Here Comes a Thought – Let’s Talk About Depression and Emotional Health

This Might Alarm You Alright fam, I want to get real with ya right here and dive as deep as I can (cue Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Baby I Like it Raw”) as I open up to all you readers. I want to talk about depression and emotional health. This seems as good of a time as any to bring up this topic. It’s nearly winter: a season when many people experience loneliness. In addition, the current political climate has many feeling unheard and disconnected. As nerds, as gamers, as people who enjoy geek culture and all the different avenues it gives us, depression is something we don’t talk about enough. Sure, the occasional show like Steven Universe will tackle that from time to time. Perhaps someone like Doctor NerdLove might address relationships and emotional health. Even when the resources are there for us to take in, we are still not talking about it as a community as openly as we should. Now, I want to start out by saying that we live in a time where it is a lot easier to talk about depression — to understand that it comes in many shapes and forms, and affects everyone differently. That being said, ‘a lot easier’ doesn’t mean easy. For many people it’s difficult to define, let alone discuss…especially when you are the one dealing with it.

This topic is important to me, but full disclosure: I’m freakin’ terrified to write this. I’m scared that by putting everything out there, I may be looked at differently. My family, my friends… the people who mean the most in my life might think…