Virtual Iraq

Virtual reality used to help cure a psychological disorder? And my mom always told me I was burning my brain away by playing video games. I guess it's true, our generation IS the video game generation, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Virtual reality, which is very similar to video games, is now being used to help recovering Iraq veterans deal with PTSD. It's amazing. Being able to put the patient back onto the battle field, without actually being in any danger, is a great way to get them to get over their fears, in a way. Instead of having sounds, sights, smells and feelings that trigger these horrific flashbacks, the patients learn to control these senses. It's crazy to see how these video games can be used to help the brain instead of doing harm to it. I've even heard of using video games to help train soldiers for real life combat. They play this video game in order to familiarize themselves with situations that could happen on the battlefield. Video games shouldn't necessarily be looked upon as brain rotting, but rather as a cultural movement.