EVERYTHING WILL KILL YOU | Shut In

1:07 Narrator : "Get out of bed !" Mark, nonchalantly : "Ok, I'm trying" I don't think he realizes how layered that throwaway sentence he just spoke was

Markiplier: "Yes I'll stick my arm into the trash and the toilet!" Me: West of Loathing Flashbacks

Game: Open the jar? Mark: No I wanted to place the ja- Game: H E H A S C H O S E N T H E B E E S

So… this video just shows that Mark is the anti-depression

Everytime the narrator claims “it’s so cozy in here, don’t go outside”, it reminds me of an aspect of depression that doesn’t get talked about a lot, as far as I’m aware. The fact that after a while, being depressed feels.... normal. It’s routine. It’s comfortable. And to get out of it becomes an uncomfortable ordeal, where you have to constantly push yourself to get better, when you could just be giving up, and going back to bed. It feels easier to let it take over, than to push through. Feels easier to stay sad or numb than to go out there and make your own happiness. Depression is sneaky like that. Don’t let it stay normal. Don’t let it become cozy. Once you’re fine, and you will be, you’ll realize it wasn’t as comfortable as it desperately tried to make itself out to be. Edit: Mark sums it up pretty well at the end lmao

the fact that everything the player does, the narrator doesn't like. when mark said "that's rude, i'm trying my best" just hit differently.

I love how the Narrator keeps insulting the main character, and Mark, being the embodiment of confidence, won’t take it. It’s really inspiring.

Depression: you're not a very good person Mark: EAT MY WHOLE ASS

"Get out of bed." "I'm trying to!" Felt that.

I like the "try again tomorrow" part. It's the mindset a lot of people walk around with. "Maybe tomorrow will be better" but saying that with no intent of making tomorrow better. "I'll do it tomorrow" eventhough you know you won't. It just hits hard.

the game : "you can't stay in bed forever" Mark: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED the game : ok now ur dead

Mark: Stays in bed Shelf: Falls on Mark Mark later: Gets out of bed Shelf: Understandable, have a great day.

The game: tries to make environment creepy and desolate. Adds in a plant Mark: Plant good. Plant healthy.

My therapist once said, "Sometimes you need to just push yourself through the day. But sometimes, pushing yourself too hard is like running a marathon with a broken leg: it'll make things worse. It's okay to rest. In both physical and mental health, resting is just as important for recovery as activity." I think that's what the "good ending" in this game was going for.

I'm in the midst of a depressive episode as I watch this and hearing Mark being so aggressively supportive and fighting with the game’s dialogue, especially 'it's an improvement no matter what', was really encouraging.

this game is really clever in its presentation of depression and agoraphobia. when everything feels pointless and empty, and the world outside exists only as a threat, it's important to take small steps to improve because over exerting yourself can be counterproductive. it's okay to try again tomorrow

I hope everyone who's internal monologue is as negative as this game's narrator grows a tiny markiplier in their head that tells it to stfu xD

Mark yelling at the intrusive thoughts/feelings of the narrator was great because sometimes you have to yell at yourself and say “No, we are doing wonderful shut up” but now when they pop up I want to imagine mark kicking down my door and yelling at them for me lol.

I feel like this is the most accurate depiction of depression and not because of the items and some underlying themes, its the narrator. Coming from having deppression, everyday decision I made was always countered with me telling myself that what I did was wrong and that I was an idiot. To me, the narrator is you and the entire time its really you battling yourself, the house being warped and twisted by your own mind, creating this endless cycle of hell. Each time you die, its just you giving up on the task you were doing.

agoraphobia is often mistaken as the fear of the outdoors but its actually the crippling anxiety that we will get injured or hurt if we do things outside our very small comfort zones, the fear of inescapable situations, the fear of no escape, no safety. When I brought this up to my own therapist she asked me what I thought the word meant, and once I explained it she agreed that I was infact a sufferer of this haunting condition and further explained that people hear or see the word and think it means the inability to leave the house or go do social things, which is actually introverted or social anxiety, not agoraphobia. As I continue on years after the diagnosis I get hit with another diagnosis of vasovagal syncopy, a condition in which if I am overexerted or overwhelmed I could pass out as my muscles tense too tightly around the vasovagal nerve. I leave the house, I go into stores. I haven't dated or made a friend in years, I haven't been to any social events, only funerals and a few shows, I don't even feel safe at home. I'm a hermit, I'm a shut in. I'm cut off and i'm trying to change. It's not easy. I've been here since day 1 of mark's channel, and during all these years so much has happened, but mark has been a constant in an always changing, always scary world. Never change mark.