Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

Working on "wanting to live". It's hard to create desire within oneself when one has experienced intense sorrow.

Been trying the "do the thing, and desire comes after" for many things (baking, piano, skating, ..), but that hasn't really worked. What has seemed to work is connecting with people (crucial that they know how to connect back).

Made a little web app that helped me communicate: https://azriel.im/tears/

(I could just point to the number when I couldn't talk/listen)

Thanks for the link, I think this is helpful and the tips resonate with me.

As I get older, the desires that "work" are very frequently the same ones as I had when I was a child.

I was at a games exhibition a few months ago - and there was a game designed to help people deal with grief which i found interesting. I cant remember the name

Good luck, it can be tough, but you're worth the effort.

If you remember the name that would be something I would be interested in!

Gris and Spiritfarer are two recent-ish ones I'm aware of, both were well thought of by my partner who works in grief care. :)