@madjack1812 @SaladSniffer He's right, you know? If you think that games can bring you out of a full scale clinical depression then you should shut up and go back to selling fries.

A lot of people talk about being depressed today, but most cases aren't clinical. They're not actual depressions. These people are sad, grieving, whatever. But a clinical depression is extremely complex and very clearly defined.

None of the cases in this video smells even remotely clinical. And from my experience (including personal) the normal patient with a clinical depression doesn't go around and shares his experiences.

Do some reading people.

@Navardo95 Grats. You're so totally off, it's not even remotely funny. Read up on clinical depression. Yeah, it's extremely complex and your "go out and see the world" is no therapy whatsoever.

@Ledah @Bearacolypse I was in therapy for 6 years and it was no fun. I was on anti-depressants, which made everything worse for me. I know some patients react positively, I didn't. The meds fucked up my brain chemistry so badly that they took away what little sparks of light (cheesy, I know) there still were. It was pretty damn awful. I went through several different meds, 4 psychiatrists and 5 therapists. Until I ran away screaming, because all they did was behave high and mighty (especially the psychologists) and relied solely on their book knowledge and zero intuition. So yeah, I ran like hell eventually.

The fun part is that mine is pretty much genetic. Depression is pretty standard on my father's side of the family. He has his bouts, both of his brothers have it too. Thanks dad! :P

The only thing that got me out was finding something worth fighting for. And that idea that there will be a day where I finish it all on my own terms is still there. It will always be there, just not as active as it used to be, but it won't go away, no matter how hard I've tried or will still try.

Okay, where those "depressions" or clinical depressions? A lot of people talk about depression, but most aren't actually suffering from a clinical depression. The term's thrown around far too much by too many people who have no fucking clue.

Smells like another magic bullet. Not as high and mighty as anti-depressants (which idiots call "live saving drugs"), but still smells a lot like that. So my default reaction is: "meh".

If you have a full bout of a clinical depression, you know, the actual medical condition, not the whine that many people consider "depression", then you don't give a shit about games. Been there, done that.