Hello I also found this subreddit by lurking in /r/3DS. I'm 21 and I've suffered from depression and anxiety for several years now. I've pretty much spent most of my life being told I'm useless and a waste by my family and even kids at school..life has been hard and I had a really dark time my senior year where I almost considered suicide to escape. Thankfully that same year I found my girlfriend who managed to help give me a reason to live and showed that she cared about me. By my 18th birthday I managed to escape my moms and go live at my grandma's. Unfortunately I didn't get the support I needed or the best environment there either and as of last year I moved in with my girlfriend of 4 years. Gaming and music have always been my escape. It's helped me deal with blocking out abusive family and just getting away from stress in general. As of today I mostly just game and try to get myself to move on and try to get a job but it's just so hard to do because sometimes I'm just too depressed to go for it and when I do go for it I just get really scared and let my social anxiety get the best of me. I've also been spending a lot of time alone lately because my gf is out at work a lot and most of my friends have been very busy. So I was hoping to come here and maybe make more friends to play some games with. I play a lot of zelda, souls/borne games, any smash bros, metal gear solid, and I just recently got into monster hunter 4 ultimate. Well that's my intro..I hope we can be friends and fight through depression and anxiety together! I'm glad this subreddit is a thing. It really seems like a great idea.