Need help?

[Madbad]

It seems like there are a lot of folks playing this emulator that suffer from mental illness of some sort. Unsurprising given that we are all stuck on a 15 year old game.

Remember you aren't alone!

https://www.nami.org/


Nation Alliance on Mental Illness Helpline:

1-800-950-6264

[Swish]

It seems like there are a lot of folks playing this emulator that suffer from mental illness of some sort. Unsurprising given that we are all stuck on a 15 year old game.

Remember you aren't alone!

https://www.nami.org/


Nation Alliance on Mental Illness Helpline:

1-800-950-6264

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[Madbad]

<3 u swish

[citizen1080]

Not to be confused with http://www.nambla.org/

[Madbad]

http://i.imgur.com/1nPxbTl.jpg

[Madbad]

bump

[Madbad]

http://www.video-game-addiction.org/

[Madbad]

http://psychologytoday.tests.psychtests.com/take_test.php?idRegTest=3040

Psychiatric self test.

Might help you figure out what ails you!

[Madbad]

http://i.imgur.com/LPRSI5v.gif

[Swish]

Does this look familiar? Seek help.

https://62e528761d0685343e1c-f3d1b99a743ffa4142d9d7f1978d9686.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.c om/files/10305/area14mp/p7mdwmhx-1336012510.jpg

[Madbad]

http://i.imgur.com/crOWz.png

[citizen1080]

http://i.imgur.com/crOWz.png

At least that person is multitasking. EQ / Shitting / Yoga at the same time.

[Madbad]

http://i.imgur.com/0Da20CU.gif


http://www.sleepeducation.com/

[Madbad]

http://i.imgur.com/t7AQcH7.gif


http://i.imgur.com/knThV4o.gif


APA.org How To Choose a Psychologist. (http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/choose-therapist.aspx)

[Madbad]

http://i.imgur.com/Dblyq5M.gif

[Madbad]

Dealing with a mental illness diagnosis (http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/factsheet/dealing-with-a-mental-illness-diagnosis)

[Madbad]

http://www.mentalhealth.gov/

[Swish]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--q77We0Dj--/18j0zlgzf82uxjpg.jpg

http://www.rockvillerampage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Video-Game-Addiction-e1302187386784.jpg

[lecompte]

Do you ever get up in the morning and have super high anxiety and it doesn't go away until you go to bed and you just want to apologize to everyone for everything and you aren't really self conscious normally but for one day it is out of control? I'm having that day -- I've had them in the past and it doesn't stop until I go to bed and then I'm fine the next day.

Anyone else have days like that?

[Madbad]

I Have different symptoms and issues myself. One of the best pieces of advice I can give you is to go to a Doctor you trust, talk to them honestly about your symptoms, and ask for help.

It was one of the hardest things I have ever done, and I have never regretted it.

Just remember you aren't alone!

[lecompte]

The person I'm seeing has a master's in psychology and said that as long as it is a rare thing, no problem.

[Madbad]

Sounds like you are in good hands then!

One thing that has helped me a lot is having a counselor to talk to about coping strategies and just dealing with mental illness in general. This, as opposed to my doctor who is more interested in symptoms, dosages, and side effects (Still important!)

Good luck man and stick with it, I know it can be hard.

[Madbad]

Three Minute Mindfulness Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDflnqo0TQs)


http://i.imgur.com/HZmGNdu.gif

[Madbad]

Hyperbole and a Half (http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/)
Great web comic page, she is responsible for several memes you may or may not know. She has a really honest take on depression and mental illness in general.

[Zehrikrom]

http://www.rockvillerampage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Video-Game-Addiction-e1302187386784.jpg
Isn't this just an extrovert's interests vs. an introvert's? Not everyone's life revolves around ingesting alcohol and touching female skin.
Also that face is really freaking me out.

[Madbad]

I feel like this comic hits the nail on the head in regards to living with depression.


http://i.imgur.com/XdgDaIk.jpg

[Swish]

Isn't this just an extrovert's interests vs. an introvert's? Not everyone's life revolves around ingesting alcohol and touching female skin.
Also that face is really freaking me out.

that free food tho? the guy is turning down food... that's un American and signs of a communist.

[Madbad]

http://harmreduction.org/

Information on the harm reduction model of drug treatment.

[Swish]

http://techraptor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Cant-Spell-Gaming-Addiction-without-ADD.png

[Madbad]

The games sound pretty weak but it is an interesting idea:

Video games as a complementary therapy tool in mental disorders (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433177/)

[Madbad]

Cognitive therapy for depression from WebMD. (http://www.webmd.com/depression/features/cognitive-therapy)

National Suicide Prevention Helpline:

1-800-273-8255 (1-800-273-TALK)


Remember you aren't alone!

[Madbad]

http://i.imgur.com/2YgP4je.gif

[Madbad]

Depression and exercise (http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/depression-and-exercise/art-20046495)

[Madbad]

http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/find-support-groups

[Swish]

Sound familiar? Seek help.

http://howikis.com/images/d/d7/JulMol_video_game_addiction.png

[Madbad]

glad to see your avatar back to normal swish

[Madbad]

Mental health: Overcoming the stigma of mental illness (http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mental-illness/in-depth/mental-health/art-20046477)

[Madbad]

An online tool to find local support groups (https://www.nami.org/Find-Support)...might not be much help if you live in a rural area.

[Madbad]

http://i.imgur.com/nMIvqGR.png (http://www.crazymeds.us/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage)

A decent web site for anecdotal information about psychotropic medication. So, not like a prescription insert, but information about drugs written in normal language by people who have actually taken them.

[DeathWalking]

It seems like there are a lot of folks playing this emulator that suffer from mental illness of some sort. Unsurprising given that we are all stuck on a 15 year old game.

Remember you aren't alone!

https://www.nami.org/


Nation Alliance on Mental Illness Helpline:

1-800-950-6264

1v1 me irl

[Madbad]

crazymeds.us (http://www.crazymeds.us/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage)

My apologies for the broken link

[Madbad]

1v1 me irl

I think you have me mistaken with somebody who has a similar name. ;)

[DeathWalking]

2virl 1m8 me

[Madbad]

Too virile one mate me?

[Madbad]

http://www.crisistextline.org/ (http://www.crisistextline.org/get-help-now/)

[Madbad]

^

[Madbad]

http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/

http://online.supportgroups.com/


Ever feel suicidal?

http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/

[Madbad]

Re: Mental Illness

http://i.imgur.com/SsUtEhs.gif

[Madbad]

http://i.imgur.com/AM7QTKp.gif

[stormlord]

I think gaming addiction is a serious problem, but come on, not everybody playing games has severe mental health problems. There're a lot of addicts you know. Gaming; shopping; gambling; drugs; sex; work; exercising (!); tanning. I think addicts might have common genes though that make them suscpeptible to addiction. There're studies which support this.

Note not about exercising. There're people who run for miles everyday and can't miss a day of exercise. They HAVE to do it. They say it makes them feel good. I think the reason nobody notices is because .... it's exercise. Problem is if someone is exercising so much it can have negative consequences on other things if they neglect.

I do agree though that gaming or computer-use in general are particularly somewhat social-avoidant. It's not merely something which can become an addiction. Even if you chat online, you're not actually interacting directly with people. People who avoid others and go on the computer might have mental disorders or problems which make them do this.

I knew a person in HS who spent hours eveyrday programming, not necessarily gaming. Addiction to programming? Maybe. But the point was this dude spent a lot of time on computers. He was avoiding people intentionally. The same guy also liked to read, sometimes a lot. He'd shut in somewhere and get buried in the book for hours.

It's the computer itself which becomes addicting, not necessarily the games. It's an escape from social pressures or from failings brought on by mental disorders or health problems or similar. That guy never seemed HAPPY to me. He didn't have a girl friend. He didn't have many friends which I knew of. One of those invisible class mates who repels others.

[Madbad]

I don't think every person who plays video games is mentally ill.

I started this thread as a kind of response to what happened to Dayse and Vyrenoth. Two mental health tragedies that were covered by news outlets is a lot for our relatively small community.

I wouldn't be surprised if our community had a disproportionately high number of mentally ill people.

I also think that addiction is a pretty severe mental illness.

Anyway,

http://i.imgur.com/yG44sjg.jpg

[stormlord]

I think it's computers we have to fear, not mentally unfit people. Ever noticed the increasing numbers of people staring at their mobiles? Like they have to? Seriously, I've witnessed some absurd scenes in past years.

Invasion of the mobile zombie people.

This s*** is aobut to get real though. It's straight front and center. Can't avoid it. When half the people on your work crew are staring at the mobile and this is hte last place people should be doing that, you know aliens are involved.

Ray Bradbury was onto this at least 60 years ago. It started with phones and radios and esp. portable radios. The martians might have been involved, but Bradubry never entertained the idea. He just blamed apathy.

Here's example (the quote is circa 1960):
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Ray_Bradbury
On another occasion, Bradbury observed that the novel touches on the alienation of people by media:

In writing the short novel Fahrenheit 451 I thought I was describing a world that might evolve in four or five decades. But only a few weeks ago, in Beverly Hills one night, a husband and wife passed me, walking their dog. I stood staring after them, absolutely stunned. The woman held in one hand a small cigarette-package-sized radio, its antenna quivering. From this sprang tiny copper wires which ended in a dainty cone plugged into her right ear. There she was, oblivious to man and dog, listening to far winds and whispers and soap opera cries, sleep walking, helped up and down curbs by a husband who might just as well not have been there. This was not fiction.[46]

[Madbad]

I was sitting next to a person at a restaurant last night who was taking selfies the whole time.

[Madbad]

http://i.imgur.com/Aef4BtR.jpg

[Madbad]

Ever feel suicidal?

http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/

read this first

[Swish]

Are you having these symptoms? Take a step back.

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs12/i/2006/333/5/1/Sypmtoms_of_Game_Addiction_by_Davio.jpg

[Thulghor]

http://i.imgur.com/2YgP4je.gif

Looks like a Webley revolver. Who offs themselves with an antique Webley anymore?

[Madbad]

I reckon it's a war gun.

[Deadmantis]

As much as I loved playing classic EQ back in 1999, it didn't run my life. I logged a lot of hours and had fun, but I wasn't addicted.

In 2008 when the economy took a dump the company I worked for downsized and I was laid off. At that time I was playing WoW with some real life friends. I was still single and I had so much free time collecting unemployment and job searching on the internet I became a real neckbeard with 3 level 80s. It was my outlet for the depression that sunk in when I woke up one day and realized I had no frickin job. I was living on fast food and a couple hours of sleep each day, usually when servers went down or my friends logged off.

I was a smelly basement dweller that could heal heroic dungeons with my eyes closed.

A few months later I was back to work and no longer depressed. Cut way back on my playing time, and eventually stopped playing WoW altogether.

Now I'm married and don't get much time to play anything. Now that's depressing. :o

[Madbad]

Info on Major depression:

http://obad.ca/information_depression
(http://obad.ca/information_depression)

Info on Dysthymia (Major Depression's insidious cousin):

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dysthymia/basics/definition/con-20033879

Maybe these links can help people get to know themselves or someone they love.

[Madbad]

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[Madbad]

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[Portasaurus]

Starting to think mayyyybe this thread was disingenuous.

[Swish]

Is it time to cut back on your EQ time?

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[Sixpence]

As much as I loved playing classic EQ back in 1999, it didn't run my life. I logged a lot of hours and had fun, but I wasn't addicted.

In 2008 when the economy took a dump the company I worked for downsized and I was laid off. At that time I was playing WoW with some real life friends. I was still single and I had so much free time collecting unemployment and job searching on the internet I became a real neckbeard with 3 level 80s. It was my outlet for the depression that sunk in when I woke up one day and realized I had no frickin job. I was living on fast food and a couple hours of sleep each day, usually when servers went down or my friends logged off.

I was a smelly basement dweller that could heal heroic dungeons with my eyes closed.

A few months later I was back to work and no longer depressed. Cut way back on my playing time, and eventually stopped playing WoW altogether.

Now I'm married and don't get much time to play anything. Now that's depressing. :o

DeadM

I can relate to that.
I went 'sick' for Six Months @ work (I wasn't sick per se. I just wanted to 'log into Norrath', honest).

Fortunately, I had an epiphany One day (I was living in a mate's spare room with a mattress on the floor & my P.C, not much else) & /quit. Saved the Job & got back on with R/L.

Roll forward some years later & I'm now running around as a Troll killing Froglok's as & when I get the time.

#Fixed.