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Hey There!

I am so glad that you've found my profile. I'm a verified Listener who has been with 7Cups since October 2015. I'm a pyschology graduate and a supporter on various self-help websites and forums. I enjoy helping others and helping them to understand any thoughts and feelings they may be going through.

I want you to know, first and foremost, that I am here to talk with, listen to and hopefully, guide you through your difficult times and help you overcome and understand what you are going through.

I specialise in Self-Harm, Depression, Anxiety and Panic Attacks though I am more than happy to support you through anything you wish to talk about. You can see the list of topics I talk to most of my members about by scrolling down my Categories.

I am a passionate writer who also loves listening to as much music as I can absorb, as well as gaming during my down time (you can almost certainly find me flicking through my Steam library).

I've overcome a lot during my life and having been diagnosed with Chronic Depression since I was 15, any day can be a challenge - though it can always be overcome. Life can be difficult at times and that is absolutely okay. It can also be overwhelming and hard to cope with sometimes and that is why I'm here.

Hopefully I am able to help and support you through whatever it is you need. I am here for you.

Though I am on the website most days, I work most of the time so I may not always be available for Live Chats. However, please never hesitate to open up a chat with me and start talking and I promise I will respond as soon as I can and talk you through whatever you need.

You are important.

You do matter.

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Depression Support / by BugInARug

December 29th, 2017

GAMER OUTREACH: Favourite Games Discussion, 11/30/2015

Hobby Zone / by BugInARug

January 2nd, 2016

...See more Hey there everyone! @Kallie112358 & I hosted the first Gamer Outreach discussion today on the adult side in the Guided Discussion room. It was one of the best discussions weve had the pleasure of joining in on (let alone hosting) and we both want to say, before anything else, thank you. You were all absolutely energetic, engaging and entertaining! To put it plainly, you were simply fantastic. Todays discussion was all about your FAVOURITE GAMES. What you like about them and why. We wanted to really talk to our members about why they enjoy gaming and the response we had from each and every one of you was thoroughly enthralling and really encouraging. We had an outstanding turnout of roughly 58 participants! So without further adieu, here was our discussion! The first question we asked was sure to get everyone talking! CONSOLE or PC? And gosh golly did it! There were so many answers from PC to XBOX. PLAYSTATION and even SCRABBLE! Far too many to count -- so we took it to a vote! And the winner? PC with a massive 13 votes to 2 (multiple votes not counted). Absolutely astonishing! Our first question was to find out what our favourite games were - and were we in for a treat when we heard some of the games! We had a lot of answers ranging from board games like Monopoly, classics such as Tetris and PacMan, all the way to modern generation games like Fallout 4, GTA V, and Elder Scrolls Online! Here is a short list of some of our other favourite games: The Witcher 3, Minecraft, Numerous Elder Scrolls Games, World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Nancy Drew, Rainbow Six (the franchise), Life is Strange, Game of Thrones, The Fallout Franchise, Legend Of Zelda, Bioshock, Fifa, Pokemon and so many more! Its so hard to not keep listing all of the games! They are all so brilliant! Moving on to our next question, we asked people why people find these games so good? What keeps them playing? Draws them in? The general consensus surrounded the main themes of gameplay, story, and character. Participants liked games that had good graphics but ultimately, we all agreed that people preferred games that made them feel more emotionally invested. People love the settings and story of a game; the worlds they can get lost in. One member aptly put that they like the fact that they can relate to characters. Some other really great answers were: "Immersion and replayability", "Because they are CLASSIC!", "Sense of accomplishment from achieving certain goals", "because my son plays them with me while we are on teamspeak", "Having fun with friends is a big one. Relaxation is another reason", "...the social aspect. My guild is amazing. I've met amazing people there and talking in voice chat with them has helped me get over some of my social anxiety. i love mmos because the people you play with totally change the game", and "I love games that pull me into a world and get me lost in that world and the characters story.. So when a game does that it's a home run for me". There we so many to choose from, it was hard to limit to just a few! Our third question was all about which character from your favourite video games you would love to meet. And, again, some fantastic answers! At first, people were stunned; what a question, SO MANY; people didnt know what to put! There was so much choice! But here is a list of some of the characters that we chose as our favourites: Mario, PacMan, Spyro, Okami, Lunar Lorkhan, Shay Cormac, Sonic the Hedgehog, Geralt of Rivia, Crash Bandicoot, Mehrunes Dagon, Lara Croft, Agent 47 and so many more! When asked why, answers ranged from, I want to meet the hitman because he's hot, because she has great... eh athletic .. abilities, because he's freaking awesome and sarcastic, and he would be awesome to go out for a drink with!!! We flipped it around for our fourth question and asked which characters they would never want to meet and the answers continued to amaze! Some of the characters were: Ganondorf, Kratos, Wario, Bowser Jr., Lara Croft, Chris Walker, Diablo/Baal, Hades, Dr. Robotnik, Dante, Patchwerk and countless more! Our fifth question was all about the real world. That is, what aspect of your favourite video game would you love to take into the real world and why? The answers blew me and Kallie away completely! Here are a small selection: "Spirit healers from wow", "super powers", "character customization", "Pip-boy", "Stars from Mario", "MAMMUTS... hairy elephants basically", "My horse in Ultima", "Money cheats", "House prices in monopoly. For London", and "Oh quicksave and quickload too! Like when you mess up you just reload a save, no worries". Our sixth was, again, flipped right around! What aspects of the games we play do we never want to see in real life? Bad AI, Lag, Non-Responsive NPCs, the bosses in Dark Souls, cheesy lines in character scripts, and having to level up to unlock certain features. I think we can all agree we wouldnt want those! On to our seventh question now and we asked what people would change the names of their favourite games to to better fit what the game was about and the answers were better than brilliant! Minecraft - Digital Legos, Save the princess, or die trying. - Mario, Pokemon - Catch animals and make them fight for you, Super Smash Bros- Nintendo (and other third party characters) Fight Club, fable - do what you want but mostly you will be bad 1st time then good 2nd, you won t believe what you can do with this gun, door makers hate it - portal. Our next question revolved around game genres! Specifically, what genre would we play forever if we had to stick to one? Role Playing Games (RPG), Strategy Games, Platformers, and Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games were among the top picks with First Person Shooters (FPS), Simulation and Puzzle games coming up closely behind! Some of the notable mentions were Dungeon Crawlers and Sandbox games! Our ninth question was all about a genre you didnt like! Dress Up Games were the winner! With Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG), Puzzle Games, FPS, Horror, and Walking Simulators (DayZ, perhaps?) were among the other top listed! And one of our final questions was would would you live in your favourite game world for a week if you were given the chance? Immediately people said yes! Some said no, and some said only if they had unlimited lives! Some of the answers we had were: "I'd live in the Mushroom Kingdom and hang out with the Mario gang. Playing Mario Party, going kart racing, etc", "I would live in Skyrim I think, I don't think I could survive fallout", "I think if I lived in amnesia or outlast I just starve to death in a wardrobe", "I d [be] the a vase in the legend of zelda probably", "OMG pokemon would be awesome", "... I d love to live in the sims for a week", "Skyrim or Morrowind , they are nice to look upon, The last Witcher is pretty too" And that brings us to the end of this discussion! Both Kallie and I really hope you all thoroughly enjoyed this discussion and we want to say thank you from the very depths of our hearts. All of you really made this discussion one of the best weve ever had and I personally cannot wait to host some more discussions with the team! One of the biggest questions raised by participants at the end was about getting a dedicated Gamers Group Chat Room -- this is definitely something that is being looked into so keep your eyes peeled! If you want to take part in the Gamer Outreach team, please check this forum post: http://tinyurl.com/GamerOutreach!

YOUR Favourite Games (Discussion)

Hobby Zone / by BugInARug

November 28th, 2015

Discussion Transcribe: Getting Lost in Video Game Worlds, Gamer Outreach

Hobby Zone / by BugInARug

November 21st, 2015

...See more Discussion #1: Getting Lost in Gaming Worlds Host: BugInARug Co-Host: Kallie112358 Room: Thinking Space Time: 22:15 GMT (17:15 EDT) Duration: 30 minutes TRANSCRIPTION Some comments have been removed so as to not detract from the discussion. All usernames have been removed and abbreviations expanded upon. Each comment/question has been put on a seperate line. DISCUSSION BEGIN What are your favourite games? tomb raider!!!!! my favourite game is runescape pirate 101 for me Bioshock, Deus Ex COD race car games Asphalt i liked bioshock infinite and life is strange NFS (need for speed) and Zelda and AC batman series of games are fun too ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah i like nfs lol the sims ASSASSIN"S CREED dammit and AC (Assassins Creed) I like MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online games) fifa What kinds of MMO's? Watch Dogs pirate 101 In these games, what entices you the most about each world you visit inside of games? And why? I love AC been playing since game 1 few other games are played via the ipad Lord of the Dragons , bingo etc is a kingsIsle game losing all my real life stress! know the lore like the back of my hand I live the character and story.... the world itself and being able to control what goes on without suffering real life consequences ah well runescape can be addictive , but its so fun skilling away and the story lines on quests are really good too i love questing I become that character...and that environment is where I feel myself. Some fantastic answers. What do you like about the characters, story, and questing in these games? I like questing and all my friends on there I talk to the games i'm drawn to usually draw me to them because i find they can inspire me and make me feel hopeful. i also enjoy games with deep meaning and lots of story so i find its a nice relief from the real world. the adventure and story If the story is well knitted....the game is hit for me..... I get to live an amazing story as an interesting/badass character Gaming takes me away from real life for a bit, I can enjoy the world I have there for a moment in short i like to learn something from the game that i can take with me after i play it. Story matters no what what genre.. there very interesting its like reading a book for me but only im in it and joining in If you could immerse yourself and join a part of any game world to live in, which game world would it be? Why do you want to live there? runescape cos i want to fight all the monsters and do all the quests And about COD....the characters and stories are all linked together across versions...... trying to unlock doors thats too hard... just one? LoZ (Legend of Zelda) world definitely, it has humor and nice people and it's beautiful! oh wow that's a tough question hehe thats my fav question i'd so love to live in the world of runescape all that money i can earn by skilling , or combat etc id be loaded AC It mades COD (Call of Duty) an epic saga..... the harry potter game? The only game I've really ever played was animal crossing so that one. i feel like that cheating pumkin im already loaded on runescape already but to be the one earning it myself would be like ahhh this is sweet lol sims would be cool too, you can choose what happens Who loved Contra..? i would love to be a sim let someone else make all my decisions for me!!!! Zelda = medieval interesting mythological world or something futuristic and sci fi like What's Contra? Contra.....Mario....Adventure Island....Tank....... Pioneers.... to be honest not a lot of the games i would like to live in considering most of the games i like are not exactly the safest worlds to live in DeathSpace lol jk... hahahahahahahaha ikr (I know, right?) *deadspace Contra was a game....cassette video game.... It was one of the epic games of 90's Have you ever seen similarities in some game worlds you have visited, to the real world you live in? If so, what similarities have you spotted? fifa just play football (soccer) again i mean maybe the world of skyrim the bank sign for runescape if you look closely is the dollar sign There's always a bad guy? Skyrim was a living world around me............. I played it in 3D...... the mmo the secret world And it was huge game................ I've heard of that. What similarities are there to our world? fishing near willow trees lol bioshock infinite well its basically based off our world just with a lot more tangible magical stuff Of course there re similarities, its just videogames have something more interesting going on Crysis....1.2.3. uncharted is also awesome... Awesome i love crysis heavy rain Prophet vs Master Chief Yea....soundtrack was just off the world..... yes please I played it in continuation of 8 days.............. i mean batman games too i guess because in batman series of games they have alot of similar architecture though the city is bit more old looking. Right. Next question! I'm loving these answers so far: What is the longest time you've spent lost inside of a game world? Why was that (quests, exploration, etc)? 72 hours straight! 8 hours in the sims 3.. no explanation needed hah 8 hours also sims probably like 24 at least hours on end all nighters most nights 21 days................ when a new world comes out, everything else is secondary to me, lol probably like 24 hours Worked out COD MW3....like 25 times........ i had all the food and drink i needed around me just ran to and from bathroom when needed i took breaks obviously though but i played for hours on end on runescape What is it about these games that drove you to playing them for so long? questing! the story I think the most was for me over 10 hours for sure but I don't know the exact time and trying to get 99 WC my nice friends I met on them keeps me there and then spend a month gymming. compelling story makes me stay so long So leading on from the previous question, what do you find to be the best part of games you visit? questing the skilling as im a skiller purely , the story lines it was really fun to play im in a great clan the conversation with other players , and the citadel they brought out for the clan They never run out of interesting things to do, gameplay its too fun, and story its interesting it makes me think faster....... been playing for 7 years its fun being part of a team the best part of games i visit is the atmosphere the graphics the game play story its the gameplay for me yes the atmosphere. and sometimes the music Yes I agree the story, I love that if im not grabbed in the first hour i dont play the game anymore oh yes the music helps sooo much like people don't realize how much it can make or break a game or even a movie If you could take one element then from any game to bring into the real world, what would you bring and why? Hmm the magic? unlimited money because of reasons ummmmm MONEY definitely Or the ability to have my own pokemon or revive people im charging orbs while here haha yes the type of magic in games would be fun for money making making air battlestaffs to high alch them I'd like my own real life Charizard i want a pikachu for my daughter! i want eagle vision so ill need to elements to bring to the real world magic and money I'll be owning ash eagle vision... nice I would like a real life valor fortress to protect me in real life, like we use in pvp because that's really the only thing assassins can do that i can't How often to you jump into game worlds a week (or day)? And is the reason for this the same as when you answered about how long you've spent on a game before? rarely I don't play so much anymore lately rarely play now bc i'm to busy i don't play much but when i do it's a massive session! well i indirectly jump into games a lot more than play them to be honest such as through the medium of youtube let's plays. i play when able too and with being a listener here i use it as a self care activity whenever I can... lately I've been busy but before that i was on it every day with everything else now i can't get on as much as i used too Like I just bought AC Syndicate so i've been playing that at night for a couple hours but other than that like once a month or less once i beat a game i don't really play anymore but not counting watching let's plays i don't play games as often as i used to. I'm just not in the mood much, when I start I do enjoy but starting is hard, I don't have the energy Hm I don't play video games. The last game I played was...madden on Nintendo with my brothers when I was like 8 lol Why do we play video games? What is it about video games that we all enjoy? That keeps us coming back? i play them to escape all my responsibilities for a few hours Getting away from the real world for me it's the story , quests and the content on runescape that keeps me coming back entertainment that we interact with also i can escape the real world it is a great distraction yeah getting away for a bit in my game The way they are designed to be addictive you can be whoever you want and have complete control over them I play them...to add something to my personality......i adapt to the character......... and I love to act that character...............even in real life.............. I do it because it lets me numb for awhile. When I'm immersed in a game I'm not present to think about the hard stuff. although it wears out after sometime......... game theory guy on youtube brought up good points on just this subject bug. but to be honest for me it's that i can feel like i'm making a different or feel like i'm accomplishing something awesome or feel like i'm making a difference or to just feel like i'm having a good time. yea............accomplishment is another feeling............ that feels awesome after the story ends.......... its a movie that we are in We get to live incredible adventures that we are not able to live in real live, we become amazing characters, with superpowers, magic and freedom to do anything we want. We escape reality and make our own I just like how a game can make you feel happy for a while, how it makes you forget about all the things i think it says a lot about what society actually wants in life by the games and movies it makes its how art kinda shows us about ourselves Video games help me not have to think about too much other than what's in the game . video games reward you for your efforts where real life doesn't feel like that most of the time DISCUSSION END We want to say thank you to everybody who partook in this discussion today. It was thought-invoking, engaging and we had a lot of fun. You were all absolutely fantastic and we cannot wait to host another discussion with you all in the future. So from us to you truly, thank you. @BugInARug and @Kallie112358

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