Depression is a really touchy topic and I only know it from my point of view so correct me however you want. That would be great.
Now I do well agree with the fact that meeting positive people online through games or anime does help people cope with depression, it's still just an 'if'. If, perhaps, you didn't meet those people? If no one bothered to reach out to you, what then? You'd keep playing the games and watching anime alone, slowly getting sucked into an even deeper depression and not being able to climb out of the hole you dug yourself.
Now some people are likely thinking 'If you just open up to people they'll help you out.' right? Oh wait. Lmao. I totally forgot that no one talks to me positively in the first place. 'This is why I got depressed and started using these things I call hobbies as escapism!' See? What helps that person then? Really it all comes down to your ability to become close to people when you put other things aside. I was born into a well off family and even graduated highschool without being bullied for 10 years with all the same classmates, not a single one of those people talked to me enough for those things. Not even close. I have tried multiple times but I'm like a fucking repellant to human contact. By now I pretty much figured why it happens so I'm as emotionally unstable as before, I mean, what else do depressed people think about other that 'why?' ? Some things like that just repeat because the solution you want so much also had something to do with the cause.
A simple execution of the process consisting of 'find cause' > 'look for solution' > 'apply solution' > 'BAM FIXED' will always hit a snag somewhere with these things. People who actually get to the last step are simply people who have lucked out and were able to find people who were able to be sincere.
Now I do well agree with the fact that meeting positive people online through games or anime does help people cope with depression, it's still just an 'if'. If, perhaps, you didn't meet those people? If no one bothered to reach out to you, what then? You'd keep playing the games and watching anime alone, slowly getting sucked into an even deeper depression and not being able to climb out of the hole you dug yourself.
Now some people are likely thinking 'If you just open up to people they'll help you out.' right? Oh wait. Lmao. I totally forgot that no one talks to me positively in the first place. 'This is why I got depressed and started using these things I call hobbies as escapism!' See? What helps that person then? Really it all comes down to your ability to become close to people when you put other things aside. I was born into a well off family and even graduated highschool without being bullied for 10 years with all the same classmates, not a single one of those people talked to me enough for those things. Not even close. I have tried multiple times but I'm like a fucking repellant to human contact. By now I pretty much figured why it happens so I'm as emotionally unstable as before, I mean, what else do depressed people think about other that 'why?' ? Some things like that just repeat because the solution you want so much also had something to do with the cause.
A simple execution of the process consisting of 'find cause' > 'look for solution' > 'apply solution' > 'BAM FIXED' will always hit a snag somewhere with these things. People who actually get to the last step are simply people who have lucked out and were able to find people who were able to be sincere.