but i remember and wanted to show that how these games can have a positive impact on people lives and can actual help people deal with problems that continue to affect them
i remember reading an article in 2014 about how video games in particular war games where helping soldiers get over the trauma of war
you can read the article at the link below
The program in a sense guide's players through different scenario's in real life in what soldiers have to deal with when they come back from war or battles and those physiological scars develop over time and playing the game help them recognize and deal with problems
"The War Inside is one of our most powerful programs on PTSD," says Sloane. "I have received numerous comments from service members and their spouses that the program helped to save their marriages, family relationships and even their own lives. In some cases it broke down the barriers that kept service members from talking about their problems. In others it made them feel less isolated. Some have sought and benefited from professional help [as a result]."
You can see how a program like this will be a huge benefit as soldiers believe that the should be able to cope with these problems as they are soldiers but that can be further from the truth, the game show the players what different scenarios they could encounter on there return and how choosing certain paths and what consequences that could happen when they don't deal with the problems that they face.
I find this really insightful and show how this immersion into a world that can make soldier recognize problems that exists and helps the player to realize they might have the same problems and these issue's can't be ignore and they are not alone
The positive power of games
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