Games that give you deep depression?

[ProudTiger]

I noticed that if I struggle or can't understand something in a game<i get very low and down on myself to the point I have to turn my gaming device off (PC or Vita)otherwise I reckon Iwould go to the pub on an all night bender.
Games that get me suicidal are Braid just way too hard to work out and the music adds to the depression.
Portal got stuck on a level and have never started a game since because I felt awful the last time
The X3 space series-another tedious and complex game which I don't know what to do next-SUICIDAL.
LIttle Big Planet on the Vita-terrific game until the Boss levels then you wanna cut your wrists.
Anyone else get real down playing some games?

I've read gaming is supposed to stop depression but I tend to disagree.

I think HL2 is the only game I enjoyed from beginning to end and didn't get the black dog on my shoulders.


List your games to hang on.

[ProudTiger]

To add to my post I think HL 2 has magnificent game balance that no other game has replicated yet and can be played by any level of player without frustrating him.
I feel the depressing games are made for a certain section of people.I call them Intellectually Racist games because they are made for the brainy.Developed by Brainy people without an understanding of what people less fortunate than them think.

HL2 could be played by anyone and they would get enjoyment from it.

[ProudTiger]

Skyrim is enjoying and The Witcher series to a certain extent but there are so many plots within plots going on,I lose what the hell I'm in the game for.
Wandering around is fun though.

[CarlinFan]

Umm... stop playing games that are overwhelming/too complicated for you? Otherwise, just concentrate more and don't try to pursue every side quest at once, do them one at a time.

And, not to be mean - I really mean it, if games make you feel depressed and suicidal, or at least make you want to get drunk, maybe you've got some other problems you're not dealing with?

If you are depressed already, heaping frustrating gaming chores unto yourself is not really the way to go. Concentrate on the main story instead of the side quests, play at an easier difficulty level or pick 'simpler' genres like shooters and racing games.

Last but not least: 'I call them Intellectually Racist games because they are made for the brainy.' You can't be serious. Everything is not for everybody. I'm not stupid, but I just don't get strategy stuff. But I don't wind up buying strategy games, whining how the devs are elitist arses because they don't cater to my non-strategic playstyle. Sit back and think about this, frankly, hiliariously ridiculous statement of yours.

[GreenEyes]

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Umm... stop playing games that are overwhelming/too complicated for you? Otherwise, just concentrate more and don't try to pursue every side quest at once, do them one at a time.

And, not to be mean - I really mean it, if games make you feel depressed and suicidal, or at least make you want to get drunk, maybe you've got some other problems you're not dealing with?

If you are depressed already, heaping frustrating gaming chores unto yourself is not really the way to go. Concentrate on the main story instead of the side quests, play at an easier difficulty level or pick 'simpler' genres like shooters and racing games.

Last but not least: 'I call them Intellectually Racist games because they are made for the brainy.' You can't be serious. Everything is not for everybody. I'm not stupid, but I just don't get strategy stuff. But I don't wind up buying strategy games, whining how the devs are elitist arses because they don't cater to my non-strategic playstyle. Sit back and think about this, frankly, hiliariously ridiculous statement of yours.

I'm pretty sure this is troll, y u respond?

[CarlinFan]

Well, I was on a responding spree. Also, I'm not quite as convinced as you. Dou you know many depressed people (talking bout real depression, not 'the economy got me down' or 'autumn makes me feel blue' sort)? He kinda sounds like one, on top of sounding ignorant and closed-minded. But the latter doesn't necessarily make him a troll.

[GreenEyes]

I don't think anyone could say this srsly "I call them Intellectually Racist games because they are made for the brainy.Developed by Brainy people without an understanding of what people less fortunate than them think."

[Staryn]

Portal never gave me any trouble, but that's just me. I've gotten mad over games (that was more of an elementary school thing though). I don't let games get me depressed though (but I will admit that World of Warcraft was a pitiful experience...people were jerks in general, and the game was a grindfest. There were some depressing aspects to that game that kept me from enjoying it...I wanted an immersive RP fantasy, with an elaborate world and plot...but I felt like the only one on the server who did. Even the RP servers didn't help that.)

[Litagano Motscoud]

The ending to HL2:EP2 was pretty depressing.

Deus Ex can get a bit depressing, too. But I don't think any game has made me to depressed I don't want to do anything.

[SportyHeadShot]

I used to get a little depressed if I beat a game lol

[ProudTiger]

I wasn't trolling btw.Just saying my true thoughts about real feelings.

I must be one of the only ones who feels like this.
I thought there would be others.

[ProudTiger]

I know I have anxiety issues but then again never had anxiety attacks.
HL2 seems to be a calming influence on me.
I do like racing games as you can't lose if you enjoy driving around a racetrack.
The thing that gets me depressed about those games are setups.
Just don't get how to set up a car and my anxiety makes my mind feel like a whirpool and I can't think straight then the depression comes.

I thought others had this condition but they probably were sensible and gave up gaming lol.

[ProudTiger]

Anxiety seems to have a link with memory as the more anxious I am ,the more I forget the things I'm reading which are making me anxious if you know what I mean.

I've tried anti depressants but nothing worked.Made me worse.
Now I exercise daily.

Still doesn't rid me of the deep depression playing some games.
I bought FTL and hardly play that.
I get really excited watching other people play it on YT,then I impulse buy it,play it and struggle lol.

I think I get more enjoyment watching Let's Plays than actually playing games myself.
I spend more time watching Twitch TV than playing because of the depression when playing games over my head,especially the intellectually racist genres.

Owell I thought I could share with other people who have the same feelings but it seems I am alone.

[ProudTiger]

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I suffer with anxiety. I take mental health medication. I can't work because of my condition. You aren't alone, that would be the depression talking, but each person with a mental health issues deals with it in different ways. If games upset you, and you have anxiety, what emotes you are is known as 'trigger.' I have some, loud noises, certain words and many other things. I have, in time, learned how to deal with things. You have a few choices and avoiding triggers, or therapy, are two of many things you can do to help.

A lot off people here just want small-talk. You'll get no pity from the internet.

Sorry to hear.
You seem to be worse off than me.
I don't get the voices in my head but my depression does come like a trigger,then it's hard to get rid of for hours.
Usually when I'm stuck in a game and can find no answers then the depression comes in like a switch turned on and I feel terrible.
I was stuck on an early level of Portal(a level everyone else flies through)and I had no answers.
My anxiety levels rose then the depression switched on and then that awful feeling,I end up crying I get that bad.

Braid and the space games x3 do the same thing.
The feeling of hopelessness and emptyness.

It's like the feeling you get when you split up with someone after being with them for a long time.


I'm putting this out there because I really don't think the games developers know of this problem.

[CarlinFan]

It really sounds as if complex games just aren't what you should occupy yourself with. Play some less complex, more casual games and maybe settle for less interactive media, like watching movies/tv?

Or you might go out and meet people... crazy talk, I know.

[Sock Goblin]

homefront depressed me when the kids mom got shot....lol