This chapter explores the competitive world of Tetris and its unexpected therapeutic benefits for individuals coping with trauma. It highlights the cognitive skills involved in gameplay and discusses research showing how playing Tetris can reduce flashbacks and manage anxiety after traumatic experiences. Personal accounts demonstrate the game's role as a coping mechanism and a source of control amid life's unpredictability.
For people with PTSD, flashbacks can be an unwelcome and distressing experience. To tackle this problem, researchers have turned to Tetris.
Yep - the falling blocks puzzle game from the '80s.
Today, we discover how Tetris can be used to treat trauma.
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