Can Tetris heal PTSD?

I’ve lived with PTSD for a few years, it came to me in an unexpected way – one trauma opened a can of worms and suddenly I was dealing with 40 years worth of events in a single moment.
I don’t take medication, but it’s managed well.

I’ve got a few tried and true coping methods that work great for me.

One of those is wearing earbuds and listening to music ? or a podcast before sleep; creating just enough static to give my mind something to play with to keep the noise of the past at bay. Tuesday’s listen was a TED Talk :

TED Talks Daily Podcast: Can We Edit Memories – Amy Milton

Amy presents: “Trauma and PTSD rewire your brain — especially your memory — and can unearth destructive emotional responses when stirred.
Could we eliminate these triggers without erasing the memories themselves?
Enter neurologist Amy Milton’s mind-blowing, memory-editing clinical research poised to defuse the damaging effects of painful remembered experiences and offer a potential path toward better mental health.” What sets PTSD apart from normal remembrance?
The emotional intensity, sometimes triggered by sights, sounds, things we can’t remember but they’re stored in our emotional brains.”

Amy Milton at TED Talks Daily

What if we could remember but without the intense feelings?

That’s the challenge presented in this talk.
That’s the difference between PTSD and non- PTSD, the response.

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