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Text based role playing game about having depression

ReeganB September 26th, 2014

Hi folks,

I'd like to share a game with you that I stumbled upon the other day. It puts you in the shoes of someone who suffers from depression and asks you to make choices in different scenarios based on certain situations as well as how you are feeling due to previous choices. I found that it hit a lot of very relevant points to the way my own mind thinks on a regular basis even if the exact events aren't related at all. It could even act as a tool to help bring others into the fold if they're having a difficult time understanding exactly what you're going through since it can be very tough to put our complex feelings into the proper words to express what we want. At the very least I hope that this helps some of you see that you're not alone as well as perhaps assist in seeing your own situation from a slightly different perspective.

As a note: There's some mild controversy surrounding the creator but I do not feel that it detracts from the point that the actual game makes as the drama is more of a personal attack rather than anything related to the game itself.

Game is here:http://www.depressionquest.com/

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Hadrani September 26th, 2014

Interesting game! I was fearing it would be triggering (and it might for some people), but it offersgood point of view, when you are the subject but can also read what is going on clearly. Thanks for sharing.

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ReeganB OP September 26th, 2014

Yeah I noticed it could possibly trigger in some ways but one thing that I've kind of noticed in my own experience is that those triggers sometimes need to be plucked in a specific way so that you can move passed them. Of course being super gentle about it is sometimes key.

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Jonez September 26th, 2014

This is very interesting. I think I will share this site with some colleagues. Thank you for the share!