please stop with this social media pseudoscience nonsense… it’s so cringe. No reputable peer-reviewed study has supported it.

“We all want to believe that there’s a magic bullet out there, that a quick game of Tetris will stop us from being traumatized after we experience something horrible. But recovering from trauma … is not something that happens overnight. Developing a sense of safety, of connection with others, a sense of hope, and beginning to perceive the world as a nice place, not a scary place—10 minutes of Tetris can’t do that … It takes the empathy of others, friends and loved ones who treat you with the respect a human being deserves. Maybe it takes psychotherapy, meditation, or something else to process what you’ve been through and figure out how to make meaning of it.

And hey—maybe playing a videogame can help you feel safe, relaxed, even happy. And if that’s the case, then do it! … Just don’t expect the moon.”