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Anxiety Gaming Wants To Offer Mental Help Via Game Console
An Ominous Cow Erred writes "In an odd approach to reaching out to otherwise shut-in sufferers of mental distress, an organization called Anxiety Gaming is betting that online intervention is the best way to reach people with emotional difficulties. Their argument is that the social nature of modern gaming makes it a valid means of reaching people who might not otherwise seek help through more traditional channels. According to their Facebook page, their future intentions seem to include distributing consoles to homes for foster youth, to encourage them to look to games for positival interpersonal communication."
I thought of myself as a anti-social lonewolf.
Then one day I went out and bought a barbell and about 70KG of plates. I don't know what my problem was, feeling insecure about the way my body looked or some deep rooted issue about how weak and vulnerable I was. The latter I think, possibly from how much I got beat up in elementary school.
The anxiety is gone now, and I feel empowered by interaction with other people. Maybe act even a bit cocky and bullheaded. All it takes is the will to change.