Sometimes I can’t get over the power of stories. Like, right now, as I write this, I feel fucked up by a story driven podcast I listen to. Someone spoke words about a bunch of lovable idiots and so now I sit on my couch and have more feeling in me than I have had for a long time. And I am not even depressed right now, well not too depressed.
I bring up depression since in this case it is relevant. When I get depressed, I become all consuming of stories, all types. Books, Video Games, Podcast, webcomics, it does not matter the media. It’s not escapism for me, it is a way of feeling despite the crushing apathy that is depression.
Story telling is important for so many reasons, but for me, one of the biggest is how much it make me feel on bad days and how much it drives me to go out and interact with the world on the good.