For those of you who I have never spoken to (most of you). There have been a few things going on in my personal life and it got me thinking if the KH series has ever affected anyone emotionally or taught them life lessons or changed their lives at all. If so, how? Which game/character/specific scene? You obviously don't have to share too much. Have an awesome day guys :biggrin: :wink:

 

KH stopped me from doing something really, really bad (The life ending bad) in 2009.Someone bought it for me to try and cheer me up during some events I don't want to go into here, and it was DAYS for DS. I played it all the way through, and although it was sad, it had a strange sense of hope that got me through everything.

That's all i wanna say.

 

KH2FM helps with depression. I have only been playing KH for 2 years but have been living with depression and suicidal thoughts for nearly 6 years. I guess it has affected me in some ways, I found something I am actually interested in and something I enjoy finally. 

Well since I was pretty socially awkward person with no friends when I got my first KH game(re:coded),definetly it made me more delusional in the social aspect(I took the chessy parts about darkness,light,hearts,etc literaly and seriously)but 358/2 days taught me some pretty useful stuff.That I shouldn't expect a lot from people,that the worst part about betreyal is that it always comes from loved ones(friends/family),that everything in life is temporary even good even bad stuff(except death).Life won't always be fair and we sometimes have no control of it,and that's a fact.When we want to archieve something,we have take a good look why do we want that and what kind of consenquenes it will leave.

 

But even thought life can be a firetrucking douche and that nothing lasts forever,we should enjoy the little things in life while they still last.For Roxas,even thought sitting on the top of clock tower in Twilight Town,eating ice cream with Axel and Xion while enjoying the sunset and talking was just an extremely small portion of his day,to him it meant more than anything.

 

And it also made me obssesed with exploring flat rooftops

I've been playing Kingdom Hearts since I was a child when it first came out. Most of my memories with my sister are with KH 1. Since I don't see her anymore the game is pretty special to me. Anytime I play it I can remember her and how close we used to be. 

The series as a whole has also got me through many rough times and taught me so much. I would be a totally different person without Kingdom Hearts and I can't think how I would be without the series. I appreciate it so much.

I would say KH has taught me to be a better person. Seeing Sora stand up for his friends through the thick and thin was the best thing I have experience in a game

Edited June 25, 201510 yr by MickeyTheMick

What Kingdom Hearts has certainly done was increase my love for Disney. What it has also done was I came across other people I can connect with. It has also taught me to "protect the things that matter" if I may quote Terra and "my friends are my power, and I am their's" if I may quote Ventus and Sora.

Namine affected my taste in obscene fan art.

 

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It also changed my life completely by bringing me to this site and helping me find my baes.

I remember my first encounter with Kingdom Hearts. I was watching Disney channel when a commercial for Re:Coded came on. I heard Sora say, "If a friend needs me to be there, I'll be there," and needless to say, I was intrigued---not just in the game, but in the idea of helping a friend any way you could.

 

I watched that commercial every time it came on air and eventually began to ask myself if I'd really do everything I could if someone close to my heart was in danger. I slowly began to realize that I wasn't treating my friends and family the way I should, and shaped up as I dug into the series.

 

Along the way, the KH series awoke my love for people in general and pushed me towards the idea of becoming a nurse practitioner. Today, I am keeping my friends close while studying for my future career, and I couldn't be happier.

 

I also found this video of another person's story that made me realize just how much Kingdom Hearts has touched, even saved, lives:

 

Edited June 22, 201510 yr by KHrulz

I'm actually trying to find the answer to that question myself. My dad has pretty much raised me and my brother right ever since we were little. I got into the series when I was in middle school. It reflects my childhood and introduced me to Final Fantasy (while setting me straight about Final Fantasy). As an adult, still loving the series, I keep asking myself "Has the Kingdom Hearts Series affected me in some kind of way?" 

 

Chain of Memories/Re: Chain of Memories: I kept believing that the memories that one forgets are still in your mind. It's just going to take a while for the to surfaced up. 

 

Birth By Sleep: When playing as Aqua, she kind of reminds me of the very talks my dad talks about, of me being a woman, I need to protect myself etc. EDIT: It's like when I play as Aqua, I have some kind of "Female moment" with her. 

 

Dream Drop Distance: Of what Neku said to Sora about trusting strangers you meet. (This is really a reminder to me, because I think as my dad talked about "life", he says something about you can't really trust others. There are some that can use you, and others that can work with you.) When it comes to being social, I'm not all that sociable. I'm just the type that is very shy and quiet. In my teen years, there, are times I feel like I can sense the good and bad of a person. 

 

The WHOLE series in general: It's like my escape from the real world. I guess to put it, it's like I enter some kind of world to put my mind at ease. The very world, that is forged out of my childhood imagination. And the Kingdom Hearts series is like the "Key" that takes me into that world. As an adult there is some things that scares me, like Darkness flaring up? 

 

I think this is pretty much it. But again, my dad's teachings beat the whole series to it. I guess the series in general, serves as a reminder of my childhood, some aspects that was mentioned in the series. 

Edited June 23, 201510 yr by RikuFangirl2008

For some reason, KH seems to be the series that turns peoples lives around if they're in despair. I was never one of those people that needed their life turned around, but still think it's pretty cool that the series is that way.

 

This game was just one of my favorite games from way back when I was 6. Never owned it until I was about 9 or 10, but loved it as soon as I saw the commercials. Then my two cousins got it, and by extension got me really into it. 13 years later, and I still love the series. You could say borderline obsessed, but then I see the yaoi fanart, and shippings and realize that maybe I'm really not as obsessed as I think. Which is probably for the best.

Kingdom Hearts has touched me in way I'll never understand. When I was in elementary school, I was bullied and life was hard for me. Almost everyday was a bad day for me, and I hated going to school because of how the other kids were treating me. Things were turning around when I met my first best friend, and it started getting better. When he brought KH2 with him over my house, I'd never even heard of it before at the time, but when the opening scene started playing, I was instantly hooked. I loved everything about Kingdom Hearts, from the story, the concept, the gameplay, everything. It's also the main thing that got me into anime, and has inspired me to create my own series. It was my own escape from all the depressing stuff I was going through at the time. What Kingdom Hearts taught me was how to be a better person by being kind to others and don't let people get you down because everything will be okay. Basically, you have to find the light in the darkness, as cheesy as it sounds, but it's true. Kingdom Hearts will always be my all-time favorite series, and I can't imagine what I'd be like if I never played it.

No.

- It made me know the importance of friendship more than anything else.

- It made me interested and addicted to Disney to a level that I've never had before.

- It made me know the feeling of being addicted into something for the first time (Which is KH addiction).

Kingdom Hearts games had always taught me one thing and is always cherished your friends and family.

It's crazy to think how a series dubbed 'childish' by so many has saved so many people from suicide and made them think positively

I don't know. But, if it had affected me...It would be for a good reason.

Nope , not really . 

That's cool too.

To be honest, after I join in to KH realm, there are many things that I have learned and got :

 

- I start to like Disney things.

- Respect to other people.

- Friendship value which is important for our life.

- Positive thinking, I learn from Sora, I noticed him he had some positive thought, he motivated me to keep thinking positive in any circumstances.

- Forgiving others. I also learn from Sora. To be honest I'm a person with rock heart, which really hard to forgive others if others had made me hurt so much. But after I play Kingdom Hearts Series, I can feel that my rock heart is melting little by little. I start to forgive my friend which had ever hurt me bad at the past. Right now, I and him are friends now We both can communicate well now!

- Never give up at any circumstances.

- Caring others. I used to be ignorant person back then, after playing KH II, like Sora to Maleficent, sometimes I start to worry about my friend, even though  we're not close each other, moreover we're enemy.

Edited June 23, 201510 yr by Felicia Novita

I never really thought about it

 

Ever since I was introduced to Kingdom Hearts II, I've been hooked onto the series (and it became one of my two favourite video game series, the other is the Legend of Zelda). But there is one time after reading this book called "The Chrysalids"  where I was so insecure due to my autism that I have (no pun intended) stumbled into the darkness just trying to hide what makes me different in hope of fitting in and being normal/perfect. Perhaps that's the reason why I am drawn to both Riku and Terra; both of them have struggled with their inner darkness. In fact, Terra is the one who taught me to be strong since (and I quote) "Darkness always finds a way into a wounded heart.". I sometimes have three quotes that I always remember: one of them is what Terra said to Cinderella ("Strength of heart will carry you through the hardest of trials."). The other two is "Never give up without a fight." and "What makes you different will turn out to be greatest strength.". Kingdom Hearts have taught me to always cherish your friends and family and even taught me to develop this quote: "Life isn't just measured in years. It is also measured by the people we touch around us."