iapislazuli:

growing up doesnt mean you have to stop having fun and doing dumb stuff it just means you still do the same whimsical bullshit but now you sometimes have to take a break because your favorite food upset your tummy

pien-art:

kyalin? in the year of our lord 2023?

kowachi:

Autumn in Republic City

behindthelabels:

@dinneratgrannys ouat appreciation week — day one ↳ favorite main character — Regina Mills

twofingerswhiskey:

cryptic-ink:

psychoticallytrans:

feelthemonster:

I’m not a psychology researcher, but my guess would be that the nature of it being a time-limited puzzle game where you have to juggle multiple factors means that your short-term memory gets filled and the traumatic images are “dumped” in favor of remembering how many times to rotate the L piece. “As soon as possible” is probably because the sooner you do it, the less likely it is to become part of your long-term memory.

If that is true, then other time-limited activities where you have to remember and plan in a tight time frame may serve a similar purpose.

This can have an effect hours after the traumatic event happens too! All participants were treated within about 6 hours and played for a total of 20 minutes of Tetris (with at least one play time of 10 minutes straight).

Here are the links given in the screenshot:

Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Tetris has been proposed as a preventive intervention to reduce intrusive memories of a traumatic event. However, no neuroimaging study has

PubMed Central (PMC)

Tetris used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms — Department of Psychiatry

A single dose psychological intervention, which includes using the computer game Tetris, can prevent the unpleasant, intrusive memories that

psych.ox.ac.uk

Here is the paper that the second link uses as a source:

Preventing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief intervention involving Tetris computer game play in the emergency department: a proof

After psychological trauma, recurrent intrusive visual memories may be distressing and disruptive. Preventive interventions post trauma are

Nature

They have Tetris for phones now too. I’ve found two similar games that work for me, are the Candy Crush series and the game 2048. It helps me block out obsessive thoughts as well

redrobin-detective:

I love when you find an author who just has a good flavor to their writing. It could be the way they handle characters, the way they use certain tropes or themes, even the specific lilt of their words. Its familiar and comforting and carries across different stories, like coming back to a place of comfort and recognizing the furniture.

themirokai:

Hey friends. Do this:

This probably took this person 3 seconds to do but it immediately told me that they liked my story enough to come back and read it again and they liked it again the second time.

Your favorite writers Do Not Know that you think about their stories after you read them. I generally assume that my stories make people happy for the few minutes they’re reading and then they never think about it again. To know that that’s not the case and that someone has returned just makes my little heart swell with joy.

I needed this today. If you’re the person who left this comment (or if you’ve ever commented on any of my writing) I love you.

masumgunahlar:

newathens:

newathens:

baby i’ve got half finished wips you couldn’t even imagine