ADHD here and medicated. I needed to be pushed to the brink before I got professional help, and even then I had to choose a super expensive psychiatrist in Paris because he was one of the few taking new patients at the time, and where I didn’t have to wait a month for an appointment. That was just the first step. Then comes medication, which needs to be renewed monthly through a prescription that lasts only three days and is usable in only one pharmacy. Good luck if they don’t have any in stock — and there have been shortages all the time. Then my GP and my psychiatrist can’t seem to agree on whether I need check-ups with my psychiatrist every three months or once a year. Also, it’s clear the subject of medication is very touchy. I’ve gotten weird looks, suspicious questions, and all kinds of mistreatment. Medication has been great and has improved my life immensely, and I see it as indispensable for me to maintain any form of structure in my life. But even like that, I’ve still gone through periods of up to six months without being medicated, because the entire process is, ironically, extremely anti-ADHD.

I see it as a good thing, maybe another videogame market crash is exactly what we need so they’ll understand that not every game needs to have an overblown budget, bloated content, micro transactions, massive player retention, sell a billion copies and win awards to be a good game, it’s about time videogames are recognized as being pieces of art first and products second