# Post-traumatic stress disorder: alleviating flashbacks by playing Tetris

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**Created:** [January 8, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-alleviating-flashbacks-by-playing-tetris/1530 "2019-01-08T20:01:02Z")\
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> **[Post-traumatic stress disorder: alleviating flashbacks by playing Tetris](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190108095114.htm)**
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> A behavioral intervention procedure including the computer game Tetris could help people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to alleviate involuntarily recurring visual memories of traumatic experiences. Following an intervention involving...

  
A behavioral intervention procedure including the computer game Tetris could help people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to alleviate involuntarily recurring visual memories of traumatic experiences. Following an intervention involving playing Tetris, the number of flashbacks for the stressful events decreased.