Video Games and Depression?

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Veröffentlich am: 31.07.2024, 11:57 Uhr
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I am not sanguine of discussing my private therapeutic practices, as I'm sure most people would not be. I have posted this thread to try to learn new techniques for dealing with protracted negative emotional states, however...so I'm sort of walking a fine line here. I'm not asking for sensitivity (I know better), but I would like to generally have a clinical air to the discussion, if it's not too much trouble.
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I've often thought that certain types of games can be very therapeutic when one is dealing with deeply negative emotions in their life, but lately, I have not really had the tendency to click games on. It is hard to say, and I'm sure hard to read, but they simply remind me that I spent a very long time in my life sort of wrapped up in these imaginary adventures, when I could have been spending it with people. Particularly a certain person, whom I am no longer able to reliably contact, you might say. I'm trying not to be too forward about it.

Anyway, have you ever experienced a dilemma like that in gaming? You used the games before to deal with feelings of inadequacy that you had in your real life, in a harmless and controlled manner. But then, the games themselves began to make you feel inadequate, is basically the math here.

It's what, in the vernacular, we call a "sticky wicket." Any thoughts, guys?
Veröffentlich am: 31.07.2024, 13:17 Uhr
No. We're not here to deal with your personal problems.

However what I can say is that games can help temporarly escaping problems by pushing your mind in another, virtual, world, they definitely won't help solving problems in the long term.

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