[HN Gopher] Tetris Game Shows Promise in Reducing PTSD Symptoms
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Tetris Game Shows Promise in Reducing PTSD Symptoms
Author : giuliomagnifico
Score : 43 points
Date : 2024-09-21 20:09 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| lovegrenoble wrote:
| Well, this Tetris is addictive... Tangram as well (for mind-
| benders): https://blocks.ovh
| mdp2021 wrote:
| Article says rotation is a crucial operation to the purpose.
| duskwuff wrote:
| The study _hypothesizes_ that rotation is significant, but
| didn 't specifically test that. I wouldn't be surprised if
| the effect were more general.
| afro88 wrote:
| Does this effect last after they stop playing tetris, or just
| while they play? I know when I played tetris a lot, my brain
| seemed to be stuck on it in a way. I would close my eyes and
| almost see tetris shapes. I'd have dreams about it. And I would
| kind of see various problems through a tetris lens, so to speak.
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| I wonder if that phenomenon is what is going on here. Your brain
| uses slightly different pathways that are tetris influenced and
| have lower risk of jumping into the PTSD paths.
|
| I wonder if that lasts after they stop playing and their brain
| reverts to non-tetris influenced ways of thinking.
| pcardoso wrote:
| Kind of related, the days when I pick weeds from my lawn I'll
| see the weeds for hours when I close my eyes or even just
| flashes with my eyes open. I guess the weed picking activity
| stresses my pattern recognition and it continues working
| afterwards. Very trippy, at least for regular garden weeds.
| alexdong wrote:
| This is totally a thing.
|
| I think it also strengthens the neural pathway so that
| <speculation>when the next time you face the many options,
| the weight would be just slightly higher</>.
|
| (I am assuming human brain works similar to how neural net
| works. I can be wrong here. )
| JansjoFromIkea wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
| jprete wrote:
| "With just one guided treatment session, we saw positive
| effects that persisted after five weeks and even six months
| after treatment."
| cryptoz wrote:
| The only time I've ever lucid dreamed was when I played an
| obscene amount of tetris, and I could actually play games in my
| sleep. Like games that followed the rules, falling pieces
| randomy, I could rotate them, lines would disappear, the whole
| thing. It was really really wild.
| calvins wrote:
| The paper itself:
| https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s1291...
| petercooper wrote:
| Some of what they're saying reminds me of EMDR therapy which is
| also used (with mixed success) to treat PTSD, and is briefly
| mentioned in the underlying paper:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_desensitization_a...
| animal_spirits wrote:
| This was my first thought when I saw the title. Lots of rapid
| eye movement and stimulation alongside therapy might release
| some of the stored trauma.
| johnmaguire wrote:
| From your link:
|
| > There is debate about how the therapy works and whether it is
| more effective than other established treatments.[3][9] The eye
| movements have been criticized as having no scientific
| basis.[10] The founder promoted the therapy for the treatment
| of PTSD, and proponents employed untestable hypotheses to
| explain negative results in controlled studies.[11] EMDR has
| been characterized as a pseudoscientific purple hat therapy
| (i.e., only as effective as its underlying therapeutic methods
| without any contribution from its distinctive add-ons).[12]
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| I always assumed EMDR's effectiveness had nothing to do with
| eye movements.
| brontitall wrote:
| This is a newer application of an existing approach
|
| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2607539/
| caseyy wrote:
| Video games are an excellent distraction to break up invasive
| thought patterns, too. There are several methods to use
| distractions that therapists tailor to their clients.
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| This is part of why I work in the games industry, grandstanding
| as it may sound. Games have helped me deal with complex PTSD at a
| point in my life. It is important to do the other work and not
| just rely on distraction as forever.
|
| But distractions give you breathing room and some space away from
| invasive thoughts. The trauma can then begin to heal.
| hanniabu wrote:
| Don't most coping mechanisms? What's needed is to reduce it
| without reliance to continue doing it.
| AI_beffr wrote:
| this is nonsense. people will believe this but not believe that
| being in ketosis cat put PTSD into remission. it has for many
| people including myself. that frustrates me so much
| tlhunter wrote:
| I love how the banner image is of an unlicensed Tetris knockoff.
| wannabeeez wrote:
| try just about anything made by Nintendo (not just for Nintendo,
| but by Nintendo). strong focus on wellbeing...
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