u/TboltG

I've been a hardcore gamer most of my life it has been a huge part of my life but almost from the last 2-3 years I've been really feeling a bit off about everything I used to enjoy in life, making art, music and gaming as well. I have played almost all souls games from FromSoftware, almost all GTA games from Rockstar, Pokemon, Mario and other Nintendo games, Resident Evil 2, Final Fantasy VII remake, Nier Automata, Assassin's Creed from 1 to 4, Control, all Uncharted games, Persona 4 and 5, all Batman Arkham games, Marvel's Spider-Man and most of the popular games. I used to keep track of all new game trailers, gaming events, shows etc.

But I've been living in a very toxic environment for a long time that made me very depressed and made me lose interest in my hobbies including gaming. I took therapy for almost 1.5 years, tried to get my life back together and recently moved to a new place so the environment is different now. I want to get back into gaming again, it was the happiest time of my life and made me live through very hard times. What are your suggestions for someone who wants to reignite their love for gaming?

I engage in many subs including men and women. And one thing I notice clearly is whenever a woman makes posts about her struggles, a lot of other women and sometimes men as well show immense support in the comments, they uplift each other and make them feel valued and heard. But in many cases with men there is no such support instead there is mocking, judgement, harsh criticism, and general lack of empathy.

Why is that? A lot of men as well seek support from women and look for female validation. Can we do something to change this? And then issues like male loneliness become even worse day by day. And some men feel that only a woman can fix their life and their lack of emotional support.

I'm not saying this to put down women or that men and women shouldn't get along with each other or seek support from each other but I want to uplift men because women already have their support system why don't men try to help and support each other?