I saw this on Kotaku and it's now one of my favorite things ever. Basically, it's a blog that collects people's stories of how video games have affected their lives. I'm finding a lot of these stories relatable but none more so than than this one: http://gamessavedmylife.tumblr.com/post/9721957999/how-persona-4-taught-me-to-open-up-to-people
I always have had trouble opening up to people, I have terrible social anxiety. I can get along with people just fine, hell I'm the guy who's always making people laugh (I think they were laughing at the jokes...). But, deep down it's just a facade like the person in this story. I find myself depressed all the time and don't have many friends but the ones I do have are from video games. You see, there was this game called Pokemon, in order to get the full experience I would have to find other people to play it. Because of that game I made a life long friend, one that I can open up to, even if I only get to talk to him on the internet these days.
These days I'm trying to work on my anxieties, but it's not easy. No car, no money, and a few other problems make it even harder but still I gotta try. I really don't want to be like this forever.
Games have got me through a lot of tough times, my parents divorce, bullying and isolation at school, coming to terms with my sexuality, and plenty more. So Escapist community have games saved your life?
I always have had trouble opening up to people, I have terrible social anxiety. I can get along with people just fine, hell I'm the guy who's always making people laugh (I think they were laughing at the jokes...). But, deep down it's just a facade like the person in this story. I find myself depressed all the time and don't have many friends but the ones I do have are from video games. You see, there was this game called Pokemon, in order to get the full experience I would have to find other people to play it. Because of that game I made a life long friend, one that I can open up to, even if I only get to talk to him on the internet these days.
These days I'm trying to work on my anxieties, but it's not easy. No car, no money, and a few other problems make it even harder but still I gotta try. I really don't want to be like this forever.
Games have got me through a lot of tough times, my parents divorce, bullying and isolation at school, coming to terms with my sexuality, and plenty more. So Escapist community have games saved your life?
