• doublejay1999@lemmy.world
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    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.

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

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    it’s a lie perpetuated by Big Tetris!!

    jk, good to know. I assume this should work similarly for any game that doesn’t contain violent content and yet activates the brain.

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      I wonder if there’s any research on that? It’s been a while since I read the study but iirc there’s something specific about Tetris that increases the effect, something to do with manipulating objects to fit into neat rows.

      So maybe trying to fit the shopping in the back of a car would be as effective! Anyway I posted this hoping it would be of use to some of the people affected by the latest lemmy attack.

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          Someone is uploading child porn to one instance, which then gets federated across other instances. I suspect it’s the same dude who, after being banned for trying to wreck the site by creating ridiculous amounts of communities, vowed to continue wrecking the site.

          Unfortunately it’s still ongoing, I saw something which I think was probably CSAM. Reported it immediately and the report wouldn’t go through so assume it was already removed, very quickly. There shouldn’t be any porn on sh.it.just.works (or however the instance is spelled) so if you see anything that looks pornographic on there, report it and don’t click on it unless you want to be scarred for life.

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      1 year ago

      I would imagine crossword puzzles or anything similar in that nature could also apply.

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    So you’re saying if my parents had let me play video games, my childhood traumas would have been easier to deal with. Those f%*&ers…

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

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      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)

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        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!)

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          Here come my suggestions, I find them funny and most have a feelgood undertone too: Parks and Recreation, My Name is Earl, Raising Hope (same writers as in my name is earl), Better off Ted, Schitts Creek, Chuck, Space Force, Brooklyn Nine-nine, Outsourced, Modern Family, The Middle, Community (the earlier seasons). Most of these are pretty well known I guess but I hope at least one of them is helpful!

          • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldOP
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            Better off Ted,

            Much appreciated! I’ve seen most of these but a few I don’t recognise so will check them out. Better Off Ted, imo, is so underrated and I never understood why it got cancelled. Made me laugh so much.

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              Great! I hope you like them! I know, I’ve rarely heard anyone mention it and it’s just so good. The Veridian Dynamics™ voiceover bits especially are so funny, and poor Phil of course! I’ve been hoping someone might pick it up and keep going, but I’m guessing that’s probably too late now… Won’t stop hoping though!

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    I remember a podcast on NPR a few years ago mentioning something similar. The psychologist that was on the show was discussing how doing something that does something that requires your full attention reduces anxiety. It’s interesting to see that this can also be applied to reduce PTSD.

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    Oh noo, I can still hear the 4bit music from the Gameboy classic speaker …

    … how? Where is it coming from? Why won’t it stop? What is it trying to mask & protect me from?

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    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?

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    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.worldOP
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      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.

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