#sad rant

Outer Wilds is so dear to us for a variety of personal and shared reasons. And it used to be that the positive emotions brought on by the experience of playing the game trickled over into the spirit of the fandom.

But lately I've noticed that here on the Tumblr community, things have changed for the worse. Now artists are disappearing in droves because an unpleasant zeitgeist has seeped in. It's really sad...

The overarching story of Outer Wilds is that of curiosity and legacy and camaraderie, the coming together of ages and peoples to realise an ultimate goal, of empathy and understanding and connection through acknowledging the hardships others have had to endure to get to where they are today.

These sorts of things are meant to bring people together. They help us to remember that every individual on here is someone who deserves respect and kindness. They're not supposed to make us invalidate or push each other away.

I had a kind of rough day today. My head started pounding and racing and I got overwhelmed at nothing and everything at the same time. It may be from the lack of sleep, but I don't know. Everything was too loud, too much, too.

This hasn't happened to me before. I've had rough days, but that was just when my depression really hit me hard. Nothing like the pure, overwhelming pressure I felt today.

It wasn't even a difficult day. I went shopping, baked some banana bread, and helped clean the pantry. That was it! And yet, I still felt really overwhelmed and mentally exhausted.

My social battery usually lasts me all day, but by the time we got to the store, it was drained. I don't know, it was just weird and I hate it. I hate when I get days like this.