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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tuft" data-source="post: 5586189" data-attributes="member: 60045">My experience is with longtime depression.To me, all the things that can make you feel a little better when you are down becomes much, much more important, such as e.g. comfort eating and, yes, comfort gaming. It cuts both ways, though. The gaming highs are higher and the good spots are more important, but the lows are also much lower.You also become a worse player; when things don't go your way, it's much harder to express your needs and wants. Often, when there is a difference in opinion, it can be worked out by just communicating, and minor setbacks can be bridged by talking to the DM and the other players. When you are depressed, these can turn into insurmountable obstacles, pushing you into that downwards spiral of self doubt, self loathing and lack of drive and initiative that is always a danger with depressions. You feel bad due to what's happening at the gaming table, but it's absolutely impossible to open your mouth and say something about it.Depressions are quite nasty too; you don't really ever get totally free from them - you just learn to live with them...</blockquote>