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Video Game blog for relieving some stress

I mostly definitely play games to relieve depression.... that is the primary reason I find myself playing them, actually.
 
Seriously getting stuck into Grim Dawn at the moment, due to a mixture of loss/anxiety & just general stress.
Hoping that No Man's Sky is as good as it seems as it looks a great way to unwind. I found a 75gb MAME collection the other day.... MAME 1.57 ASH Build. Nostalgia & stress relief in one large package.
 
I liked that article a lot. I don't game currently: my only gaming expedition ended in near-breakdown as I battled to kick my grade A, high velocity, full blown compulsive-obsessive addiction to a MMORG Haha. Serious stuff! These days when I think back to those three years incessant gaming - 16+hrs per day & fon alerts during sleep time, if defending my account - I see that despite the turmoil it all ended in, that gaming actually helped preserve my sanity when I was battling quite difficult issues irl at times & the discovery of an online community when I was quite isolated was awesome.
 
Elemental said:
I see that despite the turmoil it all ended in, that gaming actually helped preserve my sanity when I was battling quite difficult issues irl at times & the discovery of an online community when I was quite isolated was awesome.
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It can be incredibly awsome.
I took up playing Eve online a few years back when I was trying to change my ability to sit in the pub, it was a great time.
As I'd recommended the game to a friend a few years before, when I met up with them ingame he'd managed to do quite well for himself. Because of that I could join his gang & their Teamspeak server. This is what made that game work... the people. It allowed me to chat, laugh & cry; with people I'd never met. I must have spent 2 years playing that game. Hunting, PvE, PvP, roleplaying. I was in the Corp. running 'Bombers Bar'.... I miss my Manticore Stealth Bomber now.

Oh the tears & no, I may not be playing now but I'm keeping my stuff. :)
 
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