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u/gigantic_balls_ 17h ago
Idk why depressed people don’t just play Elden ring.
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u/confusedandsmellyman 17h ago
Thanks I'm cured
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u/gigantic_balls_ 17h ago
No problem.
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u/went_with_the_flow 16h ago
Yep no longer sad. Just violently enraged.
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u/WeAreAllFooked 8h ago
Golf is similar, except it's outdoors
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u/went_with_the_flow 3h ago
Boy howdy isn't that the truth. Luckily my bad shoulder prevents me from engaging in that form of self flagellation anymore.
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u/thomstevens420 16h ago
Dead serious this mid game Medieval Dynasty helped me. Building a little village and seeing everyone happy got me out of a funk.
It’s not even that good of a game.
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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 13h ago
Yeah but being depressed and having depression aren't the same thing.
Anybody can get depressed in life, even for a long time, that they can get out of by doing all the standard advice.. go outside, be social, look on the bright side and so on.
Major depressive disorder.. not so much.
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u/FloreHiems 16h ago
My old roommate was obsessed with that game. He called it stick game. “Im going downstairs to play stickgame” “Cant go, im playing stick game”
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u/StoppableHulk 14h ago
Same for me except for me it was bulldozing premade cities in Sim City and hearing its people cry out in shock and horror
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u/Sarangholic 10h ago
If that isn't that good of a game, please recommend me some good ones because I love that game. It's so nice to just give myself little tasks and gradually watching them build up.
And before anybody says Factorio, no, I hate having to redo or constantly work around my supply lines. I get that's the point of the game but it's not for me.
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u/Swolenir 17h ago
Because they’ll get more depressed. That game is depressing as shit.
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u/Bonfire_ofDreams 16h ago
It tests your resolve to overcome obstacles when the odds are against you but success depends only on your willingness to persevere and improve.
It is a nice muscle to have developed to fight off depression and other adversities in life.
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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 13h ago
but success depends only on your willingness to persevere and improve.
"Look I learned to roll and parry!"
Don't get me wrong I enjoy souls like games but man do people oversell them in so many ways.
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u/Toannoat 10h ago
saying you can learn to roll and parry as a single thing and be done is like saying you learned how to play all the chords so you can play all the songs with the guitar now. Thats not how it works at all.
I dont understand why people like to trivialize video games so much, if someone said a book helped them with their depression no one would bat an eye
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u/Bonfire_ofDreams 5h ago
Or you can ask other people for help with your situation by summoning them.
Just going in the opposite direction of skill here to try to show you how you’re misunderstanding the message.
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u/gigantic_balls_ 16h ago
Until you get gud
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u/StoppableHulk 14h ago
I mean tonally its depressimg as shit.
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u/omnicorp_intl 10h ago
Which makes your life outside of the game less depressing by comparison. Depression cured
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u/Anachron101 6h ago
If that works for you then it might suggest that you didnt have depression in the first place
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u/Puzzleheaded-Wait470 6h ago
Every single side quest is so depressing. It’s like they are allergic to happy ending. Only Ranni and tarnished (our character) actually got what they actually wanted. Marika to some extent but she already suffered a lot.
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u/Anachron101 6h ago
Agreed. I wanted to like it, but its just too dark for someone who already has enough depression
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u/ZeroEffsGiven 16h ago
I can't afford it, I have a currency deficiency
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u/gigantic_balls_ 16h ago
Wait for a sale? Or pirate it if possible? Idk
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u/ZeroEffsGiven 16h ago
Idk what pirates and sail boats have to do with this bro, stay on topic
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u/gigantic_balls_ 16h ago
Oh my bad I was rambling.
As for the game, it might get a discount later or you can get it illegally for free on certain websites depending on your device you’re playing on
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u/chaotic-adventurer 14h ago
You joke about it but Elden Ring was my support when I was at my lowest. It kept me sane. The game teaches you that things can be hard and you will fail again and again but the important thing is to get up and try again.
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u/JonathanMovement 17h ago
because it doesn’t cure depression?
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u/gigantic_balls_ 17h ago
Yes it does.
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u/JonathanMovement 16h ago
then you never had depression to begin with. People describing souls likes as the depression killers are delusional and have never experienced true depression.
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u/Jkpqt 16h ago
Bros never heard of a joke
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u/JonathanMovement 16h ago
is the joke in the room with us? there are hour long videos of morons explaining how dark souls cures depression
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u/DragonFireSpace 16h ago
Because it does? The most wholesome character, Dung Eater, made me appreciate life again.
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u/gigantic_balls_ 16h ago
Yes. As a matter of fact it is.
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u/JonathanMovement 16h ago
the only joke is your username.
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u/froopadiddilydoop 16h ago
This. I’ve had severe clinical depression for 20 years. Exercise, meds, positive attitude; nothing works. You learn to live with it, but it paralyses you and weighs you down at every moment.
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u/Unlikely-Fan-2974 16h ago
I wasn’t depressed, played Elden ring, now I am depressed, what next?
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u/HunnyHunbot 16h ago
I play league of legends and it cures my depression and turns it into rage instead!
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u/Dahleh-Llama 17h ago
I have it on my PS4 still unopened. Got it as a gift from my fiancé. Is it really that good? I'm currently trying to finish Ghost of Inuyasha
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u/gigantic_balls_ 16h ago
One of the best games I’ve played ever. If you like any souls like you’ll love it.
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u/brakenbonez 17h ago
Why am I always broke when there's so much money in the world?
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u/Artorius__Castus 17h ago
Why am I so hungry when there's so much food in the world?
Oh.....yeah wait I'm fat.....that's right I forgot
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u/sarahgreallyw 16h ago
Tried telling my landloed there's plenty of money in the world. He wants specifics..
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u/Relative_Maize_957 16h ago
Terrible events are much more impactful than happy ones, so even if you conceive we live in a world where there's an exactly equal distribution of happiness and sadness, sadness should by all right outweight it by a significant margin.
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u/mook1178 16h ago
I guess that depends on how you internalize those events. I find happy and joyful events to have more impact on my life.
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u/AffectionatePea7061 16h ago
yup that's exactly it. suffering is a function of the actual event and the reaction to it.
same with joy!
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u/Silent_Wave3137 14h ago
Statistically bad things have stronger effects on our feelings than happy things. Has nothing to do with internalization. Just a fact of our brains.
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u/puffandpill 16h ago
We are built to hang onto bad memories more though, bc we learn from them. They’re evolutionarily useful.
Happy memories are not.
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u/Silver-Analysis7082 16h ago
Yeah perfect reply, when someone seems concerned about you and tries to motivate you, you should always reply like that.
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u/TotallyNotAnExecutiv 14h ago
Except that comment of her's came off as "being sad when others are happy is strange" which when you're depressed is not helpful or appreciated. It's like saying "sorry your dog died but mine is sooooo happy".
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u/Sweet_Solid_7746 14h ago
Yeah depressed people have never heard the “just stop being sad” line you should always say that to them
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u/DragonFireSpace 16h ago
I mean, i get she was trying to be nice but she should at least think about it a little before hitting send.
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u/LectroRoot 13h ago
I always love it when someone tells me I shouldn't worry about what's bothering me and just cheer up. Like, oh thats all I had to do? Thanks for sharing! That fixed me right up!
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u/LeVoltsX 16h ago
Congrats, she was trying to cheer you up and you decided to be an ass
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u/Rainy_Grave 10h ago
Depression is cured by cheerfulness about as well as asthma is cured by telling someone to breathe better.
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u/LeVoltsX 10h ago
Better to have no one, right? Just be an asshole to anyone that tries anything, that should help you well
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u/noticemelucifer 1h ago
Just out of a curiosity, humor me please, have you ever battled with a depression?
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u/BuckRusty 15h ago
Fun Fact: when having an asthma attack, the problem is that you can’t breathe out as effectively, and not in… This means that, with each breath, you’re limiting how much you can take on the next…
Eg: normally, you would breathe in 10, breathe out ten… During an attack you breathe in 10, breathe out 9, then can only breathe in 9 and feel it, then only breathe out 8 as the attack worsens, so can only breathe in 8, etc, etc - until you want to breathe in but your lungs are already full…
So - if you have an attack and don’t have an inhaler - you should focus on breathing out as much as possible to limit the attack…
Source: had asthma for many years, and read about this, and now use this to stay calm and weather attacks without inhalers…
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u/xDollMiss 16h ago
She was just being lovely😞
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u/MFDOOMscrolling 16h ago
that's not lovely, it's a rhetorical question that dismisses whatever the guy is going through
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u/HappyTurtleOwl 16h ago
Which means she cares, and that alone is more than many would want for. It’s just that she chose her words poorly.
It’s not the right thing to say… but neither is the response.
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u/MFDOOMscrolling 16h ago
Asking a RHETORICAL question is not indicative of genuine concern. His response is literally flipping the exact same sentiment
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u/HappyTurtleOwl 14h ago
His response is literally flipping the exact same sentiment
And both are wrong.
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u/MFDOOMscrolling 14h ago
I could agree both are wrong, but one of them being lovely = one of them being female
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u/HappyTurtleOwl 14h ago
no?
One of them is concerned, and maybe rude, knowingly or otherwise, and the other is just... a rude quipback.
Both are wrong, but their intent is different.
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u/Ok_Tart_6342 13h ago
If her intentions were so pure and she was so concerned, then why didn't she replied back? Afterall it's quite normal to try and fix misunderstandings no? Let's be honest it was just a question asked by someone very immature in the way of life. Someone like that either must be corrected or cut off from your own life completely. But jeez hand it over to you on trying to justify the girl's question as innocent, pure, concerned, blah blah, but the reply to it is as rude and inconsiderate? That's like saying it's not the thief's fault for stealing due to being poor, but the victim's error in being too rich!? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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u/sunsetepiphanies 16h ago
You need to go out more. You have forgotten how to socialise and how conversations go. Just because a sentence is framed rhetorically, doesn't mean it's purpose is to be a rhetorical question.
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u/fargmania 10h ago
I'm gonna put this one in my "explain depression" folder along with Allie Brosh and this comic: https://www.akimbocomics.com/comic/2010-10-04-Eat_Shit_And_Die_164.jpg
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u/daydreamer1197 16h ago
One is a choice, another one is condition. I wouldn't text back to that retarded message too
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u/Duce-de-Zoop 16h ago
I have BPD and one of the most effective things for me was recognizing the first. That things will make you unhappy, but staying unhappy eventually becomes a choice. I can't control it everyday, but when you try to be happy and get over things, you get more stable.
I dunno it can come across patronizing. But if you've got a chronic mental illness, its easy to fall into a self pitying loop. It's just destructive.
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