[No Spoilers] How do I get over Post life is strange depression?

I am 17 and Ive been very depressed after playing the life is strange series. Life is strange really spoiled my game standards, because it was that good. Like I am basically obsessed with life is strange for some reason. The game series feels like a friend that I lost and all of the good memories flash in my head uncontrollably. Does anyone know how I can fight this? I've read two of the comics, and I'm trying to play other games like the life is strange series but I still think about the series daily.

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u/AffectionateAd4053 — 11 days ago

[No spoilers] I want to get over life is strange but its too good.

I finished life is strange 1 about a year and a half ago. The free demo was in my steam library for maybe three years before I decided to buy the full game. During my play through I was 16 and already going through a semi-rough time in my life where I was lost and did not have many friends to hang out with. Life is strange 1 is a emotional roller coaster, and it made me realize that video games can make you cry. By the end of the game I was dwelling on it for 2 weeks where i didn't play any other games, until I realized there was more life is strange content.

After my 2 week dwelling I bought life is strange before the storm, and it was great, but it didn't make me feel the same as life is strange 1. The BTS main menu song is an absolute banger though .

After playing before the storm I had another 2 week dwelling phase. The next option would obviously be life is strange 2. LIS2 was exactly what i was looking for, it had emotional scenes that hit you like a truck. I feel like the setting of LIS2 made me more interested. The LIS2 soundtrack wasn't as memorable as the original LIS1 soundtrack though, but It doesn't matter.

I didn't have as long of a dwelling phase after LIS2 as I did after I played LIS1, but I still know I had a small dwelling phase. True colors was the next option on list for me. I'll try not to upset anyone but true colors left me disappointed. The game just didn't have as many memorable characters as LIS1 or 2. The game was a good attempt but it didn't match the standards that LIS1 and 2 gave me. The wavelengths dlc was pretty good.

Time for the meat and potatoes. I am 17 now and still haven't gotten over how good life is strange 1 is. Like Ive been searching for a game that has the same kick as life is strange 1 for 6 months now. sorry if I sound like a drug addict looking for the next kick, but it has gotten almost like an addiction trying to find the next game that hits you so hard that you cry. When I was 16 I really related to max, I was into photography (But mostly other hobbies). but i wanted to be like Chloe. I wanted to be rebellious. I started doing the most rebellious things a broke teen in the suburbs with no friends could do, like sneaking onto golf courses, or blowing up fireworks in parking lots. Ive struggled with social anxiety from since I was 11, but Chloe in life is strange really made me look at my social anxiety in a different way. I realized that no one cares about what i do, and if they do they most likely are jerks that no one wants to hang out with. Life is strange 1 is stuck in my mind, and I've heard some people on reddit and other forums compare this phenomena called "post game depression" to the longing of losing a friendship or a relationship, and this is exactly how I feel. I fell like I was friends with someone that Ive built many memories with, and we separated, but the separation was out of our control. And over that year I have realized that life is all about letting go and nothing good lasts forever, and I wanted life is strange 1 to last forever but it wouldn't. Also Syd matters (I cant wait for the "Gospel of Some Sort" album) is a great artist that I discovered from life is strange 1, and back to the losing friend thing it feels like a separated friend gave me a music suggestion to listen to Syd matters before we split up and every time I listen to the artist it gives me flashbacks to the good memories that we had together. The game really just evokes a nostalgia for a time you never experienced.

I really need help on how to stop thinking about life is strange 1, I haven't replayed the game but I have read 2 of the comics. I don't want to play double exposure but I am probably going to play reunion. Maybe I should go on a manic episode of writing fan-fic life is strange comics. Please give me some game/movie/comic suggestions, or just a suggestion on how to stop thinking about life is strange 1. Maybe I need have a holiday set on my calendar called "replay life is strange 1 week".

(side note) is it weird to like a really emotional game when you are a straight male

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u/AffectionateAd4053 — 11 days ago

[No spoilers] I want to get over life is strange but its too good.

I finished life is strange 1 about a year and a half ago. The free demo was in my steam library for maybe three years before I decided to buy the full game. During my play through I was 16 and already going through a semi-rough time in my life where I was lost and did not have many friends to hang out with. Life is strange 1 is a emotional roller coaster, and it made me realize that video games can make you cry. By the end of the game I was dwelling on it for 2 weeks where i didn't play any other games, until I realized there was more life is strange content.

After my 2 week dwelling I bought life is strange before the storm, and it was great, but it didn't make me feel the same as life is strange 1. The BTS main menu song is an absolute banger though .

After playing before the storm I had another 2 week dwelling phase. The next option would obviously be life is strange 2. LIS2 was exactly what i was looking for, it had emotional scenes that hit you like a truck. I feel like the setting of LIS2 made me more interested. The LIS2 soundtrack wasn't as memorable as the original LIS1 soundtrack though, but It doesn't matter.

I didn't have as long of a dwelling phase after LIS2 as I did after I played LIS1, but I still know I had a small dwelling phase. True colors was the next option on list for me. I'll try not to upset anyone but true colors left me disappointed. The game just didn't have as many memorable characters as LIS1 or 2. The game was a good attempt but it didn't match the standards that LIS1 and 2 gave me. The wavelengths dlc was pretty good.

Time for the meat and potatoes. I am 17 now and still haven't gotten over how good life is strange 1 is. Like Ive been searching for a game that has the same kick as life is strange 1 for 6 months now. sorry if I sound like a drug addict looking for the next kick, but it has gotten almost like an addiction trying to find the next game that hits you so hard that you cry. When I was 16 I really related to max, I was into photography (But mostly other hobbies). but i wanted to be like Chloe. I wanted to be rebellious. I started doing the most rebellious things a broke teen in the suburbs with no friends could do, like sneaking onto golf courses, or blowing up fireworks in parking lots. Ive struggled with social anxiety from since I was 11, but Chloe in life is strange really made me look at my social anxiety in a different way. I realized that no one cares about what i do, and if they do they most likely are jerks that no one wants to hang out with. Life is strange 1 is stuck in my mind, and I've heard some people on reddit and other forums compare this phenomena called "post game depression" to the longing of losing a friendship or a relationship, and this is exactly how I feel. I fell like I was friends with someone that Ive built many memories with, and we separated, but the separation was out of our control. And over that year I have realized that life is all about letting go and nothing good lasts forever, and I wanted life is strange 1 to last forever but it wouldn't. Also Syd matters (I cant wait for the "Gospel of Some Sort" album) is a great artist that I discovered from life is strange 1, and back to the losing friend thing it feels like a separated friend gave me a music suggestion to listen to Syd matters before we split up and every time I listen to the artist it gives me flashbacks to the good memories that we had together. The game really just evokes a nostalgia for a time you never experienced.

I really need help on how to stop thinking about life is strange 1, I haven't replayed the game but I have read 2 of the comics. I don't want to play double exposure but I am probably going to play reunion. Maybe I should go on a manic episode of writing fan-fic life is strange comics. Please give me some game/movie/comic suggestions, or just a suggestion on how to stop thinking about life is strange 1. Maybe I need have a holiday set on my calendar called "replay life is strange 1 week".

(side note) is it weird to like an emotional game when you are a straight male

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u/AffectionateAd4053 — 11 days ago

[No spoilers] I want to get over life is strange but its too good.

I finished life is strange 1 about a year and a half ago. The free demo was in my steam library for maybe three years before I decided to buy the full game. During my play through I was 16 and already going through a semi-rough time in my life where I was lost and did not have many friends to hang out with. Life is strange 1 is a emotional roller coaster, and it made me realize that video games can make you cry. By the end of the game I was dwelling on it for 2 weeks where i didn't play any other games, until I realized there was more life is strange content.

After my 2 week dwelling I bought life is strange before the storm, and it was great, but it didn't make me feel the same as life is strange 1. The BTS main menu song is an absolute banger though .

After playing before the storm I had another 2 week dwelling phase. The next option would obviously be life is strange 2. LIS2 was exactly what i was looking for, it had emotional scenes that hit you like a truck. I feel like the setting of LIS2 made me more interested. The LIS2 soundtrack wasn't as memorable as the original LIS1 soundtrack though, but It doesn't matter.

I didn't have as long of a dwelling phase after LIS2 as I did after I played LIS1, but I still know I had a small dwelling phase. True colors was the next option on list for me. I'll try not to upset anyone but true colors left me disappointed. The game just didn't have as many memorable characters as LIS1 or 2. The game was a good attempt but it didn't match the standards that LIS1 and 2 gave me. The wavelengths dlc was pretty good.

Time for the meat and potatoes. I am 17 now and still haven't gotten over how good life is strange 1 is. Like Ive been searching for a game that has the same kick as life is strange 1 for 6 months now. sorry if I sound like a drug addict looking for the next kick, but it has gotten almost like an addiction trying to find the next game that hits you so hard that you cry. When I was 16 I really related to max, I was into photography (But mostly other hobbies). but i wanted to be like Chloe. I wanted to be rebellious. I started doing the most rebellious things a broke teen in the suburbs with no friends could do, like sneaking onto golf courses, or blowing up fireworks in parking lots. Ive struggled with social anxiety from since I was 11, but Chloe in life is strange really made me look at my social anxiety in a different way. I realized that no one cares about what i do, and if they do they most likely are jerks that no one wants to hang out with. Life is strange 1 is stuck in my mind, and I've heard some people on reddit and other forums compare this phenomena called "post game depression" to the longing of losing a friendship or a relationship, and this is exactly how I feel. I fell like I was friends with someone that Ive built many memories with, and we separated, but the separation was out of our control. And over that year I have realized that life is all about letting go and nothing good lasts forever, and I wanted life is strange 1 to last forever but it wouldn't. Also Syd matters (I cant wait for the "Gospel of Some Sort" album) is a great artist that I discovered from life is strange 1, and back to the losing friend thing it feels like a separated friend gave me a music suggestion to listen to Syd matters before we split up and every time I listen to the artist it gives me flashbacks to the good memories that we had together. The game really just evokes a nostalgia for a time you never experienced.

I really need help on how to stop thinking about life is strange 1, I haven't replayed the game but I have read 2 of the comics. I don't want to play double exposure but I am probably going to play reunion. Maybe I should go on a manic episode of writing fan-fic life is strange comics. Please give me some game/movie/comic suggestions, or just a suggestion on how to stop thinking about life is strange 1. Maybe I need have a holiday set on my calendar called "replay life is strange 1 week".

(side note) is it weird to like a game mostly about girls and girl drama when you are a straight male

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u/AffectionateAd4053 — 14 days ago