Hey. Buddy so good to see you! Let's chat soon... running an event where you'd be a great host ...
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Thanks for cheering me up with cute dragon gifs :-) {{dragon hugs}}
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Au contraire! It is you, my dear, that keeps responding to me - maybe to attempt to annoy me eventually OR maybe you like me :-p I prefer to think it's mutual. We could be friends? Maybe? dunno :-p
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Depression is too important of a subject and I'm too uneducated about it to just say I'll read this entire thread someday. If I read 3 pages a day, I'll be done in a month. This sounds very much doable. I'm going in....
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There is actually quite a lot of good information in this thread, so I hope you were able to absorb some of it. )
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Yes, I also responded to some comments, and bookmarked several others. Definitely worth the read.
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Would you mind sending me some of those bookmarked comments? I would love to be able to link the useful ones to the main post somehow.
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May I suggest to move all the links to ended GAs to an "archive" post? This would make it easier to read the thread, as it won't require so much scrolling (25 PageDown) to get to the first post on every page.
Thanks!
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OP have a lot doing on IRL (like working for 10h/day), so they don't maintain thread anymore. They made topic about it few months ago.
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Pero por lo menos tenes a alguien con quien hablar al respecto
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of course not, but having people around doesn't equal not feeling alone either! Depression works for severing us from our other social ties, personally I started feeling so different from my family and even my friends that I even started hating them, and almost everyone thought I was happy with my life when in secret when I was alone in my room or in my car I just dreamt of dying.
Starting to forge a real human connection to whom you can talk about all your thoughts is really helpful, it might be therapist or just someone you really trust (or a complete stranger willing to listen hehe), try it when you feel down :]
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I made a simple comment that day. Of course i'd know about that too. Let me just leave it at.... I truly do appreciate this topic compared to most rubbish that's being posted. Cannot deny loving seeing kindness and love spread around(genuine one).
But all these many years in agony and having loads of experience/knowledge and extraordinary perception have made it difficult. Not in a sense that i quit believing goodness's existence. ...rather that i don't think there's anywhere near enough of it to make up for the negativity and nature of living itself.
Because...you see life's just depressing. It is! Life is depressing in many aspects most avoid acknowledging for different reasons and amounts. I for myself just did... and i cannot say how much i envy others who didn't and are still able to live in their pleasant illusions.
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Yeah... life is how you take it, it all depends in your attitude. You can focus on the good things around you, on the bad things around you, on the good things in the world or in the bad things in the world (and boy, these last ones get a lot of press since it's what sells the most I believe).
Personally I've decided to focus all my energy in the good and bad things that I have enough proximity to actually DO something about them, I don't say it's the best, but it's the best I can do right now! :P
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My community recently lost someone to suicide and we lose a lot to it because we have a higher rate than anywhere else in the nearby areas. Something like 30% of my graduating class is gone because of it.
It's terrifying and I've been in that headspace for 12 years.
I needed to hear this. Just knowing someone made a thread like this helps immensely.
I love each and every one of you.
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So sad to see that rate... loneliness in our hearts is very dangerous, and it spreads really fast if we allow it to, so please stay strong and remember when you feel down that everything passes and specially that you're not worthless and alone, be strong my friend :]
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Do you know that feeling when you stop doing things you liked that were bad for you in the matter of days because you met someone?
Or when you actually for the first time in 23 years of your life start trying and caring for life? Working out, trying to find a job, stop being stuck in endless game-movie-book loop, start going out and trying to look like not most socially awkward person ever, start doing your chores, abandon every fucking stupid idea that you developed through the years of solitude....
Yeah great fucking feeling, but then it's gone.... she leaves.... and you realize that for 3 months that she was here you didn't do or say anything to let her know how much she means to you....
Yesterday was exactly one month since she left... So i guess that's why i am even more fucked up then usual.
Now my opinion on the subject of depression:
''You're Not Alone''
Yeah you are (maybe you are not, just don't count ''your are not alone'' kind of people), I mean maybe you (DesertMouse) genuinely want to help but from my perspective it looks like pity. And that's not something someone in depression wants. And if they are doubting that it's pity it wont help them in any way.
''If anyone out there needs someone''
Yep, I do need someone, someone that's now two thousand kilometers away. Not just random guy on the internet who want's to help...
What kind of consolation can someone get from your words? ''You made me feel real special caring for me in the same way you did for all the others.''
Best of luck to everybody that has some problems, do try to fix them, if you can't, try to deal with them, if you can't, well... I am still in the process of figuring that one for myself.
And if games can help someone I will bump with one giveaway when there's new humble bundle out.... I couldn't concentrate on anything for first 15 days. I went from game to game, from movie to movie just to quit it after 15 minutes. It's a bit better now but i am still not ''fullfiled'' by them as before.
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Sure, go ahead, but it's 10 in the morning and i didn't have any sleep last night (depression related, yay) so i think i'll first do just that :)
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Alright, hopefully you get some decent sleep man, good luck.
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Hey man, hang in there. Four months here since it happened, one failed suicide attempt and a shitload of antidepressants but at least I got myself to sleep from time to time and play games again in this little time I have left. Can't tell you that it will get better over time, don't know the answer to that myself but if you ever want for someone to talk to or just be listened, feel free to add me
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Hey, just stopping by to see how you're doing. Frankly I am old and well I have been where you are - albeit a woman and not a guy - life hurts us in so many different ways. But having suffered on and off for many years, I do know that it gets better. Yeah, that seems dumb when depression is kicking your ass but it's something I hold on to - knowing that it will get better with some meds and some people to talk to.
Anyway, feel free to add me - I am around and always willing to lend a mother's ear if you need it.
As an aside, I am recently back on meds- struggling a bit but getting better :-)
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No, it's the year my son was born Mom-o :-) But seriously, I hear you about the drinking and the depression. I get that sleeping is important and sometimes the brain will not stop continuously replaying the day and well, the life. sigh and huge hugs. I do know from experience that life does get better and well worse but then better and worse and then better...and I am glad to have hung on to experience it no matter what. this is the key - hanging on to the glorious moments, the sunsets that glow, the moments with people that care about me, the small work successes.... despite all the negatives. My mother kind of instilled in me the concept of "It's all going to be ok" and at my very basic core, I still hear her voice telling me that. I hope you can hear that message even in your darkest hour(s) and know that one mother hears you and she is telling you, "It's all going to be okay" - you can endure another day. You can get to moments and hours and days of beauty and wonder.
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"The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel." -Steve Furtick
Fyantastic pointed this marvelous quote to some of us :D
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It's one of the Facebook "fucks". People post all the good things about their lives like it's some kind of feel-good movie. In reality they still have abusive spouses (yeah women too :-p) and they lost their job and their kids aren't perfect and the washer broke and they can't afford to fix it.... but hey, on Facebook, everything is perfect with kittens and unicorns :-p
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my little contribution: https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/vwxpG/the-aquatic-adventure-of-the-last-human (lvl 7)
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Hi DesertMouse1 or anyone who have someone who is depressed or suicidal in their family, could you give some tips on how to be supportive, I've read some articles but an actual experience would be nice.
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absolutely. if you comment again to remind me in 4 days, I will be able to sit down and talk with you or go more in depthI've been away for work almost 2 months now, working about 100 hours a week, so not much time and on mobile . long story short, I've found that making sure the person knows that someone cares, and is willing to help them with whatever they need. keep an eye out for trouble signs and be there for them when things seem off. you don't always need to "make them better" because in all likelyhood, you alone won't be able to, but just having someone there is a huge difference.
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^ Please read the comment above. I don't want a real comment to go unnoticed just because I bump this with a giveaway. :)
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/WsYKn/assault-android-cactus
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After going through a recent event where someone very close to me was feeling depressed and suicidal, thought I'd make some GA's to get a point across. If you are feeling this way, there is help, and people out there want to help. You're not alone and you are cared about. If you are not of this state of mind, realize that you could be the difference between them getting help, or doing the unthinkable. You will most likely never know how, who, or how many you helped, but that should make no difference. It just matters that you were there. Go and be the best you that you can be. If anyone out there needs someone, i accept all steam friend requests and will reply as soon as i see your message.
Try and keep the thread alive for a while so that more can see it. May i suggest pictures of cats? Anything really.
I'm going to attempt to update this thread once again once a week, between Friday and Sundays.
Link to last page
Change log;
EDIT: http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/0evEo/an-update-and-moving-forward
EDIT: If you choose to bump with a GA, especially a higher level, and wish for it to be featured on the active GA portion, I suggest a week or longer running length. It can sometimes be a number of days before I can edit this to add new GA's. It's also super helpful if it's in
formatI'm switching to a table format. Not required, but it would let me update the main post more, as it currently takes a while, which means less updates.
EDIT: Total number of GA's added to thread as of last update- 1687+
Note that this is likely much higher. From pages 54-94, I assume all trains to contain only 3 games, while they are likely much higher in number.
GA log of past record
I'm no longer going to keep a detailed log of past GA's. It was simply too much work.
The following, continuously updated, users are the real VIP's of this thread. They have contributed to the development of this ever growing thread, either through exceptional giveaways, an exceptional amount of giveaways, or relentlessly bumping the topic, even when it is/was in a period of disarray, and I wanted to thank them for it, not to cheapen anybody else that has contributed, but to celebrate them for it. Treat them kindly.
SquireZed♥ba2♥TreeB♥CCL666♥hotbullet8♥Dragomania♥Oppenh4imer♥Student123♥AV1♥Kartyl♥Lalwende♥MysticAarrgg♥
YunieRozier♥Noxco♥Nightshifty♥Nerazul♥skunlte♥PROcrastiNATION
ACTIVE GA's
This thread has reached it's limit and has been moved to a reboot
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