Gaming community hotline offers specialized help with harassment, work stress, and mental health

Though video games are meant to be fun, they aren't all friendship and frolicking. Toxic behavior, harassment, and other mental health dangers are rampant not only in games, but in the games industry as well. Now, a new hotline is helping people dealing with these problems. Launched today in the U.S., the Games and Online Harassment Hotline (GOHH) provides free, anonymous emotional support to anyone in the gaming community who needs it. While other mental health helplines such as the Crisis Text Line, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and National Sexual Assault Hotline already exist, GOHH is different in that its agents are specifically trained to deal with issues in gaming. This means you won't have to explain exactly what swatting is or what you mean by "crunch" before you can get help. Read more...More about Gaming, Harassment, Video Games, Emotional Stress, and Gamers