#video games and brain function

[presswoodterryryan]

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[trollbreak]

‘Man I don’t feel that bad maybe I should have worked-‘ *sits up and is dizzy the whole time till I lay back down*

[shima-draws]

I want to draw but I have to go to bed in an hour. Sorry friends I'm going to play Infinite Fusion instead

[miodiodavinci]

laying down by a brook with one hand in the water like some kind of tragic prince , , , , , ,

[or8ee]

The way I force myself to hyper focus is I'll tell myself if I do my homework I can play videogames as a little treat...

[doggytail-duck]

I'm at the point where it's increasingly hard to function again, I can't even do fun stuff let alone things I need to get done

[mushratting]

i think procrastinating my work and playing video games for six and a half hours might have fixed me unironically

[telekitnetic-art]

I’m slightly delirious (I am sick as a dog right now) but I would like to present to this website: an idea for The Last of Us that I’m calling The Salt Method

Basically, salt is a natural anti fungal agent. So, what if you could fight off the cordyceps and zombies with salt? Just throw some salt water on them and watch them run? I don’t See why cordyceps, even if it’s evolved to withstand heat, wouldn’t still maintain its natural properties as a fungi to be weak to salt.

I actually found a study involving how cordyceps reacts to salt solution (I can’t pretend like I understand half of what it says but I’m linking it anyway to seem smart)

Basically what I’m saying is we need an adaptation of the adaptation of TLOU HBO where Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey just lug two bags of salt around and sprinkle it on everything like that one chef meme

Now, the downside of this method is that it’s probably very likely that widespread usage would lead to very serious environmental collapse as salt doesn’t only kill fungi but also. Basically any other plant but hey, you can’t make an omelet, etc etc. I also don’t think this would cure anyone who’s infected, I think once ur infected that’s all folks. However, it could trim down the zombies enough for society to not completely collapse question mark?

[hamsterandturtlesoup]

[cccshutdown]

beat ultrakill 6-2 hope this doesn't permanently alter my brain forever

[seilon]

you know im realizing now. with the exception of a few resident psychiatrists, ive had like. no good experiences with mental health professionals

[quillpaw]

hi yeah my brain is totally completely normal and definitely functions correctly i definitely do not lie in bed awake at 3 in the morning thinking up imaginary stand up comedy routines and video essays i will never have the skill or platform or dedication to actually fully create

[neon-danger]

Hey friend just popping in to say I hope you are well and to let you know I really miss your stories. Your updates give me so much serotonin

Hey sorry I’ve just had a lot on my plate recently with personal issues and health issues. I am writing just not nearly as frequently as I’d like and I really am sorry for that.

[reasonsforhope]

By the way, you can improve your executive function. You can literally build it like a muscle.

Yes, even if you're neurodivergent. I don't have ADHD, but it is allegedly a thing with ADHD as well. And I am autistic, and after a bunch of nerve damage (severe enough that I was basically housebound for 6 months), I had to completely rebuild my ability to get my brain to Do Things from what felt like nearly scratch.

This is specifically from ADDitude magazine, so written specifically for ADHD (and while focused in large part on kids, also definitely includes adults and adult activities):

Here's a link on this for autism (though as an editor wow did that title need an editor lol):

Resources on this aren't great because they're mainly aimed at neurotypical therapists or parents of neurdivergent children. There's worksheets you can do that help a lot too or thought work you can do to sort of build the neuro-infrastructure for tasks.

But a lot of the stuff is just like. fun. Pulling from both the first article and my own experience:

Play games or video games where you have to make a lot of decisions. Literally go make a ton of picrews or do online dress-up dolls if you like. It helped me.

Art, especially forms of art that require patience, planning ahead, or in contrast improvisation

Listening to longform storytelling without visuals, e.g. just listening regularly to audiobooks or narrative podcasts, etc.

Meditation

Martial arts

Sports in general

Board games like chess or Catan (I actually found a big list of what board games are good for building what executive functioning skills here)

Woodworking

Cooking

If you're bad at time management play games or video games with a bunch of timers

Things can be easier. You might always have a disability around this (I certainly always will), but it can be easier. You do not have to be this stuck forever.

[sephishouse]

By God someday I WILL have an up-to-date console or a great gaming pc

[maddiem4]

Sometimes I post a lot because I'm doing great and I'm just chilling. Sometimes I post a lot because I'm doing dogshit terrible and it's the last working function in my brain as everything else turns off. I don't think they're externally differentiable most of the time, but I do wonder if I have any particular poker tells that say "this bitch should be taking a nap instead of numbly reblogging things"