Content warning: The articles of Mental Health Week deal with different aspects of mental health and sometimes include examples of negative emotions and unhealthy behaviors that can cause negative reactions in some people. Please be careful with texts that potentially contain triggering topics for you. Why just FTL? With stubbornness, despite and frustration against dark thoughts How FTL helped me FTL, my rescue ring Whenever I was trapped in dark thoughts in the past and I did not see me looking for help with friends to keep the monsters away, I found refuge in video games. They have been one of my coping mechanisms for a long time, if I feel that I slide back into a depressive phase and everything feels a bit heavier and bleakless than it should be. Like many other gamers, I play (not only, but also) video games when I need a break from reality. Or myself and my own head. He was never more clearly aware of how in a particularly hard night almost ten years ago as suddenly the de...