Social Anxiety at Large Conventions
Editor’s note: In the lead up to Gen Con 2017, Gnome Stew’s Head Gnome, John Arcadian, shared this story about his experience with anxiety and the ways he’s found to…
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What depression is
Read MoreDepression affects around 6% of adults in America, but exactly what it is and how it affects people is hard to comprehend. We asked people on Twitter to share with us…
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Take This T-shirts and a new AFK Room come to PAX Prime 2014
Read MoreTake This is pleased to announce it will be returning to PAX Prime with the “AFK Room,” mental health awareness training for volunteer “Enforcers” and a panel on helping those…
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How to Be A Friend
Read More by: Mark Kline, PsyD. Vice-Chair, TakeThis, Inc. Friends and family are the first line of support for people with emotional problems. While it is wonderful to be trusted,…
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Some Guy in a Mask
Read MoreBy: Anonymous I have an amazing group of friends, seriously they are the best. I was playing games before I met them (the earliest I met when I was about…
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The Cave in My Chest
Read MoreBy: Brenna Beattie Today, I found out that someone in the gaming community, someone I admire greatly, committed suicide. It’s the second time someone I cherish has done so and the…
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Kingdom Hearts II Gave Me Hope
Read MoreMy name is not really important for this article, but some background about me is that I’m a 22-year-old student studying game development in Worcester, Massachusetts. I was first diagnosed…
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Depression Was a Prison
Read Moreby: Sean Sands I was angry all the time. Anger was my constant companion, this indiscriminate, stomach-grinding, head-pounding fury that bubbled like lava under tectonic shifts in my mood…