Depression and Gaming
I can honeslty say that for the last 5-6 months of my life I have not had fun once. I can of course remember when I have had fun, not just with gaming but in other aspects of life as well. However, now being stuck in a mind set that if there is a god he just likes to mess with me has pretty much ruined gaming for me. Of course that is absurd, and I know that the games I am playing are fun, but I just don't feel that way. I'm constantly stuck with thoughts such as "Oh yeah, of course I would get killed that way, just my luck!", or, "I'm a idiot! Why would I do that there, god I'm so stupid!" and many more. My terrible, and inconsistent internet connection doesn't help my mood much either, yet there are ways to fix that. Playing games make me feel terrible about myself now, they make me feel like I can't even do the simplest thing (like pointing the cursor at the guy's head and pressing left mouse). I used to be at least decent at the games I played and I used to have fun, but now I just can't seem to do any of that anymore. This also applies to my other hobbies (music, art, reading, and just hanging out with people). I've been told that it will all get better, yet really it's actually gotten much worse. Sometimes I laugh about it, and other times I cry about it, but I suppose no matter what it's just my lot in life. C'est la vie.


-If you read the wall of text above I thank you!
最後修改者:That's an aspen not a birch; 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 6:09
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chibilibi 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 6:36 
引用自 I_Hate_Myself
引用自 Ampharos
Try not to have the habit of blaming things on yourself. That's makes about as much sense as blaming yourself on a broken leg or catching the cold. Just try to think abit nonjudgmentally about yourself and you'll probably feel abit better about yourself.

Hopefully I didn't come across as a bit harsh.

You didn't come off harsh no problem. Yeah I blame myself constantly for many things. Sometimes I realize I'm being ridiculous, but it's rough sometimes.

Another thing that I find helps me in games like TF2 whenever I die is analyzing what I did wrong while I wait to respawn. Look at where the enemy was, where I was, how much health I had, etc. so that I avoid making the same mistakes and therefore avoid feeling like "human trash," as Northernlion puts it.
That's an aspen not a birch 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 6:37 
引用自 FuG chibilibi
引用自 I_Hate_Myself

You didn't come off harsh no problem. Yeah I blame myself constantly for many things. Sometimes I realize I'm being ridiculous, but it's rough sometimes.

Another thing that I find helps me in games like TF2 whenever I die is analyzing what I did wrong while I wait to respawn. Look at where the enemy was, where I was, how much health I had, etc. so that I avoid making the same mistakes and therefore avoid feeling like "human trash," as Northernlion puts it.

I do that too actually, yet i find that doesn't help too much with me.
C4Warr10r 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 6:58 
If you dwell on a thing all the time, it becomes you. It is the basis of military training, as well as interrogation techniques, though the latter is a bit different. Military recruits are made to believe that they are worthless, every day, and made to dwell on it by being blamed for things they never even did. I kid you not, if the platoon does not make a mistake, the instructors will invent one for everyone over time. Depression is a common problem.

But then the recruits graduate from training, and are told they are God's gift to mankind; with parades and all that junk. It's amazing how quickly they reverse polarities. People who just a few months ago couldn't look you in the eye if their lives depended on it are suddenly full of swagger, when they have really accomplished nothing. It's all part of the training process, which is repeated when they arrive in active service and finally learned in combat.

Depression is just one of many emotions that is associated with your survival. There is a reason that troops are taught to believe that mission failure is unacceptable, no matter what. Discipline is needed in war, but people who are depressed have given up, and they will not fight effectively.

To me, it sounds like you have poor self-esteem, especially if you really believe that dying in a game is just the sort of thing that would happen to you. No, the only thing you mistake is the strangth you didn't know you had. Seen it....I don't know how many times in combat. The people who didn't take the training seriously, were offended by it, or didn't know what it was about are always the first to break.

In the aftermath, you still get people who are depressed. Depressed that they couldn't or didn't do more, unable to forgive themselves for doing the wrong thing. Happens to the bravest and best, but their concerns are illusory. The dead are dead, leave them that way. Dwelling upon failure will only make it so.

Likewise, your concerns are illusory. Take it from me, you have no idea how you would perform in combat, neither do I, but a decent sense of shame is important, so you'd probably do better than others. Shame is just one way in which we show care. We do like to disappoint if we care.

So consider it all a training exercise, because that's really what it is. Your mind never stops adapting until it finds the right place for it in the world. That is what it is built to do, after all. You can either call yourself a failure, or keep learning and find enjoyment in that.
Naedmi 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 7:20 
Play more Dota2?
Flint 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 7:40 
引用自 TheDean
Play more Dota2?
Word
Flint 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 7:41 
Dont talk about it be about it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9BGLtqqkVI
最後修改者:Flint; 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 7:42
Azza ☠ 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 7:41 
Depression isn't linked to gaming at all...

Music, games, exercising and socialising all help cure depression.

However, it mostly comes down to your state of mind, what you believe of yourself and your expectations. If your consisous and sub-consisous mind thought processes conflict, that leads to depression... it's just a way of your brain screaming at you to make change and progress forward.

Most however don't see this and only dwell on the negative issues, never even seeing a positive side and therefore burying themselves deeper and/or give up trying.

First change your mindset. Rather than focusing on the negatives and what you hate about yourself. Discover more of what you want to become, then setup step-by-step positive goals of how to achieve that.

The brain works upon achievements, and has it's own built in reward system. So even small progress done slowly each day will help a lot.

Consider someone who is fat - the person hates that they are fat, they dwell on the problem, then they actually crave more food for comfort - eat and eat and eat. The issue is that the sub-consisous doesn't care about negative or positives, rather just focuses a topic and will lead you towards that more. By focusing so much on something you dislike, you actually become it more - you can also not block out and not think about anything, rather it must be replaced. If you focused on a positive topic of how you want to see yourself and then develop goals of exercices, healther eatting, etc - so long your mind sees process it will start to feel more and more happy.

This also applies to addictions such as smoking/alcohol/etc, the human brain craves it because it's always on your mind as the easiest option. You can't avoid it, rather have to replace it with something else.

Join a gym, swim, jog, walk the dog, or exercise.

Listen is music you enjoy.

Relax a bit each day, a time out away from stresses.

Learn an instrument, such as the guitar or drums.

Socialise with others, family, friends, people online, or even with your pets.

When you game, relax, think positive, and rather than taking it so hard, understand it's a game to learn from.

Most importantly take each mistake (not as a negative) but rather a learning experience. We need to make mistakes, to improve on next time. So long you learn from a mistake, that mistake was never a lose. Keep trying.
Flint 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 7:45 
Im here in this game happlIE waiting Im sick whats your excuse? I got time. Depresion has to do with ones enviroment and state of mind lots of things affect this habbits make you form connections of syynapses that fire saritonin that makes it a good thing so sometimes bad habbits make us feel good even though it might not reflect morals or values defamting people and not being open to a subject is a from in my mind withdraw and a form of denial.
最後修改者:Flint; 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 7:45
tigerxs1 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 8:39 
shut out any negative people out your life thats a huge factor,as for your gameing getting worse, your computer i take it isnt being upgraded and age & time does take its toll on parts, while other people are upgradeing and getting much better pcs, if your at a lower spec pc the challange is so much greater and some have mods macros etc/an advantage.personaly music can change mood quite dramaticly find some tunes u love n play in background,if you enjoy something or have a hobby your good at spend your time doing the things you want,if you can get some headphones helps tone everything else out, gameing constant can be frustrateing sometimes a mth or so break does help,change of colour scheme in your room (example: purple is mena be depressing colour so advoid that1)or move it around have a tidy up make some easy changes?you gota see the good points about yourself..say well ive nice clean skin nice eyes maybe i dont like my face but well ive big muscles that makes up for it just train of thought,i dont like the person in the mirror but i know hes more decent in many ways than other people i know like kind careing honest,you know your good and bad traits try n look at the good more than the bad,you might have many off days just takes time,hope in 6mths time or less your doing better,one day at a time
最後修改者:tigerxs1; 2014 年 11 月 11 日 下午 8:49
Fuddy Duddy 2014 年 11 月 12 日 下午 4:25 
@I_Hate_Myself

I know what you're going through. I've had dysthymia (in short I always have mild symptoms of depression) for as long as I can remember. For most people its a phase. Which will probably be your case too. Most people say just keep your head up and I realize how useless that advice is.
I have found things to keep myself preoccupied and get my mind off the negative thoughts. I actually use gaming to do just that... Its a place where I can escape from reality for just a bit and (im also a bit anti-social) keeps me away from people XD.

Have you tried just sitting down and listening to music?
最後修改者:Fuddy Duddy; 2014 年 11 月 12 日 下午 4:33
76561198119391273 2014 年 11 月 12 日 下午 4:29 
I am too depressed to read all that...
Fork_Q2 2014 年 11 月 12 日 下午 5:39 
Don't try to look for solutions in video games, you are depressed for other reasons. Seek professional help.
Hothead 2014 年 11 月 12 日 下午 6:11 
I would contribute to the community and make a lasting difference if I were you.
That's an aspen not a birch 2014 年 11 月 12 日 下午 9:59 
Steam Community: 1% useful
99% hot gas
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