Dealing with mental health through gaming

[@KadaiGaming]

What should my next video be about?

[@XEPHOURIA]

Probably not up your allie, but i think it would be cool if you tried a fighting game (not like play for 10 minutes and give up but like actually try and get past the initial learning curve). Or shared your opinions on them. There's a lot of overlap imo betweem gunz and fighters, especially in the skill expression and FUN aspect of them and I would love to see more people play fighters. Would also be interesting to see a video on darlings/interesting games and things that you've played/seen. It's your content though, so I'll watch just about whatever you make probably ^-^

[@XEPHOURIA]

This video was a little bit chaotic, but i seriously relate to the mental health + video games stuff. I've been through some... Frankly awful stuff. But throughout all that, I've had vodeo games. Kingdom Hearts, Apex Legends, Super Smash Bros., competitive fighting games, dozens of single and multiplayer titles every year, hundreds over my life. Especially the past 3 or 4 years or so, i get burned out on games and i genuinely don't know what to do with my life. Trying new things sounds like a chore that will end in failure, and completing the old things sounds boring as hell. And while part of the problem was a combination of my ADHD and autism, it was also just generally my lack of discipline and motivation. Video games were the only thing that didn't feel meaningless, so if i run out of those... What's gonna happen next? Anyway, thanks for the video, definitely resonated woth me as a very neurodivergent traumatized bean who's addicted to fighting games. Excited for all your releases :]

[@XEPHOURIA]

I do recommend doing Marijuana if you don't like prescription medication though. Shit's fire lmao

[@KadaiGaming]

That means a lot man, thanks for always watching. I’m glad video games have been able to help you so much as well ❤️

[@fabiofloyd]

I always knew I was different, the kids played in the street and I just wanted to play ATARI, I was the smartest in the class, but I was unable to communicate with people, shy, closed, my mind traveled drawing on a paper and imagining a world completely absent from everything that was happening around me. In 2019 at the age of 40, I was diagnosed as recurrent depressive and anxious when I had my first anxiety crisis and believed I was dying. Today I take medication and do therapy, my marriage did not resist and I continue in the same cycle.

[@Shyverin]

2:57, yep, that’s exactly me. Video games for me are a great way to take my mind off actual problems, because they require so much focus that I can’t think about anything else. Hungry but haven’t eaten in 2 days?Just play a game and you’ll stop thinking about hunger. Have a really stressful thing coming up? Booting up a game will make the stress go away. I needed to stop playing video games in order to let the actual problems bubble up to handle them in a better way instead of burying them by distracting my brain with an intense, focus demanding game. A dr. K video really helped me with this, stop focusing on figuring out how to fix the problems, your brain will do that for you if you just give it the space for the problems to bubble to the surface. I definitely felt in the past and still partially now that I am constantly fighting my own brain to get it to do the things I should be doing.

[@KadaiGaming]

This is great advice, thanks for watching man ❤️

[@Shyverin]

@@KadaiGamingmy pleasure ^.^

[@dirtybird6861]

Man, your videos always resonate so hard with me. Keep up the fire content.

[@Jepegish]

Exactly, finally someone who feels the way I do. I will never stop gaming because it is my one and only true escape. In my case, everyone around me thinks i'm a total geek and tells me it'll "get better" and that i'll eventually drift away from gaming like it's some sort of problem? I fail to see how. How is gaming any different than other hobbies out there. I'm still a responsible adult. I have a job, I pay the bills, I make time for family and friends and yet I'm weird for wanting some occasional alone time for myself (gaming).

[@HyperShadowX1]

as a fellow ADHD sufferer I really wish I could just stick to one competitive game and not get super burnt out, its very frustrating putting in a lot of effort into one game for like a month and then burning out and HAVING to swap off of it, it feels like a waste

[@AnotherCrazyClown]

Man, sometimes i wonder if i have something too or am i just not that good or excel at anything which it isn't bad, it just means i have to try harder, exactly like u said sometimes im ahead of everyone and sometimes i just suck ass but it's not because im thinking about other things but it's like i don't notice things which i could the day before or even minutes ago, maybe that's just normal for me lol

[@MintyVoid]

yeah if you relate with everything except for the hyperfocus- may I point you towards the autism spectrum lol. I was like 80% sure I had adhd but I never had the hyperfocus aspect of it, I cannot create 'false' burst of productivity using stress like a lot of adhd folk can do(whether from actual deadlines or fake ones like timers or the buddy system). And when i went for my diag testing, i got slapped with autism instead and yeah it made a lot more sense. Do note I feel this is common as there is A LOT more resources for adhd adults than autism adults, like it's really bad.. Either way i hope any and all are able to find help that actually betters your daily life and information gathers(therapy is great for that btw) is an excellent way. honestly it really inspires me that you're able to work through your adhd and still produce videos. It's hard to do WITHOUT the executive dysfunction and other fun extras ya get with a diff brain, so to do it despite them is so awesome.

[@Samulisami]

poggers!

[@jimothyyy6615]

every apex player’s experience.

[@taoofjester4113]

I have such a love hate relationship with that game. I managed to grind enough seasons to be able to afford the battle pass for free. Now I feel obligated to buy the battle pass each season and get through it. Right now I think I have 30 or 40 levels left and I have missed a number of those daily chest things so I am not entirely sure I will finish this time around. The game is okay and can be fun, but it is definitely feeling like a job these days. It just isn't good or interesting enough to justify the amount of play time required to get all the various passes and special events.

[@jimothyyy6615]

@@taoofjester4113 i have been playing for a long time and i feel like i love the satisfaction the game gives me but it brings me more rage than that generally. it really does feel like a job when i’m grinding kills or badges and things and especially when you have no friends and queue up by yourself. i think that my addiction has stemmed from the fact that i’ve gotten really good with my 4k and 20 bomb and teamwork badges etc so i want to keep going and getting better even when the game is in the state it’s in right now.

[@sheleg4807]

S4 league if you played it

[@KadaiGaming]

Never did, unfortunately:(

[@MarrGaming]

I tapped the like button so you can become rich. 💰 That way you’ll be able to buy even more League skins