Show HN: I made a video game to help reduce stress and anxiety
vortle.com
vortle.com
> Evidence-based and community certified.
While I'm convinced this kind of stuff can help,I wonder what kind of evidence and certification you can build on that kind of game. I didn't find any documentation on the website.
Care to share more ?
As it is my hobby project I do my best to collect research evidence on video games and mental health. I did document some of what is out there here https://vortle.medium.com/does-science-back-mental-health-fo...
Yes, you are.
Then there's no mention of the latter.
For pancakes, definitely we'd need a study. They're not commonly accepted as being able to reduce anxiety.
Source- I design medical devices
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That being said, all this looks great! You should get a video of gameplay (or at least provide some sort of "what games are these" information so that people can explore them without having to download another app. I simply don't know enough about the game to download another app without more information!
Let people escape, dude. I'm not gonna tell a guy who works several shitty jobs to barely make rent that he's not allowed to de-stress via his method of choice because he should just be "tackling the real problems". It's not your place to impose a value judgment about how people deal with stress.
There's nothing wrong with escaping or short term fixes though. Often these can be the things that are needed to help people into the position where they can even care enough about themselves and their feelings to do the other work.
The danger just comes when these are used as the only tool. Ultimately the benefits wear off and the user is back at square one.
It's no one's place to make value judgements on how others spend their time but issues like depression and anxiety are social issues at the end of the day and it's good to have open discussions about these things. Unaddressed mental health issues can often lead to people acting out and hurting others, and in that sense we're all responsible for voicing our concerns and trying to help one another get onto healthy paths forwards.