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An Unusual Cure For PTSD

by Tim F|  January 11, 200911:14 am| 9 Comments

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This is a cool use of neurobiological common sense. It does, however, run the risk of swamping the VA with veterans suffering a different kind of stubborn memory. There were weeks of my youth when I considered prying the Korobeiniki song out of my head with a sharpened spoon.

If you’re desperate, try the Eurythmics.

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  1. 1.

    demkat620

    January 11, 2009 at 11:24 am

    If you ask me, Tetris proves the Soviets were the really winner of the cold war.
    I can’t count the hours I wasted on that game.

  2. 2.

    Derek Viger

    January 11, 2009 at 11:54 am

    That damn game gave me PTSD. I can still hear the music every time I try to sleep.

  3. 3.

    Emma Anne

    January 11, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    My daughters got Mama Mia for Christmas, so now it’s "Voulez Vous" followed by "Dancing Queen" and then "Mama Mia" and around and around. Argh.

    I was horribly addicted to Tetris. It’s the main reason I stay far away from things like WOW. I might get sucked in . . .

  4. 4.

    LiberalTarian

    January 11, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    I still play Tetris for hours over at FreeTetris.org. I’ve never reached my former scoring ability though.

    Complaint: the hyperlinks on the new page are too indistinct from the regular text. If I were color blind I wouldn’t be able to see them at all.

  5. 5.

    Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist

    January 11, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Tetris! Is there anything it can’t do?

  6. 6.

    Molly McRae

    January 11, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Ecstasy Improves Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment, Say Norwegian Researchers

    I think I would prefer a six-hour dose of ecstasy to six hours of Tetris.

  7. 7.

    Molly McRae

    January 11, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Ecstasy Improves Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment, Say Norwegian Researchers

    I think I would prefer a six-hour dose of ecstasy to six hours of Tetris.

  8. 8.

    Brandon

    January 11, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    Except that the Tetris is prophylactic, whereas the MDMA is used to treat people who already have PTSD.

    I’ll take the tetris.

  9. 9.

    wag

    January 12, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Any time that you can mash-up two songs that refuse to leave your mind in to one, you are in for a real treat. sweet dreams are made of seven nation army….

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