>Be depressed for long time now
>Want to play games just never can get in the mood for stuff that takes lots of dedication
>Work at Game Store
>Doesn't help at all
Fuck
Nice story, glad you made it vidya related somehow
>>343572818
>go to psychiatrist
>tell him you don't have motivation to do anything
>acquire prescription
>go to pharmacy
>pick up your ssri
>???
>play vidya
>>343572818
hi i also want to die, thanks
>>343572964
it's better to just start smoking weed if you're going to resort to drugs. those SSRIs can turn you into a zombie to other people. but you don't even notice because you're always content.
>>343573020
>>343572818
suicide pact lets go.
I'm sure we can form some sort of tri-force if we jump off somewhere high and aim ourselves
>>343573136
You need to be a normie to be able to acquire weed.
>>343572964
ive been on every kind of ssri, mood stabilizers, ocd meds, adhd meds, lithium, xanax, did ECT,
vitamin D, 5-htp, and some other stuff over the course of the last decade and a half
nothings worked, maybe im just a shitty person?
>>343573364
heard good things about ketamine tho, holding out hope for that
>>343572818
most modern games suck, so no wonder you've lost your motivation.
Pick up something older. Maybe outside your comfort zone. That usually helps in this kind of situations.
I recall one depressed anon finding his salvation by playing Silent Hill 1 for the first time.
>>343573364
Listen
I have this crazy idea
Maybevideo games aren't for you
>>343572818
>>Work at Game Store
Found your problem. Find yourself a job that actually keeps you busy, preferably one that you won't enjoy. Then when you are home you'll be motivated to play vidya till you drop. Being a NEET is hell for motivation, you have so much time that you don't value it. But when you are a wageslave those precious few hours of vidya are the best thing ever.
>>343573526
oh i meant life in general, up to and including video games
>>343572818
>working at a game store
what do interviewers look for when hiring people for a videogame store?
>>343573270
not necessarily. i have one friend, and he is my weed dealer. met him in a 7/11 while i was buying red bull for an all nighter.
>>343573364
Go to a shooting range, and start blasting paper and cans with an AK and Mosin.
Literally the best anti-depressant I've ever used, and I've witnessed it to work on other people as well.
>>343573697
>I have one friend
One more than me.
Fuck off normie.
>>343573637
To not be a total autist or video game addict. Oh, and telling the manager that you want the job so that you can nick stuff is also a bad idea.This really happened on one very memorable occasion.
>>343573136
Stupid post award of the day.
>>343573501
I love every game in that pic
>>343573603
>xanax didn't make me feel good
Spotting Bullshit 101
>>343573971
i took one today actually, they just make me very sleepy
OP the problem is that you don't have a meaningful career. You have no motivation to play games because life is already too easy for you. The first step is to get a real job.
>>343573971
Xanax helps relieve anxiety, but it's not so good when it comes to depression.
>>343573930
my brother!
>>343573897what does nick mean
I'm not a native english speaker
>>343572964
>>343573136
>>343573364
>>343573468
>people trying to cure an affliction of the mind with drugs
Does this honestly work for anyone?
I mean I know chemicals alter the brain's activity and such, but the fastest, most reliable and effective way to change that is to do activities that change it. Getting into a habit slowly and making a more profound change with your own actions, not just artificially
At least that's the only way I've personally dealt with it.
Had a friend who took drugs for a year with zero results, then he just suddenly started attending some gym or whatever and got a lot better
Is this an america thing maybe?
>>343574080
Retarded advice.
I'm NEET and I enjoy vidya daily.
>>343574243
Steal. He literally said he wants to pick up stuff "that no one will miss".
>>343574243
nick = snatch = steal
>>343574270
depression is when nothing satisfies you in life. so going to the gym isn't going to help, that's just being stuck in a rut. you need to alter your state of mind to cure depression and drugs are the quickest way to do that.
>>343574270
>Does this honestly work for anyone?
Long story short: no. All it does is make the process easier, whether you start it or you follow a therapy. Drugs are helpful, but they're definitely not, on their own, the solution.
>>343574270
Mine was literally incurable with conventional methods.
I stayed a month at the asylum and they decided it was best if I just use drugs.
get a more stressful job and drown yourself in work, it helped cure my depression for a few years
>>343574270
well in my mind i had just hoped the medications would serve as a catalyst to make life changing improvements like going to a gym or, you know, leaving the house a little easier.
i never expected them to "cure" me or anything but i did expect them to do SOMETHING
>>343574342
>>343574348
but who would say that in a job interview
>>343574651
the dosage is just too small, your psychiatrist probably just started you on the minimum amount
>>343572818
How'd you get hired at game stop? Like did you send an email with a with a cover letter or go in person and give your resume?
I'm asking because some stores only take online applications
>>343574972
i dunno ive been on various regiments involving slowly increasing dosages for over a decade, the only thing that kinda works is luvox, at the cost of dulling your mind
>>343574806
Exactly, it falls under the autist category
>>343574270
I thought the same thing till it worked for my sis, the gym or regular physical activity is the best approach though
>>343573364
Did you try electroconvulsive therapy?
They literally make you forget everything, your memory quickly comes back,not all of it.
>mfw I was forcefully subjected to this
>>343575263
try getting an adhd prescription, it might work better especially if motivation is your main problem
>>343573136
Honestly this works pretty good, it last a couple days, but when you fully have it out of your system it hits ya pretty fucking hard.
Just don't become a lazy fucking piece of shit
>>343574454
>>343575328
It doesn't need to be the gym or physical activity or whatever, that's just the only example I personally have experience with, vicariously though my friend
I did have a form of depression, but all I had to do was just get back into drawing and the kind of reignited the light, so to speak
>>343574481
>>343574651
>>343574480
Fair enough, as long as it enables something in the long run, some form of action from the user, but then again, isn't that just artificially induced brainwashing?
I might be overthinking this a bit, I guess, but I'm just curious.
As long as it works though, it should be fine, but persevering yourself, or with the help of others, will surely be the better solution, won't it?
>>343572818
An Hero before it gets any worse
As someone who suffered from depression for 8 years and is now loving life, it's entirely possible to pull yourself out of your rut.
The first step is stable employment, which you already have, so you're off to a good start. What you need now is a daily routine that you've got to follow with autistic levels of dedication. Every day get up at the same time, make yourself a healthy breakfast etc etc. You should also buy a diary and allocate at least one job to every day. Even if there isn't anything that needs doing, find something even if it's just reorganising your cupboards or whatever. On days off try teaching yourself something like a new language or read a book.
One of the most important parts of this routine is getting to bed at a good time every single night and waking up early, but ensuring that you've had at least 8 hours of sleep. I can't stress how important this is.
After that, you've got to start exercising four times a week. Don't let yourself only do it three times, even if you're planning on making it up the next week.
I know it's difficult to work up the motivation to do anything, believe me I've been there too. That's why you've got to force yourself to get into a routine where this shit just becomes second nature and something you do without thinking.
Another important thing is to not define your life in terms of relationships with others. You might not have any close friends right now, or any friends at all for that matter, but you've got to realise that friendships mean absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things. Sure they're nice, but what's important right now is focusing on YOU and improving YOUR quality of life.
Stay positive anon, life gets better! I used to be a NEET living with my parents after flunking out of my first year of university, and now I'm studying law, winning awards and working up to running a full marathon in a few months time.
>>343576383
You go anon
>>343574270
You really should be careful slinging around the "just go to the gym" advice.
Yes, a LOT of mood issues are caused by things like Vitamin D deficiency and being too sedentary. But many mood issues are because of genuine disorders that can't just be corrected by behavior changes because something is chemically wrong with how your brain works.
>>343575963
>isn't that just artificially induced brainwashing
If it is you could argue that literally any substance that changes how your brain functions is "brainwashing", and that includes mundane stuff like caffeine.
>but persevering yourself, or with the help of others, will surely be the better solution, won't it?
In some cases yes.
In many cases "just tough it out" is incredibly bad advice and could lead to a lot of harm.also don't avatarfag
>>343576383
You don't know real depression.
>>343576684
Also just a quick add-on: you should be working out regardless, it just won't help with mental stuff all the time.
>>343574270
It's a thing for the entire world. Medication is important because it gets you to a state where you can start forcing a change in your lifestyle and mood by exercising etc.
I wallowed in my depression for years before my psychiatrist found the right medication for me and let me start improving my life.
Obviously it's not a magic bullet, it needs to work alongside cognitive therapy to work, which is why psychiatrists aren't just glorified pharmacists.
try playing an mmorpg, I hear black desert is good
>>343575005
>Gamestop
I work at a place called Gamexchange, I'm at work right now actually.
>>343576687
ok buddy
TELL ME ABOUT ANON, WHY DOES HE WEAR THE FROWN
>>343577195
Stop acting like you know shit.
In fact just kill yourself, "buddy".
>>343573550
>preferably one that you won't enjoy
If its a step-up in pay and credibility then maybe, otherwise this is terrible advice.
>>343577346
What makes you think I wasn't actually depressed? The fact that I actually managed to escape it?
I was diagnosed by multiple psychiatrists, so I'm fairly sure it was legitimate. I literally spent entire years of my life lying in bed and staring at the roof because I couldn't muster up the willpower to do anything.
If you want to ignore my posts, go ahead I guess. It doesn't affect me, but I thought I'd just share a system that worked for me.
>>343577950
Doubt you were found unconscious in your room due to dehydration.
>>343577950
it's okay anon, he's just b8ing you
don't fall for the tsundere wiles
Don't go to /v/
Don't go to any gaming communities
Don't be a NEET
Eat better and exercise
Being a NEET and spending all your time on /v/ will make you feel miserable, you are in a toxic environment and it going to heavily affect you.
That all you need to do, you need to learn to stay the fuck away from /v/ or any community for that matter because listen to people be cynical assholes all day is not good.
And that what majority of gaming communities do now is that and shitpost.
>hyperacusis and tinnitus prevent me from enjoying music (and movies and anime and youtube videos w/ sound for that matter)
>wrists and hands are fucked up because they are small as fuck-can't play vidya for more than an hour or so anymore
>ugly, short, etc
>stupid
>meme degree
>autistic so shit at manipulating my body, so I'm dildos at sports and physical activity
>reading sucks ass
Could be worse, OP. At the very least I'm on antidepressants now; they numb me the fuck out so I can be pretty content browsing imageboards and shit all day. Just biding my time till I scrounge up enough shekels for a shotgun.
This was a shitty roll, I'm excited for my next form.
I've never seen a doctor for anything other than a couple times where I was extremely sick and a few shots during school.
What am I even supposed to do or go to to make myself not feel pathetic and wanting to die?
>>343579383
Make
>>343579383
Go see a good therapist.
>>343579282
I'm pretty much the same, just without any degree or higher education.
>>343579282
>I'm excited for my next form.There isn't one.
>tfw 24
>tfw time goes fast as fuck now
Does it get better if I work
Will time slow the fuck down some
>>343579913
>Does it get better if I work
No
>>343579913
OP here if anything goes quicker dude, I'm 21 and it's already fucking July what the fuck?
Anyway been real depressed since my mother passed October last year, just kicked my depression and anxieties I already had ten fucking fold.
>>343579758
>I've never experienced ego-death, the post
>I just "poofed" into existence on Earth randomly one day, apropos of nothing
Did you fail biology? What do you think happens to fish when they die? What happened when a dinosaur died 400 million years ago? When a fly dies?
Same thing happens when you die. You just start experiencing consciousness as something entirely new, just like how you were born-like it's your first life all over again.
You can't experience nothing. I wish death were a permanent state of dreamless sleep, but that's logically impossible. You "skip" to experiencing things again because nothing is happen in the interval.
>>343579913
Yes. Working is shit, but it does wonders for a person.
I don't think a person can be happy if they're not working.
>>343572964
I saw a psychiatrist and took multiple anti-depressants but none of them worked. I'm more content just hating life and being lazy than taking drugs that don't help me.
>>343580354
>Did you fail biology?
>What do you think happens to fish when they die?
lol you retard
>You can't experience nothing.
Correct. In death, your nervous system also dies. You lose the ability to experience, because you cease to exist.
>>343580447
maybe if you're not around people you fucking hate every day
>>343579913
No, the repetition and clock-watching of working makes things go by so fast... outside of work
>>343579282
>Unemployed
>Live with parents, cannot imagine moving out
>Pain pill addict from spine surgery, have scoliosis
>Bullied as kid for being to nerdy and playing games
>Friendless
>Meme degree in international relations
>Overly tall
>Severe depression
>Circumcised at birth
>Aspergers syndrome
>American
>Pale as fuck, cannot tan as I've already had one melanoma removed
>Picky eater, only eat super healthy clean stuff and can't eat animal fat
>Chronic and incurable hypothyroidism with no cause
Vidya is my only friend
>>343580675
>lol you retard
Nice rebuttal.
>your nervous system also dies
This happens to every living thing when it dies. What? If you're born a pig on the conveyor belt to slaughter in a factory farm that's your one and only life and then POOF! gone for eternity? Just arbitrarily have a gap of 14 billion years and then arbitrarily come to life as a pig on Earth for a month or so and then die in a slaughterhouse?
>you cease to exist
There is no "not-existing". And if there was such a thing, then you wouldn't notice it because that's not an experience. You are who you think you are. There is not a single, solitary atom in your entire body that is uniquely, unequivocably "you". The only "you" there is is your ego, which lends an illusion of persistence to your existence. "You" are LITERALLY an a measurably different organism on an atomic level by the time you get done reading this post.
Hello I want to blog too.
I got taken to see a shrink when I was young, they diagnosed me with "minor" depression but said fuck it wait and see he'll probably be fine.
Have spent 20 out my 25 years without being able to feel any kind of pleasure or satisfaction but was able to carry on due to a strong sense of duty and the blessing of insight. The depression wasn't minor at all, I'm just good at masking it.
Got fit, was popular enough in high school, joined the army, did EMS work, fucked bitches, even went overseas and volunteered with a militia to do some fighting. Loved and admired by my colleagues. Feel fucking nothing.
Turns out I fell off a fence when I was really little and it all fucked me up. I thought the headaches I had for a few years when I was lyoung were caused by dehydration, and ringing in the ears was something everyone had. Apparently untreated whiplash can really fuck you up, my neck had gotten so tight that it went completely numb as time went on. As the years went by my mind has gotten foggier and foggier.
Had a few moments in time where treatment with narcotics allowed me to feel warmth, once with nicotine, and recently getting a bunch of nerves in my neck burned combined with trigger point injections got me in to a state where I was able to look on some of my memories of the past with warmth and tenderness, and actually properly connect and socialize with people instead of wearing an extremely convincing mask. Only lasted for a little bit and I haven't been around to go back until recently, hopefully I get similar results.
I'm pretty goddamn tired.
tl;dr: how's you neck aniki maybe it's a problem
>>343581357
>he just played SOMA after dropping acid
kek you idiot
>>343581413
>I was depressed
>fucked bitches
>>343580929
Is that possible? I don't think it is. I barely manage to tolerate myself, let alone all the other shit stains walking around fucking shit up for each other.
What are some games that involve the subject of existence?
>>343582231
I'm sorry if I hurt you
>>343582625
You're not though.
>>343582710
Even a creature such as I has a bit of empathy.
>>343575605
tried them, they just make me jittery and restless and unable to sleep since i seem to be especially sensitive to stimulants
>>343582792
empathy and sympathy are not synonyms
>>343572964
>trusting the medical jew
>>343575503
yea, shit sucked and now my memory does too
![o-PSYCHOLOGIST-facebook[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6oU8E9D.jpg "o-PSYCHOLOGIST-facebook[1].jpg")
>>343582849
Yeah trust the liberal arts major instead.
>>343582840
Yes, that's right
>>343572964
How do you find a psychiatrist?
>>343582972
>trusting anyone else than yourself
>trusting yourself
there is no magical solution to what may ail you
>>343583094
They are literal doctors.
Go to a hospital.
>>343583094
You'll probably need a referral. If you don't have a family doctor you can probably get one from a walk-in clinic, or go get yourself triaged at the hospital, thought they'll probably punt you back out and tell you to come back later unless you tell them you're suicidal.
>>343583094
Google "psychiatrists in (place you live)"
>>343583094
>go to your doctor
>"i wanna hang myself"
>get redirected to psychsomething
>>343575916
Is that the Big Trouble comic?
>>343581753
There's a reason why the primary effect of many psychedelic substances is ego dissolution-because the ego is an actual thing, not just some hippy-dippy spiritul bullshit. Just try it and you'll see.
This is also coming from a guy who HATES hippies and stoners and thinks palm reading, astral signs, conspiracy theories, spirits, "chi", etc, are fucking bullshit. I don't have a fucking "trippy" rug pinned on one of my walls, I never smoke weed, I don't listen to Bob Marley or Pink Floyd or whatever, and I don't have road trips to national parks with all of my millenial new-age hippies to trip.
I'm just a fucking guy who has picked up some shit and conncted some dots.
>>343584102
>being this happy about "ego dissolution"
>while being an egotistical faggot
like, get some self-awareness on a blotter sheet or something, guy
>>343584320
Self awareness would be realizing that you're having an argument about human ego via a Chinese cartoon JPEG exchange and then immediately having a mental breakdown from the gravity of your conclusions.
>>343584837
>implying there are people who don't come here to shitpost about psychology, philosophy, and economy
>>343572818
I really felt bummed out about the long RPGs I used to like, and how easier or shorter games don't feel the same. But, I got over it and ended up really enjoying simple shit like Splatoon or the Kirby games on 3DS and now I'm happier as a casual than I was as a dickweed teenager.
>>343579758
source on uncensored image?
>>343584837
shut up eyedea you're dead
>>343583506
>have to google Psychiatrist in Bodanga
>>343584102
>I don't listen to Bob Marley or Pink Floyd or whatever
I don't smoke and I think you're gay
Love those lads
>>343583516
That sounds like I would get thrown in a loon house
>>343583506
>>343583157
I don't have much money though
>One of the few girls I ever made it with asked me to come to China
>I do, after she told me we can try things again
>Go all the way to China and get friendzoned
Not even the chinks will have me.
Well what are some games to play that are good for depression? No matter how old or new. I have been feeling horrible lately and actually am getting back into gaming cause of it in hopes I find a solution.
>>343585613
You could start by posting a picture of someone who looks like me
>>343575005
They just tell you that to get you to go away. Source: former GameStop employee
>Have scholarship
>Take a break from school because I need to sort out life
>Asked if my depression is healed, otherwise they would take it from me
This is the dumbest thing ever and because of that it's hard playing any game
