| In my humble opinion anime can fix any issue you have if you just watch enough, as it becomes a bigger issue. |
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| It fixed my boredom issue. And helps with my patience and concentration issues. |
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Anime and manga can inspire you to make positive changes and improve yourself. At least it has worked that way for me a couple of times. 😊☝️ |
| It helps me feel and express emotions which is extremely difficult for me to do irl |
| There were a few times where i was just habing a very bad day, if it was a good show, i felt much better afterwards |
| anime helps me a lot. it's something i can easily distract myself with so i can avoid thinking about my unfixable messed up life my only two regrets are that i didn't start earlier and that i can't watch more now as i sleep for the most of the day due to new psych meds |
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| Gurren Lagann helped with my low confidence in myself and changed the way I act as well as my overall view on life. Other series have helped me in other ways but nothing changed me as much as Gurren Lagann. |
  『ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴ-ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴊᴜᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜰɪʀᴇ』 Then her jaw slackened as she muttered out. [I... am the bi◼️?] ☽ † ☾ - ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀɪᴇꜱ- ꜱɪɢ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ʙʏ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴᴛᴡɪɢ |
| nope, nhk ni youkoso is really the only thing that actually dives into social anxiety but even then i never really had it when i was watching it. although nowadays i do find myself somewhat connecting with the protagonist |
| good opinions on anything, block = I own you |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion made me quit my university course and it's helped me, I was studying something that I didn't want to |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
| It helped me in boosting my confidence............ |
| Haven't found a good anime dialogue to copy yet!! |
| The best anime can fix is a self diagnosed condition. People can ultimately say and think what they want, it just feels like a cheap mockery when they make ludicrous claims such as being "saved" by anime or whatnot. I'm not saying anime can't help at all, but they're designed to entertain, not to treat mental health conditions. There's zero need to make watching anime seem nobler than it actually is, less than zero if by doing so one belittles actual problems. What's noble about that? |
RentNoGirlfriend said: The best anime can fix is a self diagnosed condition. People can ultimately say and think what they want, it just feels like a cheap mockery when they make ludicrous claims such as being "saved" by anime or whatnot. I'm not saying anime can't help at all, but they're designed to entertain, not to treat mental health conditions. There's zero need to make watching anime seem nobler than it actually is, less than zero if by doing so one belittles actual problems. What's noble about that? I think what people mean when 'anime saved them' is that it provides them with enough distraction from their depression/anxiety/etc....to not constantly have to deal with it, not actually healing it or anything like that. That would be pretty wild indeed. But as far as escapism goes, anime is one of the best services so I see where they're coming from. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Alcoholicide said: Yea basically I sneaked into my reply aI think what people mean when 'anime saved them' is that it provides them with enough distraction from their depression/anxiety/etc....to not constantly have to deal with it, not actually healing it or anything like that. That would be pretty wild indeed. But as far as escapism goes, anime is one of the best services so I see where they're coming from. I'm not saying anime can't help at all, but they're designed to entertain, not to treat mental health conditions. precisely to avoid bashing escapism and a few other peripheral instances in which anime is indeed capable of providing assistence. So yea if that's what people mean by "saved" then I understand the hyperbole and my reply is not for them. |
| Yep, clannad helped me to know what real depression is. |
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| Utena taught me how to be a proud revolutionary and fight the good fight. |
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| I believe that anime may have helped me realize that I'm a woman, although there were many other real-life signs as well growing up. |
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| Any Cute Girls Doing Cute Things always boosts my mind. |
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| It helped me when i was depressed after being involved in a debilitating injury. Watching the new shows on anime network gave me something to look forward to after physical therapy. |
| My waifu is the most wonderful waifu. Mai Valentine. We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by |
| Don't y'all keep deluding yourselves while actually it faltered our your mentality instead? Escapism is not something positive or healthy after all. |
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| Not really but it is a good distraction. I learned and motivated by some anime that I watched. RentNoGirlfriend said: The best anime can fix is a self diagnosed condition. People can ultimately say and think what they want, it just feels like a cheap mockery when they make ludicrous claims such as being "saved" by anime or whatnot. I'm not saying anime can't help at all, but they're designed to entertain, not to treat mental health conditions. There's zero need to make watching anime seem nobler than it actually is, less than zero if by doing so one belittles actual problems. What's noble about that? Well said. 100% agree with your statement. When I had depression when I was uni student. I watched anime in attempt to distract me from having bad thoughts and to cheer me up. However, I never say any anime/manga/games saved me because in the end, like u said ,they're just an entertainment. |
| Some stupid people believe if they jump from building/suicide they can go to isekai, have special power, said nonsense, and do something ridiculous. |
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| I don't think I have a mental issue, so I would have to say no. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| It is and always has been a distraction for me, a distraction that only made things worse. I like to think if i never returned to anime in 2020 i would be fine now, but thats probably not true. It wasnt the fact that it was a distraction which made things worse, it was the stories themselves which made me spiral. Anime was the catalyst for me, i think, well i guess it just sped things up |
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| I don't have any mental health issues, but watching anime entertains me I'll say that. |
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| Anime may be able to give you a new perspective on life or the inspiration to address a personal issue, so in that regard I agree with the sentiment. But no one should be under the illusion that watching Anime alone will do anything for them other than kill time. Inspiration and perspectives are great, but if you do not ever put them into action, then what’s the point? Nothing in the world can save you if you are not willing to save yourself. |
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| You're better seek psychiatry for mental health issues instead. |
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| I guess you can somewhat call it as a coping mechanism for me |
| anime that make you smile are a preventative measure against depression. |
| Yeah anime makes me happy; when not watching anime, I just feel sad. |
| replying to all people saying anime can't cure mental health condition ofc it can't. it wasn't designed as a cure from the start but some mental conditions are so severe that the best psychiatry has to offer is enabling you to live some shadow resemblance of a normal life and it's very sad and painful to know everyone is going forward while you fight to just stay at the same place in life because if you gave up you'd fall into a pit that's where people need something to distract themselves with. some people choose alcohol or games or whatever. some people choose media as a distractor. somehow anime is a better distractor than western shows for me. that what i meant when i said anime helps me a lot i can't claim the same about other people in this thread but i think that's true for many mal users tldr anime can't cure you but it can't help you avoid thinking of your problems too much. |
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| Currently Ichigo Mashimaro is making me forget my crippling depression. |
| Get help Stan😂😂😂 Jk You cool |
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| Happy anime make me happier sometimes. But specifically, it such cures my boredom issues and gives me entertainment. |
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| Gintama literally turned my life upside down. I owe everything to Gintoki and Hideaki Sorachi. I dont know what to say anymore :v |
| Yes it did, especially the yandere troupe, i wish they'd make more animes like that |
| Mental health issues has become the number one excuse to avoid work and responsibilities... They're all envious of my Neet lifestyles and want to experience that.. that's the truth, even if they're denial and say otherwise.. |
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| Helped yeah, even when shit have been at rockbottom, my all time favorites where they to make me smile a bit. Especially two of my favorites characters, it made things a bit easier. |
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| Anime was a way to cope with my misery as a kid. It was also the first form of art to have ever impressed me. Mind you this is not the anime of today but of more than a decade ago when anime still had individually recognizable stylistic differences (the art was not streamlined like today), the characters had broad appeal in their design and development (not catering to otakus but to the broad general populace), and most of all, the story themes and explored concepts dealt with more philosophical and intellectual matters (war, personal growth, the human nature, the meaning/definition of love, etc). |
| There's no inherent right or wrong in this universe, but when we think with emotions rather than logic, we make things so. |
| Yes, the anime brought me out of a great depression. where I could find enormous happiness in many stories |
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| Yaaaaas. Anime has fixed my libido issues bc basically I had erectile dysfunction but then I started watching Chainsaw Man and I saw Hayakawa kun and uh yeah my dick got repaired desu. nah, i act more autistic after watching anime, and i never thought that was a bad idea, since i enjoyed it. |
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| Sadly no anime can help in that. Better visit a doctor and tell them about your problems. |
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| Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni. It helped a lot... |
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| Japanese anime (oxymoron?) revolves around suicide, dating and NEET culture so how can that be good for today's crazy spectra of degenerates? |
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| Yes, almost all of the anime in my favorite list have helped and encouraged me to be better in some way or another in fact. Hasn't solved all my problems, but made me feel better with myself. |
 MOKUSHI KUSHIMO SHIMOKU KUMOSHI MOSHIKU SHIKUMO. |
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