Doom 2016 has a very impressive feature in their game: An in-depth, Forge-like content creator/editor known as Snapmap. I started venturing into that side of the disc earlier this week. It only took 18 seconds to find that my dreams came true, in every sense of the phrase. And more.

The original author, only known as Dooooom, has blessed the populace with Chainsaw Bloodbath--a verbatim realization of my most vivid fantasies. With invincibility to boot.

This...is now my official Therapy.

I had a terrible day today, for example—I won't bother anyone with the details, to avoid everyone finding a way to blame me for all of it—but long story short by 4 PM I was just ready to kill everything ever made. Until I remembered a healthier way to douse the flames of murderous desire—right at home, minutes away!

So I put the thing on, played some music, and bam--the first thing that came on was You're My Best Friend. The Glee version, at that!! My shit did a 180 so fast, I was right up there singing along with the first chorus. And it felt so good playing such a heartwarming song while ripping hundreds of thousands of demons into indistinguishable sections of meat and bathing in their freely spraying blood while picturing everyone I hate...

(sighs) I'm happy....happy at home!

My point is (other than joy of not needing to waste thousands on pills and psychiatrists) is that if you find something that makes you happy, do it. That's all you need. If you get angry, you find your happy place, and do whatever you need to do to get there. If it's sunbathing on a secluded beach, a spoonful of a delectable hot fudge sundae, taking a quiet hot bath with the one you love, or dislodging stuck blade teeth from a creature's large intestine, enjoy the shuddering pleasurable ecstasy that can be found from the simplest infinite chainsaw mod. Because from now on, whenever I have a bad day at work or at home, or if I get accosted by idiots, or if insomnia keeps me awake all night, or if another thing on my car breaks, or every single time I ever look at the news:

I'll just go to Therapy. And in five minutes, everything will be fiiiine.
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1) THANK YOU. I honestly had no idea that SnapMap was PvE and had completely dismissed it. You have literally given me yet another reason to love this game.

2) While I understand what you mean, don't dismiss the idea of counseling just yet. I'm not a fan of psychiatrists and pills, but at least an appointment with a psychologist could be very healthy. Having an unrelated 3rd party help you with some guided introspection is way, way underrated. At the very least talk to someone, anyone. Externalizing stuff in a way other people understand makes you understand yourself better. Kind of like teaching people help you understand the subject a lot better.

Edit: It seems the word 'psychologist' carries a different weight over there. I suppose I only meant 'counselor'. Sorry if it sounded like I was implying anything that you might offensive in any way.

Therapy is great. Would 100% recommend it to anyone who is willing to let it help them and has coverage/can afford it.

I'd also recommend avoiding pills unless absolutely necessary. Wasn't fun in the slightest.

Yep. Single player, co-op and multi. That Snapmap tool is amazing. One of the top 10 downloads is a near-perfect recreation of The Pillar of Autumn--weapons included!

That sounds like the kind of therapy I could use right now!

Hugs are great, amazing even

..but sometimes..

it's just more of an endless chainsaw therapy kind of situation

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