The Game with a Perfect Portrayal of Trauma

Omori uses several gameplay techniques to provide a deeper understanding of mental illness. Omori's Gameplay breaks the narrative's barrier between presentation and experience. SPOILERS. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ClarkElieson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarkelieson/ Business Inquiries: [email protected] Sources • Omori, by @OMOCAT143: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150690/OMORI/ • Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman https://amzn.to/4exF4dn • The Body Keeps The Score, Bessel Van Der Kulk https://amzn.to/3zqcDiI • The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization https://amzn.to/3BemDMr • The Body Bears The Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease https://amzn.to/3TyLhOk • Complex-PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving https://amzn.to/4eABEqp • Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, Jung https://amzn.to/3XRLv5D • Modern Man in Search of A Soul, Jung https://amzn.to/4delnGv • Dissociation and The Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V and Beyond https://amzn.to/4etonzN • The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World https://amzn.to/3zwpArd (Added on Dec 7th, 2023) PLEASE NOTE: many lines of dialogue in this video are very closely phrased to quotes from the above sources or are in fact direct quotes from these sources but uncredited. There are also many YouTube comments and Reddit posts that inspired some of my own thoughts shared in the video, but some were copied in a way that I’ve felt uncomfortable about since. I do not have the means to properly cite them in the video now over a year after this video was posted. A combination of passion for Omori, a lack of confidence in my own writing, a blind insistence on sharing correct information, and inexperience with the unique medium of YouTube video essays led to these massive oversights. You can view the script here to see everything properly cited, which is a less than respectable solution but the only one I have now: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hc3HOZJRM6y00bi_oT6dhhP8sMMM9chMqKwN7cN6HhA/edit?usp=sharing Timestamps: 0:00 The Confines of A Narrative 1:31 Synopsis & The Story of The Game (Disclaimers) 6:23 Exploring a Diagnosis for Sunny 10:05 Traumatic Flashbacks 13:31 Memory and The Subconscious 16:33 What is the Purpose of Omori? 21:59 Trauma Recovery ☄️ Thanks to my YouTube members for their support. Nova Cult Wargaming Adam Collier dashlaru2 florian TeufelSzeuG My apologies to @DarylTalksGames @boenyeah Some of the links in this description are Amazon affiliates. I earn money from purchases made using these links at no extra cost to you. #Omori #OmoriEssay #OmoriGameplay