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12 WAYS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES MAKES YOUR LIFE HEALTHIER

Video gamers are often maligned as unambitious, lazy people who waste their lives sitting on the couch all day. But what a lot of people might not know is that video gaming can actually make your life healthier.

And no, you don’t have to play video games the whole day to be a gamer, and according to research carried out by the Entertainment Software Association, 59% of Americans play video games with 48% being women.

People even play video games for a living. Even if you play just for fun, as long as you can balance your life with it, you’ll be gaining a lot by playing video games.

Here, you’ll see some of the things you’ll gain by playing video games. After this piece, you might even be convinced to start playing video games if you haven’t started already.

Gaming can Improve the Speed of Your Decision Making

Playing fast-paced video games like action games can improve the speed at which you make correct decisions outside gaming. This is connected to the fact when playing action games; you’re forced to react quickly to several different situations. This improves the part of your brain making decisions and helps it make decisions faster.

Gaming Can Help You do Better at School

Playing games can teach you a lot of things like country names, region and their flags, important events in history and so many others. Some games can improve your maths and history knowledge among many other things.

A Good Way to Relax

After a stressful day at work or school, gaming can be a good way to blow off some steam and relax. You can decide to play slower games that do not require too much focus so your brain can work slowly and your body can rest.

A Way to Connect with People 

You can connect with your friends on a whole new level through video games. The use of multiplayer and even playing online has helped foster better relationships among family members. Gaming has also been seen to help connect with people suffering from disorders like autism.

Gaming can Help Older People Improve their Memory

As people grow older, their memory begins to deteriorate. Games that have a lot of driving in them can help them improve their memory and alertness.

Gaming can Teach You Persistence

The frustration of losing a game but instead of giving up you keep on trying till you’ve defeated that enemy or passed that stage. What this does to your mind is to condition it not to take no for an answer. Build up your persistence level which can help you tremendously when faced with tricky real-life challenges.

Gaming can Lead to Improved Reflexes

Playing video games, especially shooting and action games that require you to react as fast as possible against enemy attacks can improve your reflexes in real life. You’ll begin to notice you can quickly react to a falling mug, catch an object thrown at you among other things.

Can Increase Creativity in Kids

Video games require players to improvise in certain situations to win. Doing things out of the normal and spontaneously can improve the creativity in kids and help them think outside the box when faced with real-life problems.

They Lead to Increased Attention Span

With the dwindling attention span in the world right now, the addictive nature of video games may not be a totally bad thing after all. Video games can help improve attention spans of players as it hooks players for long. It can also be helpful to people suffering from ADHD and other attention disorders.

They Can Improve Reading Speed and Accuracy

Studies have shown that playing video games can improve the reading speed of kids and also help with accuracy. This can further help people suffering from dyslexia to improve their reading ability.

Gaming can Improve Mind-Hand Coordination

You can improve your hand dexterity by playing games. Studies have shown that playing video games with controllers can help build better mind-hand coordination and improve hand usage. This is even more beneficial for people in professions that require a lot of hand coordination like surgeons, carpenters, artists among others.

Can Improve Critical Thinking

Games like crosswords, Sudoku, and puzzles that require a lot of thinking can help boost your critical thinking when it comes to solving real-world problems. People who play these kinds of games are more critical thinkers and can find solutions in the most difficult of situations.

Summary

As you have seen, being a gamer doesn’t mean you’re wasting your time and will be obese and unhealthy. Gaming can help improve your health in many ways. You should know that this is not encouraging too much gaming either. Gaming too much can become a mental disorder. 

You should play games but not be cut out from reality. A good real-life balance is needed. You can learn a lot about gaming from YouTube, and websites like battlelog.co

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