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[-] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 214 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Hahahaha. That proper made me laugh

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 117 points 1 year ago

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

[-] grue@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago

Huh, that's the kind of thing that would just make me start visualizing how many I could fit in there.

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[-] stagen@feddit.dk 95 points 1 year ago

My mum used to work with criminaly insane people in an asylym. I realize now why she frequently jacked my Gameboy to play Tetris.

[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Can I ask what role she did? I read a book last year called 'The Devil You Know - Tales of Forensic Psychiatry'. It was very illuminating and interesting, each chapter a different (anonymised) story of one of her patients. Especially her 'bike lock' theory of why some people can commit such horrific crimes.

[-] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 year ago
[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

She posits that some people have a 'combination lock' which, when the right numbers all come up together, pushes them over the line into a horrific violent act.

EG if someone was beaten by their father as a child, go through some trauma as an adult, are under a lot of stress, then some guy in the street who looks a lot like their dad used to starts screaming at him because he bumped into him, then BLAM they're smashing his face in with a nearby brick before they understand what's happening.

[-] techgearwhips@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Whoa shit 😳

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[-] eyy@lemm.ee 57 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

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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[-] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 57 points 1 year ago

yo... everyone is laughing cause its kind of funny but I had a really intense and traumatic childhood... and I also played a lot of tetris as a kid. Like more than 12 hours a day of it.

Is that seriously why my trauma didn't effect me like it would have with other people??

That's fucking nuts. Like what.?.

[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Sorry to hear about your childhood. Are you one of these superhumans I watch playing Tetris and thinking "how the FUCK can anyone react that quickly?!". I'm pleased to hear though that you found a way to not be traumatised!

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[-] AnthoNightShift@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 year ago

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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[-] tomas@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] exscape@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago
[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It’s not that controversial within the psychological community. It is widely used and researched.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

These links appear to be about something possibly related but slightly different. These involve treating traumatic memories that already rooted themselves. The post above is about preventing the memories from being rooted in the first place. Sure, they could be related concepts and mechanisms, but they are different.

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

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

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

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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[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago

What if Tetris is the source of my trauma?

[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago
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[-] BongsForJesus@lemmy.wtf 31 points 1 year ago

A couple of hours? That's a lot of fucking Tetris.

[-] Lmaydev@programming.dev 19 points 1 year ago

Filthy casual.

[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Have you played the new Tetris? I sunk quite a bit of time into that. It's gorgeous, really good music that syncs with your moves.

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

My new catchphrase is "time for Tetris".

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[-] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 year ago
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[-] havokdj@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I think if you play among us after experiencing extreme trauma, that really is kinda sus

[-] loopy@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago

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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[-] nucleative@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Ludrol@szmer.info 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are three main Tetris games as far as playability goes.
Classic Tetris for NES where you play with your foot
Tetris effect where handling and graphics are decent
Tetr.io where speed is everything

Notable mentions
Tetris 99 - tetris for Nintendo switch
PuyoPuyo tetris - sometimes you play puyopuyo sometimes you play tetris

Everything else is basically irrelevant

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[-] HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago

I don't know, chief; have you seen modern Tetris gameplay?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ya8_GnzZn4

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

What in the fuck is that‽‽ Where are they even looking on the screen? Also how much Adderall has been provided to these competitors?

[-] HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Generally, they look at their own boards and keep their next piece queue in their periphery vision; the distinct colours of each piece is actually written into modern Tetris guidelines. Advanced players like these also glance at their opponent's board to determine whether to delay their attacks, both offensively and defensively.

I'd like to plug my favourite Tetris match of all time: Salty Cup S2 - Doremy vs Wumbo

For context, Wumbo always uses the center 4-wide to win many tournaments, and while it was a very effective strategy, it was also extremely cheesy and boring to both watch and play against; he also maintained a "Tetris god" persona where he only ever uploads his wins to his Youtube channel. Doremy, on the other hand, was getting great attention for his flashy and fun Tetris plays, never shying away from uploading videos from his losses. Doremy also caught Wumbo editing out his losses from his Twitch VODs. All this culminated in a rivalry, and in this matchup, it was the underdog versus the overpowered villain. So while this Tetris match isn't as flashy and fast as the more recent ones, it is definitely one of the most memorable.

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[-] vegetarian_pacemaker@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Can confirm, not just with the game but similar activities eg: stacking those body parts into a nice cube really takes away from the stress of killing someone

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[-] MetalJewSolid@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago

damn too late

[-] GnomeKat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago

This would have been great to know 3 years ago... ahwell...

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[-] American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago
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[-] shplane@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

https://openpathcollective.org/ provides a long list of therapists that work on an affordable, sliding scale. If you experience something traumatic, please seek support for your mental health

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