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Video Games
Mental Health
Positives of Video Games on Your Mental Health
A study done shows that it can good for your well being
They did a study where they put kids in this Animal Crossing game where they could interact with other people. The people playing this game told them that they enjoyed playing with other people and made them happier
In the study, they also found out if the person who was playing the game and enjoyed it while playing had greater well-being who didn't enjoy playing the game.
Animal Crossing Study(
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-11-16-groundbreaking-new-study-says-time-spent-playing-video-games-can-be-good-your-well
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Microsoft article on video games
In the article, it starts off with someone's sister who dies due to surgery and people that he meets and talks to support him and comforts him. He tells us that video games provided a refuge from his overwhelming grief and sadness. When he was going through that he tells us that his gamer friends would talk to him and express his feeling to his gamer friends and some even reached out to him. This shows how video games are like a supportive community for people and they will also help each other our
In the article, it says that video game developers are starting to put main characters with mental problems and missions to help people playing the game overcome them. A clinical psychologist who masters in game design says that people with mental problems can go to video games to relax and take their mind off things.
Microsoft Study(
https://news.microsoft.com/features/mind-games-how-gaming-can-play-a-positive-role-in-mental-health/
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Negatives of Video Games on Your Mental Health
Interview on how video games are bad
Video games are making kids mainly young teens feel like they don't need to deal with the world if they are playing video game. These video games are making kids have worse anxiety and depression making them not wanting to go to school to have a real social life.
YouTube Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O98gUOL03ZE
Video games are affecting so many aspects of your life that the united kingdom, China, and Japan are putting restrictions on how long you can play video games. China and Japan have hours where you can play and can not play, for reference in japan you can not play between the hours of 12:00 am to 6:00 am but in China, you only could play for 2 hours a day.
Video Games and Mental Health Explained
In the article, it says that there is a condition that most gamers have. It is called Alexithymia and this is the inability to determine one’s inner emotional state. Most gamers have this because video games suppress them from the real world so they don't need to deal with it
In the article, it says video games can cause low self-esteem. This can happen because most gamers play video games for a long time and they dont need to deal with the real world. they also don't get judged online.
Video games & mental health (
https://www.healthygamer.gg/blog/video-games-and-mental-health-explained
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