So a lot of blogs, studies and articles go on and on about how people that are into online gaming might find that their depression is linked to their gaming... I would like to go on record saying that gaming has enabled a release from my depression and I'd like to explain this...
I have since I was a mid-teen suffered varying degrees of depression. From a little down to full blown suicidal feelings as a teen I found that I was very much the type to force myself to be isolated. I struggled like many teens to "fit in" and find my own identity.
I didn't begin online gaming until I was in my twenties, which I would expect by today's standards to be pretty old eh! I role played on table top, I've played games on consoles and still do. I love the idea of escaping with my happiness being button pressing and aesthetically pleasing graphics.
I've got an outlet that's made me some very valuable friends, I've made friends all over the world with gaming. I have learnt phrases in other languages, I have gained the confidence to lead a guild and I have learnt to be more open minded with how I deal with people online. It's helped me offline too, I am proud to be a geek.
Logging in and chatting to people who have the same interest as me, listening to their life stories and chatting on things like Mumble or Vent all help me. When I am down there's someone willing to joke with me, vice versa to them. We're a community and we don't need to be near one another to achieve it. I have found something I enjoy, something that makes me more of a person for it and I do not feel it's gaming that drags me down, in fact it pulls me up.
Malliuss
Archard
Jenesis...
and many more names ><
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