183: Goodbye, Cruel World

[Nikral]

This hits pretty close to home. I remember when I got all 4 of my wisdom teeth out and my mom kept telling me to just lay in bed. It was seriously not possible because of the pain, in the end I just used the less strength pain killers they offered me and just played some computer games to occupy myself. That's just one of the situations I've been in where games have helped me.

 

[R.O.]

I would rather have a fight with my girlfriend, win it, ask for forgiveness and then forgive her, and then have her do whatever I say then be distracted by video games. You play those things and you don't experience how messed up this sinful world is so everything ends up being a shocker to you when shit goes wrong, and it usually does....alll the time. No matter how painful, I can't use games to numb myself. Plus games turn you into a pussy. I only play games that last maybe several hours nowadays, similar to puffing on some chronic real quick and then relaxing.

 

[kawaiiamethist]

When my mother died when I ws 16, anime was my distraction. Especially The Slayers, it got me laughing again and gave me something to focus on.

I suffer depression, and have forced myself off meds. I won't pretend that games are my solution, but games are one effective way to get your mind off unpleasant thoughts.

 

[gridsleep]

Funny that I should just randomly click on this link to get to the site, only minutes after reading about Robin Williams's suicide.