Video Games - The Unexpected Tool in My Mental Wellness Toolkit
I grew up in the 90s/00s alongside the popularization of video games. However, in our community video games were implied to be a dangerous pastime, packed with secular distractions and dubious moral themes. The emotional outbursts of some players, particularly when losing or frustrated with a game, were used as evidence of video games’ detrimental influence on children and adults alike. There were a handful of games I grew to enjoy after some exposure to them from friends. But I continued to view them as mindless distractions, best used in social settings, well into adulthood. During my years spent largely housebound, I learned a lot about the human body, our physiology, a variety of physical and mental illnesses, and how this information can be used to improve our day to day lives. Everything we do, from how we sleep and move around, to the air we breathe and what we ingest, to the hobbies and work we put our effort towards, has a measurable impact on both our physical and mental emot...