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Hi all,
Thought you might be interested in this. Some people made a depression simulator/choose-your-own-adventure game. I've played it through a few times and it seems pretty accurate to me, and all of the people on Reddit who are struggling with depression claim that it's extremely accurate. It's supposed to provide insight to non-depressed people about what depression is like (including the total loss of energy and motivation) and why a depressed person can't just "get over it." I'm definitely going to show it to my abnormal psych class when we cover mood disorders.
Reddit thread discussing simulator - http://www.reddit.com/r/psychology/comments/18lhze/a_depression_simulator_chooseyourownadventure/
Simulator - http://www.beesgo.biz/dq/DQfinal.html
My first time was really bad--I made myself so profoundly depressed that I didn't even have the energy or motivation to go see a therapist. My second time through was better, I improved somewhat thanks to CBT. 🙂
Thought you might be interested in this. Some people made a depression simulator/choose-your-own-adventure game. I've played it through a few times and it seems pretty accurate to me, and all of the people on Reddit who are struggling with depression claim that it's extremely accurate. It's supposed to provide insight to non-depressed people about what depression is like (including the total loss of energy and motivation) and why a depressed person can't just "get over it." I'm definitely going to show it to my abnormal psych class when we cover mood disorders.
Reddit thread discussing simulator - http://www.reddit.com/r/psychology/comments/18lhze/a_depression_simulator_chooseyourownadventure/
Simulator - http://www.beesgo.biz/dq/DQfinal.html
My first time was really bad--I made myself so profoundly depressed that I didn't even have the energy or motivation to go see a therapist. My second time through was better, I improved somewhat thanks to CBT. 🙂