Supporting Mental Health in your Audience
Even if you don’t have much experience with mental health (we all have some!) here are some simple things you can do to help gamers improve their wellbeing.
Mental Health Representation in Games
When playing a game, you become immersed in the characters you play as. We often get asked, when those characters have mental health issues, how realistic are they? Are they
Video Game Grounding Exercises
Grounding is an incredibly powerful way of returning to baseline when something has trigger distress, anxiety or anything else that’s tough to deal with.
How BreatheLuv Helped me Survive my Anxiety
What do you do when your anxiety flares up on holiday? Recently I took my first holiday in a long time. I was super excited to get away from the
Welcome to CheckPointParents on Gaming
The world of tech and video games can be an incredibly daunting place for parents. Kids now have access to an entire universe of information and media that even twenty
“Gaming Disorder” – What You Need To Know
There has been a lot of hype in the media over the last few days due to renewed interest in the concept of a psychiatric disorder involving video games. This How Games Help Us Practice Emotional Resilience
This article is cross-posted with permission from the wonderful blog Screen Therapy. How Games Help Us Practice Emotional Resilience This is the second part of this article. In the previous
No Rx Needed: A Therapist Recommends Games Part 3
Disclaimer: This article is meant to be informational and not serve as assessment, diagnosis, or treatment of mental illness. If you feel you need help with a mental-health-related issue, you