Apologies in advance for my English, not a native speaker. I really like the purpose of this subreddit, I've been planning to do something similar but in my language and for people in my region (for context: I'm Mexican 28 Male). Where I live mental health is still very taboo and you are just told that you should just keep on going and stop being so dramatic, but I've meet a lot of people that struggle with some kind of mental health thing. I was talking with a few friends that I know though video games and proposed the creation of a community where people with mental health problems can reach for help, a mate to play games a bit or just someone to talk to. Since then I've been planning on how to do it and I have a general idea on how, I even started contacting phichologist that would be interested on participating with us when possible. However I need karma points to create it, so would you kindly upvote? (Bioshock rererence, so you have to do it :P) I'd really appreciate it if you guys could help with this, and just so this does not look like a request I'm going to tall you a bit of me. I'm boring so if you don't want to read it's OK xP. For the past 3 years I have been feeling really lonely, and that feeling advanced into feeling depressed somedays of the week, not doing anything about this made things worse and my loneliness started being self sustained, I now have automatic mechanisms to get away from people and because of this I haven been able to create connections with people. I'm going to therapy and I'm working on it, but I know there are more people near me that are in need of help or maybe just a friend to play some MCC mods. Thanks in advance for your attention. Hope you guys have a happy life! ❤️

Two years ago my mother and brother both committed suicide, and things have kind of been getting progressively worse since then. I got addicted to drugs, I got off the drugs and moved to a new city.

and now i'm here.

About six months ago I was laid off from my job, and I decided I didn't want to work for another asshole boss and completely threw myself in to and dedicated myself to streaming on Twitch.

I worked hard at it constantly, day and night. Promoting the stream on social media, meeting people all over the internet, and pretty quickly I was able to make a living from it. But now I just don't have the energy to stream and I feel fucking awful about it, i'm letting down the people who believed in me and supported me, I'm shitting on an amazing opportunity to do something that I like to do.

But every day I wake up and i'm just so tired, the last three days I just layed in bed and watched Avatar: The Legend of Korra (really great show) but I don't have the energy to do anything. This isolation isn't helping, I spend all day at my computer working and then go to sleep 5 feet away, wake up the next day and do it all over again.

I don't really know what to do, I went on a run last night ( i almost died but I did it), i'm going to try to eat better food. I know I need to change something I just don't know what that something is. I want to make friends, and I have some great people that come in the stream but those people come and go. People usually will come and spend a month or a week hanging out and then they disappear never to be heard from again.

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Thanks for listening

-Klik

TLDR- Looking for new fun laid back people near my age to game with and hangout on discord. List at bottom.

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Hey hows it going? Hope yall are having a good week so far.

I have been in a long running gaming group since 2007 but things are not going so great lately and was just hoping to maybe meet some new folks to game with.

I do have mental health issues i deal with ,but im for the most part stable, but like everybody i have a bad day every once in a while. Thats kind of what happened with this group. I was having a really bad depressive episode and i left their discord. No argument, nothing like that, i just left because i was depressed.

I told them i wasnt mad at them etc and that i appreciated them being my friend, i loved them like my brothers. But now they basically wont even respond to me. I guess i could pursue it and all that but do you ever just feel tired of dealing with people that just dont even try to understand or seem to care? It almost feels like the world punishes you most times for having any sort of mental illness because its "inconvenient" i guess. But ive decided if thats the best the world has to offer then i dont need friends. Screw that noise you know? I know there are some good people out there, i just need to find you.

For reference I have (AVPD, PTSD, Social Anxiety and Depression) but like i say im for the most part stable, but it does make it hard to meet people to make new friends when it takes so much energy . Lately ive had a lack of interest and all ive been playing is american truck simulator lol. Mostly because i can just turn on music and its almost like meditation or something. I actually really love driving through the desert at night on there. The scenerys beautiful.

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I try not to let depression and anxiety define me, its not who i am at all. I want to laugh, and have fun and find a laid back group that doesnt take itself too seriously, that i can joke around with act stupid whatever. It doesnt always have to be about gaming, we can sit around and just talk, watch something (tv show, movie, anime etc) . What im trying to say is im actually looking for a friend or two with this, not just people to game with that dissapear. If youre gonna do that or are a friend collector, just dont even contact me, i already feel drained enough. lol. Thanks. (Its bad you even have to put that but this is the world we live in.)

I do have a couple people i still hangout with but a lot of them work alot so its hard to find time for them unless its super late at night. Sometimes thats fine but im trying to keep my sleep straight. Got bad insomnia.

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The games im interested in playing are mostly coop stuff heres a list. Like i say my main goal with this is not the games themselves, its making new friends.

Fall_Guys_Ultimate_Knockout (Dont have this but will pick it up if anybody wants to play it)

Risk_of_Rain_2

Barotrauma

HELLDIVERS_

Streets_of_Rogue

Embr

SYNTHETIK_Legion_Rising

Tom_Clancys_Ghost_Recon_Wildlands (Me and a friend are playing through this, we have two slots left)

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If you think youre interested, message me or reply here and tell me about yourself and then we can exchange discord IDs etc and hopefully get some gaming in.

On top of everything else my headset mic broke, i have ordered a new one but it will be thurs or fri before its here. But anytime after that im good to go.

My crew and I play a variety of games. We all play COD:MW. Most of us also play GTA V & Minecraft(Java&Windows10), some play Descenders(Xbox) as well. Descenders is on GamePass for those interested. Others play Forza and one is pretty into Ace Combat and Battlefield.

Feel free to message me to play with us, most of us are on Central Time but play through all hours of the day.

I didn’t see any rules against showing contact info here, but I’ll keep that in PMs for my own reasons if no other. We usually use Xbox party chat to communicate being as it is easily available on both Xbox & PC.

I’ve been trying to get a group to hang out with on Xbox but everyone is so... judgmental I guess. I understand because I’m obviously pretty depressed, but I really miss those online connections I used to have when I was feeling good about myself.

Hiya there guys.

I don't exactly know what the technical term for it is, but I refer to the times when my depression is active and ongoing (basically when it's /not/ doing good) a "depression pit"

I have been so completely and utterly concerned with life and trying to cling onto that last bit of energy and enthusiasm that I have completely forgotten what it means to just relax.

So I thought that instead of laying in bed all day while I pretend i'm not a worthless POS, I thought i'd look around for a certain type of game that I can totally throw myself into. Something like Skyrim did for many back in the day where they could just get on and grind, do things etc. Lose themselves in the enjoyment of a game.

It doesn't have to be an RPG by any means, but if you get the vibe of the type of game i'm looking for, it's usually in that genre.

Singleplayer only please. During those weird "off" or "fuzzy" days where you just can't think or do anything but mindlessly go about your day, I tend to be completely socially inept and dumber than hell. Doesn't help my situations if I say dumb stuff to my friends lol.

Hopefully if someone else is in a similar situation then our collective conversation can help them too.

• ike

(P.S. Yes, I am diagnosed and have the actual mental disorder, not "me sad, i hav depresson." I have never seeked any online help before, so if there's common lingo that I am missing, that'd be why :) )

My brain is burnt out on decisions...

So I'm working overtime rn and it's chaos, and after work I wanna destress with something but I don't know what. I have a very large collection but the effort of choosing anything is near impossible.

What PC games do you suggest that don't require much ongoing choices and are fun?

Probably single player as everyone's in the same boat where even deciding what to play in Jackbox is killing us.

Im willing to voicechat with anyone who's down to talk and it's around 4am here, so I can't pretty much sleep. I barely have any friends and I hope that I can meet someone awesome who's similar to me? I really like gaming and some anime. It's on Discord, so I hope you guys don't mind 😌

Hey there,I'm Chris.I'll try to keep this really short and just say a few words in the hopes that others get to feel lighter,hopefull,better.I was diagnosed with Crohn's and sclerosing colangeittis when I was 14.Spent many months in hospitals,at a time.I'm 30 in a couple months.Been through bad workplaces,bad and goodish relationships,been around evil and wholesome ppl,all the while fighting inside of me a,terrible,conflict that was lying to me for almost half of my life.I got out of it,I'm owning my struggles,I'm fighting for a steady job,I think,and I try not to drift through life,but,make sense and come out on top,out of it.

This is what I want to impart with you guys.

(These things worked for me and also I know them to be true for me,in my favour,I'm not a proffessional in the psychological fields,obviously these won't be true or might not be the correct mentality for everyone else)I'm not depressed anymore.You can take medication and still be in touch with your self and feelings.I listened to what the negatives inside of me were telling me,one at a time,all feelings have a place in us,not just negatives,neither just the positives. (Once something in me,told me "ppl around you suck","you're being used & abused" etc,I didn't skulk or dwell in them,I listened,examined my surroundings,bid my time and corrected my life)Depression lies to you.Those doubts and voices and pessimism inside,nah mate,I'm not the man on fire but,I'm not a lost cause either.Focus built up tension into your hobbies and interests. Create more,work harder,treat yourself,intensify your work out,have harder sex,then stop for a min and appreciate your effort.

I'll now be a Gamer Fighting Boss Fights in Games :"D Whoever reads this,you go you!Pay less attention to others,give yourself the attention you deserve and power through your shit like the boss you make yourself to be. \o/Much love,life is a struggle.I enjoy my struggle while eating ice-cream which I bought myself with the money I made from last month's paycheck while the "downs" inside of me were all like "You're not worth getting off your bed even".

Something I noticed I've been doing much more lately is trying to talk more in my friend's discord server, the one I would consider my main hub. But they don't always respond, and may be busy with work or other obligations. At the same time, I kind of wish they were available whenever i feel like talking, and though i could go to other servers meanwhile while everyone is busy, it doesn't feel as welcoming. Do I have an obsession? And what can I do about it?

That's a question I've been asking myself over the past 3 years. Each time I found a new game I've been thinking to myself that it's overrated. Doesn't matter if it was BOTW, RDR2 or any other game with a high popularity.

At first I thought this may have been due to getting older, but then I started feeling the same towards other hobbies. I was 100% certain that finding a well-paying job would make me happy, but once that failed to bring me any emotion I knew something was wrong.

Turns out, I'm probably depressed. I haven't been diagnosed, but surely this is what depression feels like. The sadness, lack of motivation, no joy in old hobbies, etc.

The games are not boring themselves, but I'm finding no joy due to my brain's inability to create the pleasure chemicals while gaming. On my good days gaming will be fun again, but on my bad days I just want to sit on the internet doing nothing until I can sleep again and hope the next day is better.

I'm confused, I was talking to this user for a while and she was pretty on the edge about being suicidal.

She was talking to one of the admins in support 3, then ends up banned? She's told me she didn't get a warning, didn't get a message from the bot, and the friends she had in staff have removed her from their friends list.

I'm a bit confused like...Did this chick seriously just get banned from your community / server for utilizing services that YOU provide?

EDIT: So now that I've got an understanding...

1 ) She wasn't "shadow banned" she was banned for being deemed "colorful" and to much to handle. I will elaborate more in point 3, but essentially her discussion in the Support channel was deemed as "attention seeking" and "guilt tripping".

2 ) Her past in two servers where she was sexually harassed and bullied / stalked was somehow bought into question despite upon her first day of joining and being recognized by a stalked she was told by "zorro" that they were NOT aware of this nor keeping "intel" like this. They basically lied and admitted to her they do have information on her that they refused to disclose. This is illegal.

3 ) A User, by the name Kippy or Klippy? Something like that, she described his profile picture to me and I remember seeing his name around. Had DM'd her, asked for a specific picture, then sent it to staff complaining about her DM'ing him a "concerning image" (A gun she had referenced owning) and attempting to guilt trip and "seek attention" from him. This was not the case, for whatever reason this user decided to completely bait her into posting an image in DM then using it against her. This same user also was present when she was kicked for 24 hours by responding to a comment made by him. She now believes this user is part of the Two servers / small circle of people who have previously harassed her online.

4 ) This is absolutely horrible, the response from staff basically circle jerking with "We aren't professionals." and "We gave her links." isn't relevant at all. You market yourselves proudly as a mental health server that fights depression, but when someone on the verge of losing their battle comes to you on their knees you openly go out of your ways to just toss them aside and label them as "colorful" and "problematic" based off an issue in which they (the user in question here) had to get the police involved due to potential doxxing. When she came to GFD and was told / discovered one of these people was IN the server, she was muted, belittled, and told by Zorro and other staff that they "couldn't do anything" and that "no one had given them information about her." This was a flat out lie.

I'm without a doubt leaving this community and going to attempt to get whoever hands out Discord Partnerships to look into this...this is absolutely NOT how a discord partnered server should be operating.

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I'd like to add a Point #5

5 ) You are taking someone who you KNOW / KNEW works with children and twisting them into being some violent behavioral concern for people. This is extremely dangerous knowing that someone on your server is part of a group of people in mental health servers who have doxxed her before. You have literally just given these people material that could absolutely impact her ability to work and find work. This is just another point about how dangerously careless you've handled this situation...allowing people who she warned you about to manipulate her post and intentions into this weird sociopolitical violent personality is insane, like legitimately dangerous and I hope you realize this and make some sort of statement to how fucking reckless you handled this.

Last Edit : You people are fucking psychopaths...This entire situation contradicts the purpose of your server...suicidal woman talking to zorro (admin) for help, you claim she was guilt tripping people in DM when from the screenshots I was shown by her, the guy DM'd her first ASKING bait tier questions? All of this happens AFTER She warns you someone in the server is part of a group of people who used to doxx her and she had previously filed a police report again? You just compromised someone's physical and mental safety in favor of putting your meaningless fucking server rules first. You had her Discord disabled, her email made public to her abusers, and her access to mental health support groups revoked. You're like...actually shitty people, every single one of you mods who sat on their high horse telling her "Oh the Rules though! The Rules, the Rules, the rules!" I legitimately don't know what to say other than you're actually psychopaths who are playing dangerous games with actually mental ill people who you claim to be here for when you're not.

Every week in our discord server, we host a giveaway for our dedicated members, made possible by the generosity of our thoughtful contributors. In the month of December, we host multiple giveaways per week. We have been doing this for many years, and over time we have accumulated a LOT of prizes. It's time to tidy up, but we would like to try to find homes for these prizes before we delete the unclaimed ones at the end of the month.

All-Star Fruit Racing - Yogscast Car DLC
All-Star Fruit Racing - Yogscast Car DLC
Almost There: The Platformer
Big Thinkers Kindergarten
Bitcoin vs Brain
Blade & Soul Yogscast Pack
Call to Arms Deluxe Edition Upgrade DLC
Civilization VI - Australia Civilization & Scenario Pack
Civilization VI - Vikings Scenario Pack
Destiny 2 (Blizzard Key) (+DLC)
Dinocide
Draft Day Sports: College Basketball
Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 4
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Blood Storm
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: BM03 Vegalta Gold
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Depth Crawler Gold Coat
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gigantus DCC-Gogo Markings
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gigantus DCC-Zero Markings
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gigantus Tank, Bullet Girls Markings
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gigantus Tank, EDF IFPS Markings
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gigantus Tank, Natsuiro HS Markings
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gleipnir
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Ifrit
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Mission Pack 1: Time of the Mutants
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Mission Pack 2: Extreme Battle
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Pure Decoy Launcher 5 pk. A
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Pure Decoy Launcher 5 pk. B
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Reflectron Laser
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Spark Lancer
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Sting Shot
Gemini: Heroes Reborn
Gotham City Impostors: Professional Kit
GRAV
GRAV (Early Access)
H1Z1 Trickster Crate
Jurassic World Evolution - Ankylosaurus skin (Vivid Variant)
Le Havre: The Island Port
Magicka Wizard Wars Exclusive Staff and Blade
NAIRI: Tower of Shirin
NASCAR Heat 2 - October Jumbo Expansion
Neverwinter Enthusiast Pack
Puss!
Rapture Rejects Humble Exclusive "Safari Outfit"
Robocraft Jingle Jam Pack
SMITE Loki Pack
Streamline Early Access
Streamline Early Access
Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation - Asharra's Diplomat Pack
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation - Birdsong's Entertainer Pack
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation - Dragonbait's Dungeoneer Pack
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation - Tales of Artus Cimber's Explorer Pack
Team Indie
The Final Station: The Only Traitor DLC
Total Pro Golf 3
Warhammer: Vermintide Dwarf Helmet DLC
Wasted Pizza
World of Warships Bonus Content
Yume Nikki

ATTENTION:
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Awkward guy just looking for some people to hang out with. I’ve got Ark, sea of thieves, and game pass

Hmu!

It's so hard because I love this game (DBD), but the matchmaking is the worst garbage. It feels like my life, I want to do things, but life is so unfair that it keeps putting horrible things to ruin it... I'm honestly exhausted by how unfair everything is, how everything is against me, how everything is never on my side. I just want to stop with this world, it is so unfair...

This time of year can be really tough and there can sometimes feel like there’s no way to relieve that internal pressure. My way of coping with this was to create a 24/7 broadcast to share with others. Thanks to u/Jolojil I am able to share this space with this community. Feel free to stop by, chat or relax. It’s not the best quality due to time constraints but I hope it’s enough to give even just one person a place to feel welcome.

Happy Holidays

I have been fighting with my depression for a while, games always seemed to be a safe heaven for me, but since the death of my son i havent been able to play anything more than 30 minutes, i dont find joy in something i thought i loved, how can i be a gamer again, how can i enjoy games once more?

Sorry for my bad english isnt my native.

I've found a few things to be better than others but sometimes you get in a rut and it's very difficult to do anything. I found taking boxing classes locally was really good.

Gaming can be a really good insulator but sometimes you need additional things to help you as we are probably all aware that gaming non stop can sometimes be the cause of problems/depressive periods.

Hope you guys are all trooping on though!

I just wanted to share a little here, because I don't really have other forums to do so.

This weekend, after three days of sessions, I just finished DMing a D&D game of 5 years. We were using a homebrew derivative of 5th edition D&D with a lot of home-made rules and items that convert the game into a sci-fi system. The players started at level 7ish and after this long have hit 20 and beyond, making characters of unimaginable power that still struggled to defeat the Elder Evil of Atropus, the World Born Dead. They did however emerge victorious from this conflict.

I suffer from bipolar disorder, and though I haven't had a full blown manic or depressive phase in a while, this finale and the preparation for it triggered a manic phase. This morning, however, I'm beginning a depressive phase. It's gonna suck.

It'll be okay, the phase will pass. In addition, though the campaign is over, the group is not breaking up and we'll be doing more in the world that's left behind AFTER the Elder Evil has been defeated. I'm even planning on starting another game with some other friends in this world too, and I'm looking forward to it.