Video Games vs. Depression
“Can games help beat depression? Danny explores the link between video games and dealing with mental health issues.” This video discusses experiences of depression, and their relation to video games […]
User Submission – BoyInABarrel
I often go through stages of feeling incredibly apathetic and dulled towards life, which I am loosely aware is one of the many signs of being a possible sufferer of […]
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 – elJukes
I suffer from anxiety, usually based around other peoples judgements of myself. At one stage I was having regular panic attacks. I’m also almost a year into fighting a bout […]
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
Picked on growing up as a child. Lack of self-confidence leading to other health issues, such as being overweight. Bullying resulted in tendency to be quick to anger. Suppressed into violent thoughts resulting in horrible social skills, a lack of self-preservation, and manic behaviour leading to several attempted suicides at an older age (16-21). Today, driven, more positive and hopeful […]
User Submission – Positron
I hope you like reading! I want to provide a lot of backstory and details here, so this is likely to be very extensive. This is incredibly important to me, so I want to provide as much information as I can muster for this box right now, though hopefully without too much unnecessary fluff. If more consolidation is needed, I’d […]
User Submission – Aylon Herbet
I have Tourette’s Syndrome, was diagnosed when I was about 7. The mental symptoms for me have mostly been around learning difficulties, due to finding it harder to concentrate as a child. I was also extremely argumentative, which I know was very difficult for my mom. I was a pain in the ass really haha and sometimes I’d argue just […]
User Submission – João Gabriel Malaguti
I suffer from severe depression. There are days in which I lay awake in my bed, incapable of moving, thinking only of ways I could end my life. Other days I’m just completely numb, no amount of happy news or even sad ones are able to elicit a true reaction from me. I’ve faked so much of how I feel […]
User Submission – Anon
I’ve had depression for as long as I can remember. My family members have also had it, so it’s likely a genetic or family-passed behavioural thing. Interlaced with anxiety about success, body image, and relationships. I have been on SSRIs twice, for about about a year each time. What Gaming Means To Me It’s hard to say in general as […]
User Submission – Captein
I do not believe I suffer from depression, at least not the form of it that have heard people describe as a sort of numbness. I have experienced thoughts about self-harm and suicide, but I don’t think so, no. I know people who have or have had it and realise that it is a problem and not enough people recognize […]
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 […]
User Submission – Jeffrey
When I was in junior high, I began to develop anxiety problems. I’d be convinced I had a horrible illness and no one could convince me otherwise. It was incredibly detrimental to myself and my family. I was given a prescription for prozac and it allowed me to function again. A few years a later, I began to develop OCD, […]
User Submission – Jeff Keeper
It’s hard to know for sure when I started to feel extremely anxious in social situations, definitely at a young age, around 6 or 7. I have never been diagnosed with anything officially, but have always felt this way. That is also around the time I started to play a lot of games. Others (parents) might look at videogames as […]