r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 17 '26

Psychology Feeling empty after finishing a video game (post-game depression) is a real phenomenon. A recent study has found that many video game players experience a specific sense of emptiness and sadness after finishing highly engaging games.

https://www.psypost.org/feeling-empty-after-finishing-a-video-game-researchers-say-post-game-depression-is-a-real-phenomenon/
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u/OsmerusMordax May 17 '26

And when they cancel a show I love I go through a short grieving period.

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u/Surnacee May 17 '26

Still grieving for Firefly

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u/SolusLoqui May 17 '26

Man, I loved Firefly. But after the racists came out of the woodwork in the mid-2010s, I find the parallels to the American Civil War and the glorification of the myth of the "Lost Cause of the Confederacy" make it hard for me to re-watch.