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View Poll Results: Do Video Games Calm You?
Yes I enjoy playing video games regularly; it relaxes me. 12 29.27%
I occasionally play video games to relax. 16 39.02%
I never play video games. 13 31.71%
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The only video game I ever played was Mutually Assured Destruction. And it wasn't a game. It was five years after I got out of the military before I would even touch a computer, and that was a Mac (that didn't look anything like an IBM).
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embarassingly so... when i do get over the guilt...

i also have played puter games when having conversation with husband as it helps beat out the busyness of my brain and focus on what i need to hear or say.. TRuE
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I occasionally play video games. It does help me relax and take things off my mind. Usually I'll play untill I'm tired of it, or I cant figure out how to solve some type of problem/riddell or cant find something I need to move on in the game.

Yeah, I have a gamecube too batgirl and I cant find any games for it now. Their nowhere... well ebay probally. The funny thing is, I still see the Gamecube itself being sold when theres no games to play on it. (??) But I think the nintendo ds is compatable with the gamecube, so if you have a gcube with no/limited games, buy the ds w/ some games and hook it up. Theres more games for the ds so you just hook it up and can play on the tv. or something like that.
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It's definitely a good coping mechanism. It seems to switch off certain parts of my mind and keep me occupied to a level that is just distracting enough without being tiring.
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I play them once in a while and I find them relaxing.

It is actually a very interesting subject, I read about a study and project being done a few years ago providing Virtual Reality Therapy for Iraq Veterans. And when I was looking for the article to post here, I found another one on using similar science for first responders from New York on Sept. 11, 2001.

Here are the articles, just add a W to the start of the link.

Virtual Reality Therapy for Combat Stress
ww.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4806921

APA: Virtual Reality PTSD Therapy Shows Promise in Iraq Veterans
ww.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/APA/tb/9388

9/11 PTSD Therapy
ww.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218392349
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Video games definitely calm me down. Fighting games can be an appropriate way to release some pent up stress and role-playing games can be a nice little break from reality. Strategy games or puzzle games are also good to keep my brain focused on something if I need that.
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I don't currently play video games but, after reading some of these posts, I think I'll start. Any recommendations as to what to buy that has the most variety of games? Play station or something?
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I don't currently play video games but, after reading some of these posts, I think I'll start. Any recommendations as to what to buy that has the most variety of games? Play station or something?
I actually think for someone that doesn't currently play video games (no current preference) the Nintendo Wii would be a great choice. It provides choices for physical interactivity, which is a great bonus as a potential "treatment".
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Yeah, sometimes it is comforting. Something about how much I hate nazis, and sometimes nothing can really make me feel better than going to "god mode" on a WW2 wargame and killing every Nazi there. I'll just stand there, have unlimited life, unlimited ammo, and....it has been very relaxing. Unique in itself, I think.
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