tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641782212895550122.post233022507904618601..comments2023-05-22T07:26:49.545-07:00Comments on Chronic Geek: Invisible Illness Awareness & Being GeekyChronic Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874082907283680556noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641782212895550122.post-79710775971531028762010-09-18T12:10:35.108-07:002010-09-18T12:10:35.108-07:00Thank you so much for sharing everyone. These com...Thank you so much for sharing everyone. These comments show the positive side of what gaming can do for people who are hurting. <br /><br /><3Chronic Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11874082907283680556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641782212895550122.post-77557199342979640172010-09-18T10:21:35.349-07:002010-09-18T10:21:35.349-07:00While in college there was a year where I suffered...While in college there was a year where I suffered from a rather crippling mental illness. Well, it was crippling in most areas, surprisingly not in getting my schoolwork done. Anyway, I found bi-weekly D&D sessions a great chance to escape from some of that. Besides the collaborative storytelling and the focusing on something else, there was also a great deal of silliness and laughter (as I suppose there is in any good gaming session) and that helped. Not permanently, but it gave me some good hours. And bonding with those friends gave me support outside the game too.<br /><br />I've had mental ups and downs since then and found Twitter helpful and found sci-fi/fantasy books & tv shows helpful (in fact I wrote a blog post about why I think they're more helpful than most).Ruthhttp://beingruth.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641782212895550122.post-47950258948247401342010-09-18T08:00:47.277-07:002010-09-18T08:00:47.277-07:00I agree with what Christina said about video games...I agree with what Christina said about video games. Back while my ex and I were still separated but not quite divorced, I was in hiding from him because I had moved back to town and didn't want him to know. (This was especially because one of the things he said to me before I had left town originally was that I should have known bad things were going to happen to me if I left him. So you understand why I didn't want him to know where I was.) <br /><br />At any rate, I had moved in with my sister to help her out with her kids, but unfortunately, she lives only 9 blocks from my ex, so I would get nervous to even leave the house. Warcraft was my ONLY social outlet. To this day, I will never delete my very first toon because I feel like she's gotten me through so much. I feel that social outlet I got via WoW kept me sane.Springhttp://www.springading.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641782212895550122.post-36901652842456205522010-09-17T09:37:39.767-07:002010-09-17T09:37:39.767-07:00Totally agree with you here. While not an "i...Totally agree with you here. While not an "invisible" illness, I saw an individual who was in a wheelchair playing a Star Wars based game at the local Barnes & Noble this week. What's this person suppose to do? He can't very well go out and play football. Not trying to be mean with that last statement, just trying to be realistic. People with physical issues need activities that rely more on the mind than the body. RPGs are perfect...they entertain, exercise the mind, and your physical abilities don't matter. I was really pleased to see that this person at B&N had found an activity that he could do with friends where they were all just the same and could just enjoy some good times.GenCon4Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535736968812428653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641782212895550122.post-3421346859367642782010-09-17T07:09:15.783-07:002010-09-17T07:09:15.783-07:00i know for sure that world of warcraft and twitter...i know for sure that world of warcraft and twitter kept me sane while i had lymphoma and could barely get out of my house.Carriehttp://www.carrieactually.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641782212895550122.post-58929964696478023562010-09-16T20:47:05.466-07:002010-09-16T20:47:05.466-07:00Video games distract me from my anxiety problems.Video games distract me from my anxiety problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com