Hint: Don't blame the game, you were already very depressed before you played the game(s). Blaming others/things for your own issues is probably your modus operandi otherwise you wouldn't be escaping the very world you already blame for your issues.
Seek professional help for attempting to reach some fix for your issues not escapism. Escapism, by its very definition, is running away and avoiding the unpleasantness of reality.
Not sure what makes you think you're qualified to analyze video games as some form of treatment for mental health problems, or classify them as something that's detrimental to mental health. How bout you leave that to the professionals?
I love video games as much as the next guy...but who thinks playing them will help improve anything(mood and mentally related)? Exercise is for that, as it releases endorphins and over time will improve your physical appearance. I guess I might be a bit older or something but when I was little video games were a hobby...not a doctors pill or poison. I still think of them the same way today.
Spoiler: Video games are not medication. Seek help.
Hint: Don't blame the game, you were already very depressed before you played the game(s). Blaming others/things for your own issues is probably your modus operandi otherwise you wouldn't be escaping the very world you already blame for your issues.
Seek professional help for attempting to reach some fix for your issues not escapism. Escapism, by its very definition, is running away and avoiding the unpleasantness of reality.
Not sure what makes you think you're qualified to analyze video games as some form of treatment for mental health problems, or classify them as something that's detrimental to mental health. How bout you leave that to the professionals?
I love video games as much as the next guy...but who thinks playing them will help improve anything(mood and mentally related)? Exercise is for that, as it releases endorphins and over time will improve your physical appearance. I guess I might be a bit older or something but when I was little video games were a hobby...not a doctors pill or poison. I still think of them the same way today.