games to distract from depression?

[optimum.opossum]

i need a list of games, preferably free, that will help me take my mind off of my depression and anxiety, even if it's only for a little while. im just not in a good place right now and this is the only thing i could think to do.

[tmwfte]

✴ Celestial Fatality ✴ の投稿を引用：

That mountain game you suggested (that I bought) may be good too, no? Thanks, BTW, I like it.

Yes, it would. And I'm glad you like it. People tend to think of it as a joke, but I find it very refreshing and good to "play" to take your mind off other things.

[Unconditional Love]

Trigger の投稿を引用：

Elder Scrolls Online = ESO:TU, an MMO that plays mostly like a single player game like Skyrim, but this isn't skyrim. ESO:TU is perfect game for depression, as it allows you to create a character and then you escape prison and get drop into the world of Tamriel, now you need to live your life the way you want to live it, become a thief, or join the war effort. lots of stuff to do in this awesome game

yea but wont that just block her from trying to fix depression???? like any game I guess why get your mind off of depression you should want to think of ways to stop it forever??

[Tux]

MattyB の投稿を引用：

Tux の投稿を引用：

for mood changes please refer to medication. its better in pretty much all ways.

thanks

Also dont think you`ll be on it forever. idk why your psychiatrist didnt recommed it. I used to have medication it helped me get out of the fog and understand more about life. I got off of it and I feel the same as how i was on the medication. great! meaning it worked. try that and you wont be asking what videogames are good to help depression because I tried doing that and I was digging my own grave.

yup.

modern medicine is amazing how it basically takes years if not decades of books regarding studies of the human condition and throws them all in the trash with one pill

[Unconditional Love]

I actually used to not like indie games/non AAA titles, I thought they were making me more depressed because i felt like nobody else was playing them. anyways yea

[HEART]

tmwfte の投稿を引用：

✴ Celestial Fatality ✴ の投稿を引用：

That mountain game you suggested (that I bought) may be good too, no? Thanks, BTW, I like it.

Yes, it would. And I'm glad you like it. People tend to think of it as a joke, but I find it very refreshing and good to "play" to take your mind off other things.

I play "theres poop in my soup" and "my name is mayo" so this is far from a joke...LOL

[Trigger]

games like eso get you to half-close your mind so that you can play eso where you need to solve a problem which in turn teaches you to solve problems in the real world.

[laff]

Tux の投稿を引用：

for mood changes please refer to medication. its better in pretty much all ways.

Said big pharma.

[HEART]

MattyB の投稿を引用：

I actually used to not like indie games/non AAA titles, I thought they were making me more depressed because i felt like nobody else was playing them. anyways yea

I play indies for the exact opposite. Especially when I look at how much I spent for an AAA game and get even more depressed.

[ErickaUnlimited]

A nice one I've picked up that I've found soothing for times like you describe, OP:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/61600/

[it's love]

✴ Celestial Fatality ✴ の投稿を引用：

Crazed Rabbit の投稿を引用：

It's sad that it's so underrated.

I think you mean unknown or under appreciated. With a 95% rating, it's definitely not underrated.

What I meant is not as many people know about it, it definitely got good reviews when it came out but not that much people really gave it a chance.

[optimum.opossum]

MattyB の投稿を引用：

Tux の投稿を引用：

for mood changes please refer to medication. its better in pretty much all ways.

thanks

Also dont think you`ll be on it forever. idk why your psychiatrist didnt recommed it. I used to have medication it helped me get out of the fog and understand more about life. I got off of it and I feel the same as how i was on the medication. great! meaning it worked. try that and you wont be asking what videogames are good to help depression because I tried doing that and I was digging my own grave.

ive been on medication for over 2 years. it's not like you take the pills and your illness goes *poof* and it's gone. depression is not something that all people can 100%recover from. some people might, but for others, you can get better and better but in the end youre still going to have days where you feel awful or emotionally empty a lot. recovery is a bumpy road. after 6 years of being diagnosed with depression, ive come to realize that. video games DONT make depression go away. but sometimes you need distractions when youre having an anxiety attack or your suicidal thoughts are really bad. and video games are good for that.

[Thatbrownmonster]

Jet Set radio
Guns of Icarus
Fallout 3 /New vegas
Rockete legue?

[Unconditional Love]

allison9999 の投稿を引用：

MattyB の投稿を引用：

Also dont think you`ll be on it forever. idk why your psychiatrist didnt recommed it. I used to have medication it helped me get out of the fog and understand more about life. I got off of it and I feel the same as how i was on the medication. great! meaning it worked. try that and you wont be asking what videogames are good to help depression because I tried doing that and I was digging my own grave.

ive been on medication for over 2 years. it's not like you take the pills and your illness goes *poof* and it's gone. depression is not something that all people can 100%recover from. some people might, but for others, you can get better and better but in the end youre still going to have days where you feel awful or emotionally empty a lot. recovery is a bumpy road. after 6 years of being diagnosed with depression, ive come to realize that. video games DONT make depression go away. but sometimes you need distractions when youre having an anxiety attack or your suicidal thoughts are really bad. and video games are good for that.

actually your illness will go *poof* if you have a good doctor and change the medication when neccessary

[optimum.opossum]

also, if one more ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ person suggests yoga or excersise im going to be pissed. ive tried that. tried all of it. i still do those things. those help in the long term. im looking for something in the short term, for when im having anxiety attacks or suicidal thoughts. if i wanted to do yoga or excercise, i would make a post asking for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ yoga excersises, not video games. im asking for what my psychologist recommended.

[HEART]

Based on my search, it looks like I was the only one that suggested it, so you can just ♥♥♥♥ off. People are trying to help you.