I've gone to a counselor before. It helped the first meeting and then it just ended up being an irritating waste of time.
But I think from the fact that I mentioned the indie game that it's obvious I've found more than one thing to be hyped over, it's just that whenever I find something else it inevitably ALSO ends up being only me who's trying to enjoy it.
My point was that as a Sonic fan you should know what it's like to be told you aren't allowed to like something because of it's reputation, not that you should know how to not complain about anything. I have some complaints about how Nintendo has handled certain things too. It doesn't mean I won't give them the benefit of the doubt on things that could easily have a logical reason behind them.
To be honest, being told that being irritated that people are complaining incessantly about everything I try to look into means I need clinical help kind of stings a bit.
It's definitely not you alone who enjoys the things you love, because they wouldn't be being made if that was the case.
I know what it's like to have people tell me what I should or shouldn't like (have you been following this discussion and all of the comments telling me I can't be a bit cynical about Nintendo?), but I don't deal with that by arguing with them for the sake of changing their mind to make myself feel better or anything. If they have a good reason to feel the way they do then I won't challenge that at all.
And no, I didn't tell you to see a counsellor for having an opinion. You literally went on a rant about how you only have one or two things you're excited for in life. Those were your exact words, and you say how you get very angry when people aren't positive about those things. If those things were big important things like a job interview or something I would get it, but what you described sounded like the NX and some video game.
Most people I know that have said stuff like that, including close friends, have had serious mental health problems, including suicidal tendencies. Because in no world is it healthy to only have that narrow an interest, especially over things that are ultimately priveleges, and get so upset over negativity towards things like that.
I don't intend to interrogate you on your personal issues but I just wanted you to know where I was coming from. You said something very similar to friends of mine, and those friends have ended up having serious mental health issues. Not everyone is the same, but since those experiences hit close to home, it worries me when I see anybody say things like that, and I've admittedly been in a position of unhealthy apathy before, even if not quite as bad as others. If you were my close friend, I would have just talked to you, but since I don't know you very well, I just suggested you see a counsellor while still putting a small offer to PM me about the gaming side of things (like you seem to like certain things that "only you like" that I know I like, like Tails as a character, for example, so if you needed someone to talk to on those kinds of things, then I'm willing to hear you out).
So if that makes me such a bad guy or worth villifying like some people seem to think, then fine. Apologies for being concerned about a user I actually think is pretty legit, and putting that before our differences in opinion on a ****ing video game console.
EDIT: Leaving this here because I think it's worth posting, I think people here could learn a thing or two.
