Tetris used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms | University of Oxford
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A single dose psychological intervention, which includes using the computer game Tetris, can prevent the unpleasant, intrusive memories that develop in some people after suffering a traumatic event.
  • doublejay1999@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1231·
    2 years ago

    This work perfectly for most of my lectures in Quantitative Methods in college.

    When it came to the exam, I couldn’t recall a thing.

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    658·
    2 years ago

    Can confirm, I’ve been playing tetris for three hours and I’ve almost completely forgotten about the dead hooker in my trunk.

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
    20·
    2 years ago

    Also, just an anecdote, but good music and puzzle games seems to help those of us who had PTSD form.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 years ago

      For me, in my deepest depressive state, I found stupid movies to be a really good tool for managing my symptoms. My go-tos were Ocean’s 8 and Rampage.

      There was just something about pointless entertainment that occupied my time well without eliciting emotional responses. (ie, emotional responses I was incapable of regulating)

      • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        That’s interesting, seems you use a similar strategy to me.

        I have bipolar, knowing I’m going to have extreme lows in the future even with meds can be very dispiriting, but I know that I’ll always have a giant weapon in my arsenal… comedy shows. The difficulty comes when there’s nothing to watch and I need a boost, only so many times you can rewatch The Office, It’s Always Sunny etc.

        (yes this was a thinly-veiled request for suggestions of funny!)

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
      51·
      2 years ago

      What in the fuck is that‽‽ Where are they even looking on the screen? Also how much Adderall has been provided to these competitors?

      • HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        6·
        2 years ago

        Generally, they look at their own boards and keep their next piece queue in their periphery vision; the distinct colours of each piece is actually written into modern Tetris guidelines. Advanced players like these also glance at their opponent’s board to determine whether to delay their attacks, both offensively and defensively.

        I’d like to plug my favourite Tetris match of all time: Salty Cup S2 - Doremy vs Wumbo

        For context, Wumbo always uses the center 4-wide to win many tournaments, and while it was a very effective strategy, it was also extremely cheesy and boring to both watch and play against; he also maintained a “Tetris god” persona where he only ever uploads his wins to his Youtube channel. Doremy, on the other hand, was getting great attention for his flashy and fun Tetris plays, never shying away from uploading videos from his losses. Doremy also caught Wumbo editing out his losses from his Twitch VODs. All this culminated in a rivalry, and in this matchup, it was the underdog versus the overpowered villain. So while this Tetris match isn’t as flashy and fast as the more recent ones, it is definitely one of the most memorable.

    • bob_wiley@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I was looking to chill out and play some Tetris a few months ago so downloaded Tetris 99… what an awful, awful game… How do you fuck up Tetris so badly? Everything doesn’t have to be some intense, anxiety producing, winner take all, competition with 100 people.

  • havokdj@lemmy.world
    187·
    2 years ago

    Me after watching family get brutally murdered in front of my very eyes:

    hOlD uP gOtTa PlAy SoMe TeTrIs To PrEvEnT pTsD, mEnTaL hEaLtH aWaReNeSs BrO

    On another note, does playing amogus with the boys increase the chances of it becoming PTSD?

  • nucleative@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 years ago

    After reading this I thought there must be a nice and simple Tetris game in the play store. Boy was I wrong. I think some guy has a “block puzzle” empire and has just rereleased the same tetris clone game a hundred times. And official Tetris is a total abomination of unlocks and achievements.

    Bummer.

      • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’m glad I decided to re-read the comments on this, as someone with aphantasia who really struggles with spatial stuff… WHAT THE FUCK, you weren’t exaggerating haha

    • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I went through a similar thing, conclusion I came to was that as Tetris is so popular, the owners of the IP have it on lockdown… it is quite a specific IP that’s kinda hard to do something similar-but-the-same.

      Options I came up with were pirating a copy, or xbox game pass (iirc Tetris Effect is available there). Or… are there any Gameboy emulators that run on mobile?

  • Spliffman1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    I’ve actually been playing Tetris non stop since the first Trump mug shot post I saw, my stress level dropped, I almost forgot it… Then I came back and the second post I saw was a Trump mugshot… Back to the drawing board.

    • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      71·
      2 years ago

      Sadly, I think we’re going to see that picture a lot over the years. I hope the next defining image of him features a jumpsuit that matches his spray tan.

      • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        the meaning behind the picture will ultimately depend on the verdict. what it shows now is that no one is above the law.

  • Unseeliefae@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    2 years ago

    Downside is, every time you play Tetris to prevent PTSD, it causes you to remember all the traumatic shit that ended up tucked away in the back of your brain from all those previous times you played Tetris to avoid PTSD.