katya_stevens: If you honestly want the game, please put yourself in.

I'd also agree with akhliber in that while it might seem that western cultures are better at dealing with mental illness, it's a bit of a good and bad situation. Yes, more attention is brought to it, but there's still all the stereotypes and negative associations. Still, I suppose slow progress is better than none.

genkicolleen, that's good to hear on the progress with your daughter :) (I have read everyone else's, but I have no real comments to make.)

On a related note, and because of what stg83 posted, I got curious: who here has a de-stress or relaxing game that you head into if you've having a bad day? For me, I've found that exploration games work the best -- pick a direction and see what you find. Euro Truck Sim 2 is, at the moment, the one I turn to but I'm sure as I work through my backlog (which I will be doing as soon as I post this) I'll find a few more. I know that Proteus and Dear Esther will fulfil those criteria, and those are in my 'play next' queue.

akhliber: For me, if it's just de-stressing I'm after, something casual like Desktop Dungeons, or an artistic / exploration game like Proteus, FRACT OSC, Mirror Moon EP and such can really hit the spot. If I'm specifically dealing with anxiety, sometimes something a bit more fast-paced will actually help channel that energy and get rid of it. I'm currently using Lichdom: Battlemage for that, which could sort of be described as a "Skyrim battle simulator," though it's totally on rails. FPS games and top-down dungeon crawlers like Torchlight work wonders when I need to channel energy in a more healthy way, but for just getting the stress out, casual or explorative games work the best for me.

akhliber: Glad to hear you've stuck to it. Getting any better? I haven't gone back to try it again myself, but one day I will understand it and have a blast with it (and especially, I hope, with the Game of Thrones mod.)