#complicated

People have complicated the term "happiness" by making it seem extraordinary and rare. We wait for big events to happen before we allow ourselves to be happy, which raises our criteria for happiness. Without something significant, we tend to complain about life and its issues. Let's change that. Create your own happiness. How?
The first drop of rain hitting your face, and that tickle turning a stagnant expression into a genuine smile, is a path to a fresh and happy you. Why does a long drive change your mood? Why not stand under the rain? Just imagine how a fresh drop falls from the sky, knowing exactly where it needs to land, on you! Isn't that something extraordinary and fascinating?
That one cup of tea you made for yourself, and as you look out the window, whatever the view may be, you can absorb positivity from nature or from kids playing in the street. Feeding birds or animals can bring you unimaginable peace too.
There are countless ways to find happiness. You just need to discover them around you.

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My feelings on school have always been quite complicated. I absolutely love to learn. I'm a curious person by nature and I love discovering new things.

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However, I'm also on the autism spectrum and I have ADHD. So school proved challenging at times. There's a lot of stories that I could tell but to sum it up briefly: I often struggled to concentrate due to how overwhelming the classroom could be. I also had some social issues which led to bullying, which also impacted my ability to focus on my schoolwork.

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College/university was a much better experience. Although I did have to drop out of university the first time I went, due to some stuff that was happening in my personal life. I did end up going back, however, a couple of years ago. I'm about to enter my final year in September and I've really enjoyed the experience so far.

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Of course, it helps that I'm studying something I'm deeply passionate about-- Literature and creative writing.

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There is the "Erinnerungskultur", meaning culture of remembrance, present in Germany, that plays a big role in all of this.

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It's not necessarily about hating WW II, it's much more about awareness and accountability. About listening to survivors and commemorating the ones who didn't, about the roots and mindset which were grounds to this evil.
"Never forget" and "Never again" are two core ideas of this mentality.

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There is a historical factor to this approach, of course, that is crucial and giving grounds for everything else. But it doesn't have to be the main factor in every aspect. It's not so much about "those Na.zis", it's more about "the monster inside all of us", and what released to the world in this capacity.

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Media on this topic is complicated and layered for most Germans.

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About games specifically, there is the interesting history of the Wolfenstein series and its censorship of NS symbols, which I recommend looking into it if you are further interested in the complicated Do's and Dont's and confusion Germans and their law have among themselves.

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For media in general, the opinion varies with the handling. For example, most Hollywood adaptions handle it with a certain lack of care or even kinds of satire which aren't very appreciated, though movies like "Schindler's list" are regarded as very important and highly appreciated, and there are some ways even Germans themselves make fun of regarding things (e.g. the german movie "Er ist wieder da").

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An interesting example in how this can even shift for the very same media is Rammstein's "Deutschland". The teaser received a lot of very harsh criticism and raged Germans of all ages with the depiction of a concentration camp, the depiction of it in the final music video on the contrary was then received very positively, and a lot of people accepted the teaser in hindsight as necessary bait.
Though still there are conflicted feelings about the aesthetical depiction of the SS in the music video.
As I said: It is layered.

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As a general conclusion is to say, the more care, research and respect to the vic.tims are provided with any piece of media about the NS time, the more appreciative will the german public and Germans be of it. This can obviously vary in each case and for individuals, and with the obvious sensitivity regarding that topic, it can vary really drastically. Though there can be humor, there can be critic, there can be anything, as long as it doesn't diminish the events and/or gets facts wrong.

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Also, on a side note, Germans are absolutely not fond of getting thrown into the "Na.zi pool" because of their nationality and history. I always found this a bit petty tbh, even as a German myself, but with more knowledge about the world and how it handles history... I found this pettiness a bit deserved at times. There are also layers to this, but in general, the way the society tried and still tries to handle its burden, please respect that as well.

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