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• Gonna use this sock puppet account since I don't feel like putting this on my main one...

  While there is an issue with toxicity in this community (and what is considered to be toxicity) I think that there's more to the issue- as others stated, many things can and will effect your mental health, but some things might not effect you as much as another person. (Sort of like how some people manage pain better then others.) I think people need to figure out the core as to why it effects them as a person.

  While DBD has effected my mental health negatively before, it's been through no fault of it's own. I sometimes use video games as a means to cope- playing them instead of facing my issues with my mental illnesses and trying to work through them. If I have a few good games and then multiple bad games of DBD to the point it brings me to tears or makes me feel terrible, it's not because of the game- it's because of me. I expected the game to let me escape from negativity. When I'm then faced with something I percieved to be negative, sometimes I don't realise it's bugging me until it's too late- and then the sense of escapism is ruined, and my mood and mental health will worsen as a result until I can recover a bit- usually from taking a long nap. DBD is generally positive for me, just like Overwatch and just like other hobbies- but when I'm down and push myself too hard with my mental illness, they will make me fall.

  My point is, while it is entirely your choice as to whether or not you keep playing, I think the bigger thing is to just realize what causes the game to have a negative impact on your mental health. If you don't know why you're getting such a negative reaction from DBD, the issue can easily follow you.

  in The Psychological Effect of DbD Comment by onetimeuse October 2, 2020