A Productive Look at Burnout in the Games Industry (And Everywhere Else)
I wouldn’t usually make a public comment on games industry politics. I see Prescription Pixel as a place of support, not opposition. So in this post I am going to employ […]
Inspirational Links – Brave HQ
Today I was lucky enough to be contacted by clinical psychologist Hannah Melrose of the initiative Brave HQ. This organisation are doing fabulous work for young people with mental health […]
Anxiety, gaming, and me – and maybe you
In this article, PCAuthority’s Online Editor David Hollingworth talks honestly and objectively about his own experiences with anxiety. This article contains invaluable information on the definition of anxiety, what it feels like, […]
User Submission – Stumpt_Price
Recently a close friend of mine passed away. It was a pretty traumatic experience (that can be a story for a different time). But, this friend of mine was one that […]
User Submission – Jiggsy
My anxiety has been a burden I carried alone for quite a while, until speaking out about it after a particularly bad and ill-timed panic attack. I currently see a […]
User Submission – Sera
I was having a rough time at school and went to a therapist who said I had a mix of anxiety and depression, bits and pieces from both. I’d always […]
User Submission – Anon
I’ve struggled with depression, mania, and anxiety since grade 6. I was hospitalized once as a teenager but have received no long-term treatment as my family are biased against psychology […]
User Submission – Anon
When I was a child I had a bad case of separation anxiety. Whenever I would go away on a school camp I would get horrid anxiety resulting in nausea, […]
User Submission – Commodore KD
In 2013, I started experiencing depression and anxiety for the first time. The anxiety has been rare, but the times it has hit me have been almost crippling. The first […]
User Submission – Jess Chisholm
I suffer from both severe anxiety and severe depression. This has been predominantly in 2014 but I have had anxiety all my life. This all developed when I had gastroparesis late 2013 and early 2014 where I had severe nausea. When that condition was resolved, I still found myself very nauseous, particularly when I was anxious. Because of this I […]
User Submission – Jess Zammitt
Basically, I’ve struggled my whole life with anxiety, but I wasn’t diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder until late in my high school years. I also suffer from Social Anxiety, so basically approaching any new situation or group of people is terrifying for me. I don’t enjoy going out, because I might somehow make a fool of myself, and it feels […]
User Submission – Sharon
I was always a ‘tightly wound’ child and teenager but developed depression and anxiety in my early twenties, due to the pressures of the workplace. When I had my first child I developed chronic PND and despite therapy and medication have not been able to ‘kick’ the Black Dog, so to speak. While things are manageable most of the time, […]
User Submission – Anon
I suffer (suffer?) from a pretty wicked mix of Histronic Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Though, I do have a pretty hefty amount of empathy, which is considered unusual. As a streamer, professional gamer, and commentator, I see a lot of struggle in my everyday life. Most people consider narcissism to be a big ego or just being obsessed […]
User Submission by LE
I’ve been diagnosed at one point or another with a few different things, but it seems like my diagnosis has finally settled on borderline personality disorder, chronic depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and some past OCD. I’m being treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy. That’s the clinical description, anyway. I failed out of school once because of depression that made me want to […]
User Submission – Coffee with Oliver
Way too much backstory to write it all down here, but to sum up: I have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Anxiety. I have put myself and others through Hell for most of my life, since childhood, in fact (I’m told). Finding therapists with extensive knowledge of BPD in this area is nearly impossible. There […]
User Submission – Lindsay Richards
Was in therapy or counselling from age twelve through eighteen, due to bullying igniting temper problems in Year 6 (Aus). Starting high school, the temper issues faded giving way to anxiety, depression and hypervigilance. I was diagnosed with Depression and General Anxiety Disorder between Year 8 and 10. I don’t remember much from those years, possibly due to the mental […]