Hey SG Community! I hope you're having a great day ;) Anyways, i decided to jump onto the Monthly Bundle train again yet i'm not interested in Dirt Rally nor INSIDE because i don't like Rally games and i already have INSIDE (If you haven't played that one yet, this is your chance).

I'm mostly a lurker at times but i read every thread and i can see that the community is lovely and that there are some genuine and incredible persons that make SteamGifts not just a Giveaway place, but a great site to be.

Anyways, jeffhowe's post about his ongoing struggle made me tear up a little and open up about myself:

I'm 21 years old and i live in Argentina, so its kinda hard to buy stuff in dollars at times (the exchange is absurd), but i do my best to give what i've won at times. I lost my job 2 months ago but i decided to still give away games until i no longer can do. Anyways, the true reason about this is to talk about my real condition:

I've been struggling with depression and anxiety for almost 3 years (maybe more, i can't remember the last time i was stable) and it has been a constant battle between my brain and me; its like a machine that can't stop thinking (and overthinking) and at times, i just want it to stop; to stop thinking. But then i remember that i'm still young and that i have a long life ahead of me. My job didn't make things easy, i worked as a debt collector and it was stressful and not healthy for my condition, yet i kept on going because being an only-child from a single mom without a work is hard.

From one day to another i changed from being a kid freshly out of high school with ambitions to become an English translator to a robot that only slept, ate, bathed and worked, without anything fun to do. It was a deadly routine that almost took all my hopes of getting out, yet my boss realized that i couldn't be there anymore so we arranged my indemnity until July so i have until then to get a new job.

Being unemployed again sucks, but i keep going just for the sake of my future and my will to live. Thankfully, my conidition is being controlled thanks to myself, my psychologist and my psychiatrist; and even if i have relapses where i see no future, i shrug them to keep on.

That's all i have to say, thanks for reading my words and have a great day. And for those who are in a simillar condition: You're not alone, and the only one who can change the course of battle is yourself.

Thank you. Have some games :)

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/FMlD7/dirt-rally
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Dt94i/inside

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Vroom, vroom, both public.

As someone with also MDD, GAD, HFA, I need to take a stressful job on 911, but I'm unsure If i could make it. Same 3 years on depression, but I'm taking Fluoxetin, since 15 days ago, and got better indeed, sertraline leaved me like a zombie, and living in a 3rd world country there is no access to proper health care system, but keep going,

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Yeah, i know they're both public; yet i gave them a level restriction.

Paroxetine here, it makes the job yet i wanted to quit it but i couldn't because it would make my head work out at 2000% again.
Keep on going mate, we can make it. Good luck.

7 years ago
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¿De qué parte sos mostro?

7 years ago
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Buenos Aires, CABA :)

7 years ago
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Apenas te leí ya supe que eras de Bs As. Yo soy de José C Paz, y siendo nerd de más pibito, imaginate lo que fue crecer acá. A eso, sumale violencia en la escuela y en casa. No salí tan mal, dentro de todo.
Siendo que perdiste el laburo hace 2 meses, miralo de ésta manera. Ahora tenes la oportunidad de encontrar un trabajo mejor que antes, o por lo menos, que la carga de stress sea menor, ya que, renunciar al que tenías no lo ibas a hacer, a pesar de que el mientras tanto está muy jodido.
Lo único que te queda por hacer, es seguir para adelante.

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Te entiendo, ser nerd en el colegio me trajo unos momentos horribles, pero por suerte encontré a mi gente afuera de ese lugar. No iba a renunciar por lo que se vieron forzados a que lo haga porque ya no rendía mas, y era exactamente lo que quería; obvio que sigo buscando laburo y no voy a parar porque quiero que se estabilicen las cosas antes de empezar a estudiar.

Gracias por tus palabras capo, un abrazo.

7 years ago
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Thanks for sharing your story! Stay strong & thanks for the gibs 😺

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7 years ago
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Thank you Shanti <3

7 years ago
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I can't do much from here, but have a virtual hug, because I want you to feel better :D

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Virtual hugs are always a beautiful thing, thank you <3

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Thank you for your kind words mate, it means a lot to me. I will :)

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I know it's not enough, but I can only give you my words of encouragement.
Stay strong and fight, don't give up and always think someone out there had a thought for you: it's so little. It's so much.

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