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by zrb05292 3076 days ago
You are probably aware but in case not I’ve read in the past where researchers used special video games as a therapy for PTSD. Something about how the brain isn’t able to tell the difference between real danger and virtual danger so it’s a sort of safe immersive therapy (I’m explaining very poorly). http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cyber.2011.0003