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Omori: Coping Strategies for Kids

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Disclaimer: Omori is NOT a game for small children. Have you ever gotten lost in your own head? Ever made a terrible mistake and retreated inside your thoughts, where only you can hurt you? Have you ever thought, "Maybe I should just stay away from people forever?" When I was a kid, when other kids were mean to me, I'd make rude gestures at them that I'd seen on TV, not knowing what they meant. One boy, we'll call him Andrew, seemed to always know what those gestures meant, and threatened to tell the teachers what I'd done. I would then panic and spend the whole day trying to explain to Andrew that I didn't actually know what I'd done wrong, and begged him not to say anything. He never did, of course, because he was just trying to upset me. In hindsight, I should have just gone to the teacher and confessed what I'd done, and the reason I'd done it. Better to bring him down with me on my terms. But children don't possess that kind of long f...