Tetris
Attenuates or reduces trauma and potentially eases the severity where its already happened
Seems to promote geometric and analytic thinking irl
I think there was a study showing a reduction in PTSD when people played Tetris right after the traumatic event. Found it.
No real skills but Stardew just happened to come out and a pretty rough time in my life and helped a lot. I would absolutely call it therapeutic.
The Brain Age series on Nintendo DS was based on the work of Dr. Ryuta Kawashima; the games are designed to activate the player’s prefontal cortex to improve brain functions.
For me it’s Solitaire and Nonograms. They relax me.
At adult day programs they play games like wordle and tic tac toe which apparently help reduce cognitive decline.
I play boggle and find it helps with my anxiety but I’m most likely just using it to distract myself rather than it actually helping.
