I've only done one run so far, but I feel like this accurately portrays what depression is like. Having the "obvious" choices to "improving" being crossed out really speaks to me as someone whose depression just. Makes their executive dysfunction worse. I would LOVE to do those options! I really would! Can I, in the state that I am in? No. I can't.
As art and interactive fiction and a means to help show what depression is like from the inside, I think it's a great tool for that. I don't think many people who <i>aren't</i> receptive to what it's like to be trapped in depressive episodes are going to appreciate it for that. Read the opening statement that appears before any other text does. It does exactly what it says on the tin.

I've only done one run so far, but I feel like this accurately portrays what depression is like. Having the "obvious" choices to "improving" being crossed out really speaks to me as someone whose depression just. Makes their executive dysfunction worse. I would LOVE to do those options! I really would! Can I, in the state that I am in? No. I can't. As art and interactive fiction and a means to help show what depression is like from the inside, I think it's a great tool for that. I don't think many people who <i>aren't</i> receptive to what it's like to be trapped in depressive episodes are going to appreciate it for that. Read the opening statement that appears before any other text does. It does exactly what it says on the tin.