Human beings b like. *sits and stares peacefully at a fire* *sits and stares peacefully at the ocean* *sits and stares peacefully at a sleeping animal*
a small rhythmic motion: is happening
us for 6 million years and counting: talented brilliant showstopping incredible
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.
To clarify, it’s at least 15-20 minutes of Tetris (or, again, similar types of a fast-paced very visually-centered game that needs concentration).
[Image description: A screenshot of a tweet posted by user Glenn White, his @ being @justicar.xyz, posted 14 minutes ago before the screenshot was taken. The tweet was posted on the 13th of October, 2023 at 4:37 PM, and has 61 reposts and 129 likes.
The post reads: ‘Reminder that if you see disturbing or traumatic images, playing Tetris as soon as possible afterwards can help the brain cleanse itself, and lessen the impacts of it longer term.
No, I’m not kidding. And no one knows how or why it works. But it DOES work, and I encourage you to remember it.’
In the replies, the original poster tweeted 6 minutes ago. The text reads: 'Lest people think I’m kidding:’. In the same post, there are two links under the original text, the first one being a link to an article, and the second leading to what seems to be the news. End description.]
