Is it true that Dark Souls helps with depression...

Is it true that Dark Souls helps with depression? Quite a few people I know seem to he saying this now and these videos have been showing up too
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no its genuinely one of the most depressing games ive ever played
also staying inside wont really help with depression

Not particularly, any game that can keep your mind off what's depressing you will help.

Not Dark Soul in itself, it's more about stumbling on that one game atmosphere, level or area that you find relaxing and help distance yourself with bad feelings.
Sounds autistic and pathetic but I have some games that soothe my stress

it makes me feel better when i'm sick, mostly because it requires so much concentration that you stop thinking about everything else. i've heard the theory that it teaches you to persist in seemingly impossible situations. but there are plenty of games that can do that.

I mean it got me through a really tough time in my life when I first played through it. For about a solid 3 months this was the only game I played. Idk if its the game itself or the fact that it requires a pretty decent amount of concentration therefore its easy to lose yourself in. Its atmospheric and pretty looking and if you havent played these games before, they give you a pretty good sense of accomplishment.

it is kinda frustrating but you kinda have learn a lot about you enemies. its not one of those game you can go in guns blazing. also it causes rage sometimes

It actually made me deperessive due to what a boring, repetitive, unpolished turd it is.

NeoSOY retards will come up with the most retarded shit to talk about that overrated casual honeypot shit game, though.

>as with depression, the player fights the same enemy over and over again

Wew, almost like in every game.

God, when did the Souls fanbase become so fucking horrible?

It's not the game it's but it's gameplay of "keep trying you can do it" that can

Not really since you are not accomplishing fucking anything when playing video games and you can fool your reward system only for a few seconds.

More like when did they get pretentious

it's similar to solving a puzzle, you just don't have anything physical to show for it. still a good brain exercise.

In my experience, Dark Souls did, quite a lot.
Dark Souls multiplayer, on the other hand, did the exact opposite.
In large parts due to people like this. It's matchmaking makes it very hard to exclude people like this, who just want everyone else to be as negative and upset as they are.

Except the accomplishment and reward in DS is far more well earned and 100x better in most games in general

No. The theme is incredibly depressive and pessimistic.
Literally everyone is in a murderous rage except you and a handful of other npcs

>Not really since you are not accomplishing fucking anything
I think you're missing his point

Nigger Dark Souls is the most bleak, depressing and horrible themed and atmospheric game ever. Stop being a pretentious fag

It definitely helped me but can't say for others. Cause of it's difficulty it can probably increase your depression

Yes, I dont know how or why but yea it surely does. A few years ago I dated this girl for five years and the day she ended things with me I played DaS2 for 12 hours straight and couldnt even think about it that day. It really helps, maybe because its a progression thing where you want to overcome what seem to be extreme challenges.

this
an entire golden age is ending and millions went insane

I think any video game would help with depression, but Dark Souls is a rather nihilistic story about the unavoidable heat death of the universe.
I don't see how it would help.

Honestly yes. Does it work for everyone? No. For me it did. I was going through so much shit last year and couldn't enjoy anything. Dark Souls out of everything I tried was the only game to get me out of my funk and entice me and make me enjoy games but everything in life.

video game video essays were a mistake

It's the whole overcoming huge and difficult challenges in times of despair and misery and to not give up but to keep trying and trying.

But it's an incredibly bleak and somber game, with many of the characters you meet going hollow and dying despite your best intentions, with a world that is crumbling, although there is the chance of continuing or going down a path that seems like it has no upside but is just a new beginning.

The only way I can see that is the difficulty aspect of overcoming the biggest challenges and doing it over and over until you succeed even when things look grim

I'd rather play katawa shoujo

>going hollow is a metaphor for being giving up and giving in to their depression
That is.... really sad and depressing to think about. I'm curious how many people on Sup Forums decided to go "hollow" in that aspect

if the dark souls games helped to "lift you out of depression" then you've never experienced real depression

kek why have the biggest faggots latched onto this series?

I'm curious why people try to make sound so profound and pretentious

Bloodborne is more depressing tbqh

you could use it as an analogue for overcoming depression, having to fight the same fights over and over again until you finally triumph and can then breaze through those bosses on later runs

but unless you apply that lesson to your real life then it wont make a difference, sure theres a lesson you could learn from it but thats all its a lesson not a cure

lol I was depressed as hell, isolated almost entirely from the world, and thought about killing myself regularly during my masters. It can't be a coincidence that I played 300 hours of dark souls and bloodborne

it didn't "lift me out of my depression" but it definitely helped to be able to do something challenging and engaging and eventually become good at it. Also pvp and killing losers is pretty good in DS1

shut up

This. That is what makes sense

But it did help me user

>"depressed"
>play a fun video game
>no longer "depressed"

lmao
you're just a melodramatic faggot
probably a white boy, or asian

firelink shrines ost always makes me feel at home, i spent way too long playing dark souls 1, and would love to pick it up on pc if it ever went on sale
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im just memeing im glad you're alright lads

not him but him:
>it didn't "lift me out of my depression"

you:
>play a fun video game
>no longer "depressed"

can you not read user?

It does makes sense, though. You ask any depressed person how they feel being the one person at a party not having a good time when everyone else is laughing and having fun. That's when they feel the most isolated. The bleak and depressing atmosphere of Dark Souls actually makes them feel less self-conscious. Instead of sticking out like a sore thumb because they're depressed, they seem to blend in with the atmosphere. Which means they stop being so aware of themselves as 'A depressed person'. It helps get them out of that thinking pattern by removing the contrast, by being horribly bleak and depressing.

so you're basically saying that you're a nignog or spic inferior ape

it wasn't because it was fun, it was because I wanted to get gud, and I did. and it helped with my masters. something lazy brainlet nignogs like you couldn't possibly comprehend

t. white/asian "male"

PC release.

He said here
that he can't read so he probably is

yes
continue needing video games to motivate you in life while we outbreed you

Play Bloodborne

Just to either get fucked in the end or destroy the world.

Semi related but I have never seen an attractive coal burner that wasn't being paid large sums of money. If I was black that would be pretty depressing.

>overpopulating the earth with your shit useless low IQ genes is a good thing
>someone who is depressed and getting a masters (now PhD) in STEM is somehow worse

ooga booga go back to whatever shithole you came from

That bug only happens if you use the 60fps option in dsfix.

Because it was released on pc

I'm curious what triggers some people so much about it being a profound experience for others.
Are you jealous it didn't make you feel anything?
Does it touch a little too close to a nerve?
Or perhaps others shat on your own profound experiences at some point.
Hardmode: Let's see an honest answer with no buzzwords, nothing that boils down to 'It's popular so I don't like it', 'I'm sick of people making threads about it even though I have the option to keep scrolling', or 'It gets praise by people who are into it but I'm not into it so I don't feel it deserves the praise and try to undermine it.'

such impotent rage

I'm right though. Any response to this will just make you look mad that no attractive white woman would ever breed with a black man without monetary incentive.

you're projecting
I just like to laugh at easily impressed teenagers
like the people that found Elfen Lied and/or Psycho-pass profound

Stop false flagging. Nobody actually wants to be black.

disgust of pretense is a healthy instinct

Yeah, I'm projecting a bit, you're probably right there.
But why though? I wonder if you've ever found anything impressive in the same way they do.

>spend time not challenging their mind or body
>spend time not pursuing activities with actual real life gains(financial, personal) instead of digital achievements

This. But I can see how people can play it when depressed. When you're depressed, you cannot enjoy any game, so it doesn't matter whether you play a shit one like DS or not.

Absolutely true. Each time you see "You Died", it tricks your brain into thinking you really just died and you don't want to kill yourself as much anymore.

>repetitive
Just like how there's only one level in the game right user? Fucking dumbass

Fucking this

This.
I personally got through depression with Monster Hunter.
It was better than sleeping all day.

Unironically this

Be nice to the aspy kid, he's just trying to make conversation.

Shut it

Lies, I wanted to PvP and got backstabbed by same lagging russian faggots with mask of the mother over and over, losing 10 games in a row, now I am even more depressed

Shut up idiot

>TFW you visit catacombs first after you get out of Asylum

I had a pretty major depressive episode for a while and Dark Souls helped me deal with it by giving me concrete goals that were challenging but surmountable. In the end, it didn't help fix it, but it did help assuage the worst effects for a while.

Good at least it helped

Hi OP.
>be me
>be dating girl for 3 years
>find out she's cheating on me
>we break up
>Dark Souls becomes backward compatible on Xbox One
>I still have a copy I never finished
>Decide to try it again
>Have to make new character, and all that jazz
>I've played SotFS at this point, so I'm feeling pretty confident
>Go Deprived
>Name him Depressed
>play through the game over the next month or so
>Ring the first bell
>Holy god, find an elevator that I'd missed the entire first time I was struggling to do just that
>Work my way through Depths for second bell
>Get stuck on the spider bitch boss for awhile
>the run sucks, but eventually kill the boss
>never rang the second bell before
>holy god this is amazing
>holy fuck yes let me in plz
>go to new place that's open
>holy fuck yes get hit by every single trap there was
>still want more
>keep going
>need it, want it, got to have it
>one-shot the boss at the end
>IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER
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>holy fuck shit the city of gods is hype
>holy fuck shit that hot bitch at the bonfire wants to bone
>stuck on the boss for awhile
>be looking shit up because I suck ass
>read about boss below
>oo sounds fun
>eventually beat O&S
>yadda yadda spoiler stuff
>get Sunlight Blade to mirror my Dark Souls 2 build
>alskdjfakls fucking epic feeling, doing Lordvessel stuff
>it's like the game is just non-stop amazing the whole way through
>get through all that jazz
>approaching last boss
>holy fuck shit each day i've played it felt like the weight of the world around me was just getting lighter, and lighter
>get stuck on last boss for awhile
>eventually figure out the whole parry thing
>fini
>NG+
>wreck through everything to the Lordvessel
>haven't played since
>moved to PC
>hasn't been on a Steam Sale since, so I haven't picked it up

Never did DLC content, and a lot of other side content I still have left to do, but waiting for PC sale.

no if anything the unrelenting tedium these games contain is bound to make a person more depressed than before

That feels like it's been a lot longer time than it actually has been, the whole time I was of course still holding down my regular job I had before the break up, and had been working on losing some weight, 'cause I packed it on pretty thick while I was dating for the last 3 years.

completely agree

Stop

>and activate tomb of giants bonfire at slvl1 with no items

Not sure about the rest but when I eventually played Demon's Souls well before Dark Souls was even announced, it sort of gave me hope with games again and did help with my depression. At the time I was extremely burnt out of all the trash games, same ol' coming out.

I've been hollow for years. Dark Souls made me realize it.

whoa such amazing world structure, so interconnected

too bad none of the areas feel believable and the transitions between them are incredibly jarring

the game will get on your nerves fast and i doubt you will be able to even finish it. even when i was not depressed i still hated it lol

Dark Souls isn't an allegory for depression, it's LITERALLY AND EXPLICITLY about depression. Going hollow is losing your will to live and your grasp on humanity.

My wife and I played dark souls together during a tough time in our lives. Things were very hard and hopeless and that feeling of actually overcoming a challenge and being rewarded with something beautiful made us both huge fans. It also helped teach us to believe in ourselves and try even when we don't think we can succeed. We beat that game and we beat those hard times. Still depressed, but there's always a small fire behind it now.

It ends depression by progressing you to the last stages of the condition making you kill youself

I have played through the first 6 times on console and pc with 50+ hours of pvp and i'm still depressed.
It makes me happy that such a well made game happened but nothing else.

what bothers me is that this is exactly like SONIC 2006,you fall trough water and die,no splash or whatever,you just die

performing simplistic repetitive actions, like the combat in dark souls, can distract you from how bleak and hopeless your life is
but then you finish the game and feel doubly shit because now you have to find something else to do

I play it when I'm depressed and I play it when I'm not depressed. Really I play it because once you get the controls down it feels like second nature, like you're just legitimately in another world. It feels better to understand and master the rules of the world even in an extremely difficult video game rather than struggle petulantly in real life. Don't get me wrong, though, I don't really play video games for escapism (well, maybe a tiny bit), I just play ones I really appreciate.

Philosophically, Dark Souls shows that "Even when everything is so far beyond fucked, reality itself is broken; even when the entire existence of all life was founded on a lie; even when you're a pissant who falls off a ledge and loses all his souls, you can either keep trying until you get it or just fuck off".

No

lol

Nice, user.

I don't have anything to say to you that you don't already know.

I'm stuck on Gwyn on NG+, the only trophy I need for the Platinum is the other ending. But it's fine. It's all fine. I've logged 700+ hours in DS2, 150+ in DS1 and I've never gotten parrying down.

dark souls is very unpopular with jews

I put 500 hours into Dark Souls when I was at a low point in my life. I think the sense of accomplishment you get when you overcome a challenge helps you feel better. I've heard people compare the thrill of beating a hard boss to taking a drug.

it's exactly this. There are many areas in dark souls that help me distance myself from my mind

I kinda get that...but if a boss beats me over and over again I get really angry. Or I did when I was younger, anyway. When you finally put them down it feels like you're getting brutal, brutal revenge. Nothing really good, just putting something back on track. These days I feel kind of bad when I kill a "difficult" boss easily.

>Hacks his game
>complains when the game is now broken

Bet you have troubles with backstabbing, too, huh?