Games used in burn treatment

[AndyRock]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12297569

Just found this when looking at the news, can you really be that immersed in a game that you can ignore second or even third degree burns, anyway take a look and gives us some of your thoughts.

 

[Distorted Stu]

Im not suprised, when i bent my arm the wrong way (yeah it hurt, alot) i had to get it pretty much forced into position again and cast-locked so i couldnt move. Soon as i got on th 360 i totally forgot about my agony.

 

[Cogwheel]

I know it helps me when I have a cold, but nothing more. I have fond memories of playing Starcraft at age 7ish and being so focused on the game that I would literally forget to cough.

These days, I'm less easily amused, so most games won't have this effect.

 

[Sonicron]

Sure, why not? Playing games (good ones, at least) raises your dopamine level, and dopamine does wonders for all kinds of pain.

 

[Elanthil01]

Yes. I suffer chronic pain, both physical and emotional, both due to being bipolar and due to the permanent, crippling injuries I recieved as a soldier, and later in a massive car crash, and playing games, reading, listening to music all tend to make my conscious perception of pain melt away while I'm focused on the task at hand.