How My First Video Game That Changed My Life

Back in 2007, I was introduced to my first video game and it Madden 2007 on the Wii but this was also the year my parents got divorced in late August. I remember before they got divorced I would be down there for hours playing as the New England Patriots and I would always pick the computer to play as the Miami Dolphins because they were the worst rated team on that game. When I would be down there I would remember always running the ball and scoring a lot of touchdowns, I would be down there for hours alone just enjoying my free time. The TV would sometimes go black so you would have to hit the side so that the TV could show the game again, this is something I would not forget even to this day 11 years later.

My parents ended up getting divorced

Back in 8th grade, my best friend at the time Jack Carlson moved away to Georgie because his dad got a new job so I still play Xbox with him and we talk, let's flash forward to the sophomore year. This has to be the hardest year of my life, and I don’t know the exact definition for having depression but I definitely know my anxiety mixed with my being very sad all the time made me depressed. I was very sad at this time in my life and would often come home and question my existence in this world and what I really meant to people, I may look happy but thats because of my best friends keeping me happy and because of video games, it was like an outlet for me to forget about the tough times and really just enjoy the moment, this is what I learned, you could be so caught up in the past, you should just enjoy what time you have on this earth and no one should take that from you. For me video games are not just a waste of time as many people view it as, I view it as more as therapy because it got me through my parents divorce, losing friends and also dealing with being depressed and who knows what I have done without video games because I am glad I discovered this in