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Games will only cover up the symptoms. My ex-wife was a doctor who was struggling with c-ptsd that she could not treat otherwise she would loose her accreditati
by weq 4y ago
Games will only cover up the symptoms. My ex-wife was a doctor who was struggling with c-ptsd that she could not treat otherwise she would loose her accreditation. She used Candy Crush everyday to reduce the impact of the PTSD on her life, unsuccessfully. I had to leave. She was a ball of rage that was always on the precipious of a full blown flash back. She said it kept her "mentally fit for the job", but i saw it was the only way she could be be idle without it creeping back into her mind. There were only so many hours between shifts, and at work she felt value and could forgot, mostly.
- ghostbrainalpha 4y agoThe Tetris wasn't used long term like that as a distraction. It was used to keep people awake for a long time immediately after a traumatic event. The Tetris was less important than the lack of sleep. If you don't sleep and play Tetris for a couple days you scramble the process of turning short term memories into long term, making them less impactful.
- spoiler 4y agoWhy would she lose her license over this? Is it just a weird country/law? I'm curious because my therapist said I probably have CPTSD (not as severe as your ex had it, though; to the point it doesn't even sound like CPTSD to me).
- danielheath 4y agoThe thing about (C)PTSD is that (like all complex systems), you eventually fall into a stable pattern until something changes. The 'apparent severity' of PTSD has more to do with the pattern you fall into.