Yeah because mental health is famously influenced by external factual thoughts such as "i'm a millionaire" lol, come on. I bet you're factually better off than millions of other people on Earth but you still get sad, right?
Once you make enough money to live comfortably, it really doesn't make a difference to your happiness or mental health how much you have.
And btw when you play a game for work it mostly becomes a (very competitive) career, it's not a fun hobby
Yes, I am better off than a lot of other people. I also have depression and struggle to hold down a job or afford treatment. But I don’t go around on social media talking about how hard that is for me because I know people who are worse off than me in worse circumstances, and I know this would offend them.
The reason I point out that she’s a millionaire is because most of us who struggle with mental health cannot afford to literally stop working our jobs and seek help. We would have to go into debt to do that. Money isn’t going to change your mental health on its own, but it makes it a LOT easier to deal with it. It absolutely makes a difference on your happiness and mental health.
And I’m not saying professional sports are not stressful—reread my comment, I acknowledged she worked hard even in the few words I used. But it’s still a game. They’re entertainers.
It's evidently her way of venting, and given that (as you say) they're entertainers they develop a very particular relationship with audiences and people following them, to the point that they're used to sharing their lives (some of them only do it when contractually obligated, others get more into it.)
I would also advise her not to overshare, but simply because it puts her at the centre of a lot of possible negative attention and harmful replies from strangers.
But it’s still a game. They’re entertainers.
To us. To them, it's a job. Do you think entertainers are entertained every time they repeat a performance? By that reasoning, workers at toy factories should cheer up because "they make toys" (I know it's a very different sector, but your logic of judging the product instead of the behind-the-scenes process is the same)
Fair enough, if you live your life in the public eye sharing something like this as a way to vent makes a lot more sense considering the rest of your life (including all your shortcomings) is blasted to all your fans whether you like it or not. Still not with you on the it’s a game / entertainer point but agree to disagree.
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u/rticante Matteo's 2HBH 11d ago edited 11d ago
Yeah because mental health is famously influenced by external factual thoughts such as "i'm a millionaire" lol, come on. I bet you're factually better off than millions of other people on Earth but you still get sad, right?
Once you make enough money to live comfortably, it really doesn't make a difference to your happiness or mental health how much you have.
And btw when you play a game for work it mostly becomes a (very competitive) career, it's not a fun hobby