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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shades of Green" data-source="post: 5894907" data-attributes="member: 3297">As for myself, a DM for 15 years, I suffer from a moderate anxiety disorder which manifested itself several years ago after I've cracked under the stress of working at a customer service call centre. I was also depressed as an adolescent, though this episode of my life is long past. However, I do not abuse any substances.Many other gamers I know are mentally healthy, though many use some recreational drugs on an occasional basis (especially weed) and get drunk from time to time. But a sizeable portion of young people (under 40?) in Israel smoke weed from time to time, and this is evidently so common that a specialist doctor I visited once was positively impressed (!) by the fact that I don't smoke weed.There is, however, one excellent gamer and superb role-player I know who suffers from a serious mental health issue - my fiancée. She is highly intelligent and brilliantly creative - and gets into character better than most RPGers I know - but suffers from a Personality Disorder (uncategorised type). Three or four years ago she wasn't very healthy and even tried to kill herself (and almost succeeded - was in intensive care for the weekend), but now she's under treatment and is doing much better.Now, note that gaming is far from her only hobby - she paints, makes cheese at home, collects mushrooms (and knows the entire mushroom classification guide for Israel by heart!), cooks and bakes (I also cook and bake but not as well as she does), knits, makes jewellery, makes her own clothes by hand, grows plants on our balcony and reads a lot (now she's almost through a big Lovecraft collection). Of course, the fact that she's stuck at home on disability benefits (and some help from me) and can't find a job for the time being means that she has to find herself interesting things to do. Gaming is just another hobby for her.</blockquote>

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