How gaming changed my life | Shanna Zwart | TEDxHilversum
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- When her father took his own live, Shanna slipped into a dark place. Struggling to find her way back, she played video games all day, ‘not dealing with the situation’.
But gaming slowly turned things around when she started sharing her gaming sessions with others. Her fan base kept growing; today she is one of the most trending and successful shoutcasters of the Netherlands.
Some people - of a certain generation - might think that gaming is an antisocial event, is T O T A L L Y wrong. For Shannanina gaming was her way out of her depression at the age of 19, in the aftermath of her father’s suicide. She spent two months in bed gaming, ordering in pizza and basically just ‘being’. She was following a streamer [red. someone who has a webcam operating on him/her while gaming] and thought: ‘I can do that’. At first it gave her a reason to wear something else than pyjama’s and put on some make-up. For some time she was only the lonely on the webcam, but one day she spotted her first follower. And then six and then …. the hundred thousands she has now. Her singing during gaming became one of her unique characteristics, at the point where followers now have requests for certain songs. And donate money for her performance as a gamer/singer. On Twitch - a gaming platform - she is hot. She is the hottest female streamer in the Netherlands.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
Thanks guys!
you are a wonderful person Nina i always enjoy your stream but what i love the most on twitch is when you grab your guitar and start singing this is something that make me forgot problems and bad feelings, Thanks to you
20 seconds in and you quote JourneyMan 3... I need to watch this!
Quite mind blowing seeing a person who is still recovering from something that has utterly deprived their will to live and has driven them into a constant downwards spiral with only their personal demons to talk to; and seeing them recover to the point of having enough courage to talk infront of such a large audience.
This is the first time I've heard of you and seeing you struggle on stage against your own anxieties and presumptions really hits home.
thanks so much for sharing your story
Do you have any other videos where you speak english on youtube or anywhere else?
Her: "You can't stream without clothes"
Just chatting streamers: Excuse me what the frick
Amazing you did this, you and your streams helped me through dark times also. For some reason i always felt like i could talk about my personal struggles in your stream and you would understand. Thank you for that and keep on rockin'.
I very much relate to this, after listening to her story here Shanna is even more of an inspiration to me than I think she know's.
To stand up on a stage in a room full of people and tell 'how it is' like this is huge, love this woman, she is amazing :)
Gaming is a good way to learn how to appreciate life for me, I love the way she talks casually hahaha
Impressive story. I find it very interesting how different gaming can influence people, on both sides of the spectrum.
Well done on having it changed you for the better.
What an incredible story.
Thanks for sharing.
Overall, this topic is very unique. As Twitch is getting more and more popular, I think societies need to know more about the ever changing landscape of this. Your personal story is awesome. I think this should be a topic explored more in TEDx talks for years to come. I am saying this from the perspective of a 2 timer on this stage and a curator of a TEDx event right now.
Bill Wong I'd love to talk more about the topic! It's becoming more and more relevant!
wonderful talk
Life is like a Video Game. Only thing is no Extra Live's left in the real life.
I know how you feel, i Lost my Sister the best sister, i ever had & i miss her every day, even if she could haunt me, i would be happy even if i could only give her a video game life, that would be my ultimate dream, she alway's made me happy. dam it suck's so bad not having a Sister :-( .
if you like cheating, become buddhist ;)
?????? in reply to noah birdsell not really sure what you mean:-) ?????? .
Yeah, but the graphics are great! As well as the framerate :)
But Gameplay sucks.
Lol, she was talking about Shadow of the Collosus in the beginning
So instead of just using the things that were unhealthy and had you on the verge of depression, once you start making money of it and becoming a dealer of it and not just a user, then life is gr8?
No, the lesson here is make friends through gaming that can help you feel better in dark times, so you become more resilient
@@willians256 Life/ nature abhors a vacuum. People associate stuff to "saving them" (rivers, music, a pet, games, a person, etc.) But in reality it's mostly just human nature of the hungry mind/ heart xD
Wonderful talk.
What a great speech!
Love you Shanna.
Nope. Gaming can be addictive and destroying your life in so many ways. It's built this way. It's nice SHE made her way in twitch so more of her viewer which are 99% / men will keep on avoiding their family friends wives girlfriends night sleeps and so
Nothing compares to growing up in the golden age of video games (early to mid 00s or so). Everything else nowadays feels lame and a waste of time, gaming def. Peaked early
I agree with both of you
almost had me in tears.
so proud of you Nina
Fantastic speech 💕
XOXO 2 Pritt Stekker.
the opening joke was brutal
Dude I agree, I have mad stage fright and I was panicking hahahah
@@ShannaNinaPlays haha I hear ya, i would have laughed for ya xD
She is the coolest.
my best freinds mom died and she is a trooper
i know it's been hard on me to :-( , it's hard when you miss someone, when there not hear anymore:-(, in reply to dragon grasp. i have to keep telling myself she's gone on a long holiday.
Protect her at all costs.
wow your story is amazing. Im taking course and gaming is the topic i chose. I also play league of legends and am twitch with fellow players. i would love to watch you play if you could tell me your twitch account to view
Love it!
nice story for mt student
Superb.
Great motivational talk for addicted gamers to continue ruining their lives and brain function based on the testimony of a person who´s experience is luckily exceptional and opposite to reality. Thinking gaming can change your life is like thinking winning the lottery will fix your economic problems.
@@xsan9an30 Dear Xsan9an, I´m not questioning the reality of her story at all, like I don´t question the fact that 0.10% of smokers suffer little to no damage to their lungs after years of smoking (which doesn't encourage me to pick the habit). My issue is that young people that see a title "How Gaming Changed My Life" could easily assume that it could happen to them and end up worse than where they started.
Most people fighting depression must first confront their inner demons and come to terms with their pain, face to face with themselves, not facing a tv screen (a clear evasion) while handling a joystick (I´m from the 80s), and finding support from solid friendships that have been forged by time, love and affinity and not by likes and cheering comments. Don´t get me wrong, I´m deeply happy gaming helped this girl get over her depression, but she´s probably a very very smart girl with a great spirit, way above average from what I could tell, and that is most probably what really made the difference.
In general terms, gaming is not a problem, just like drinking is not a problem if you have a couple drinks in good company once in a while, but it becomes a problem when you over do it and when you see this generation of young people increasingly becoming junkies of their screens you definitely have to be careful what message you send out. Exceptions are a very very small part of reality, not reality, so why would anyone give exceptions a big stage and not mention the vast reality that opposes it. Cheers.
That was awesome :)
But if there's no video games, she might have found another coping mechanism, a different career and life.
True, but good games can be surprisingly enjoyable.
Then again, you've got to have other interests and games can't be allowed to get in the way.
Awesome speech!
Big league player. Here. Xd
hmmm Interesting...
I'm sure I could list 17,345 better ways to deal with your situation the zombieing out with video games.
Come on y u r explaining the game !!!!!!
Hmm, 13 satanic and Masonic number.