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to help make something better, or to help become better

There are various ways to help improve and maintain mental health.

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To manage or cope with something.

other pleasures can help us deal with some tough times that life throws at us.

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To provide or supply something.

Part of the reason we play games is the joy they bring, offering escapism, emotional connection or just bright and colourful fun.

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To help or encourage something to increase or improve.

The sort of title we turn to when we need a boost through tough times.

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To be completely absorved in a task and completely ignore everything else.

I have a tendency to hyperfocus on games when I'm going through a rough period of mental health.

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To try to find or get something, especially something that is not a physical object

Seeking comfort in the familiar
Our imaginations are the perfect place to seek refuge from our mental health triggers.

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A period of time or meeting arranged for a particular activity.

Minecraft sessions were frequent and long.

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To make oneself feel calmer and less anxious, upset, or angry.

I go back to frequently to self-soothe.

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To dig into something.

It was really nice to forget the troubles of the real world by delving into the virtual world of Minecraft

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To thoroughly enjoy something and forget about your worries.

Makna Forest and Eryth Sea ate up my worries, and I felt weightless for just a few hours

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To spend time in a pleasant and lazy way.

It's quite easy to while away several hours without even realising it

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To keep yourself separate from other people by staying in your room, office, etc.

I would struggle to talk to people and lock myself away.

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Feeling free from the weight of the world. The feeling of letting all the bad things from the past go.

I felt weightless for just a few hours.

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Pass a difficult or testing experience or period.

It helped me get through some sleepless anxiety-filled nights.

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The release of strong emotions through a particular activity or experience.

Running around and blasting the heads off the infected Ganados was cathartic for me.

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Be a comfort blanket /bi ə ˈkʌmfət ˈblæŋkɪt/

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Be a comfort blanket /bi ə ˈkʌmfət ˈblæŋkɪt/

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Something familiar that makes you feel safe or confident.

Resident Evil 4 was my escape, my comfort blanket.

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Feel over-tired or glum /fiːl ˈəʊvə ˈtaɪəd ɔː ɡlʌm/

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Feel over-tired or glum /fiːl ˈəʊvə ˈtaɪəd ɔː ɡlʌm/

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Feeling too exhausted due to fatigue.

I'm perhaps over-tired or glum about something or other.

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A thing that may be relied on or is regularly sought out in a particular situation.

A go-to over the last couple of years has been Sayonara.

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To become completely involved in an activity.

sit in my favourite chair and just immerse myself in a playthrough.
However, one must be careful, and not get overly immersed.

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Play through levels non-stop /pleɪ θruː ˈlevl̩z ˈnɒnˈstɒp/

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Play through levels non-stop /pleɪ θruː ˈlevl̩z ˈnɒnˈstɒp/

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Continuing playing without interruption.

You can play through levels non-stop.

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Playing something (such as a piece of music or a game) from start to finish.

sit in my favourite chair and just immerse myself in a playthrough.

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Stress someone out /strɛs ˈsʌmwʌn aʊt/ - Be stressed out /bi strɛst aʊt/

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Stress someone out /strɛs ˈsʌmwʌn aʊt/ - Be stressed out /bi strɛst aʊt/

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To cause someone to experience or experience emotional stress, especially by being a repeated source of it.

Whenever a personal or work-related problem stresses me out.

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Have a strong emotional effect on.

People consciously pick up fiction when too overwhelmed to face problems.

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Something firmly fixed or established; difficult to change.

Even Sigmund Freud believed that the desire to escape is an ingrained human condition.

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 Live through the characters /ˈlaɪv θruː ðə ˈkærəktəz/

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 Live through the characters /ˈlaɪv θruː ðə ˈkærəktəz/

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To immerse oneself into someone else’s world and to live the life of that person in your imagination.

Through fiction, players often live vicariously through the characters.

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A person's state of mind or mindset.

Healthy escapism is simply a form of distraction to give us the headspace to get through a difficult phase or moment.

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A planned means of escape from a dangerous situation

They are the escape route.

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A short holiday or escape from something.

Often fiction offers that gateway to another world that’s different to yours.

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To stop doing something for a short period of time; to rest.

Sometimes we need that fantasy and escapism as a way to take a break from the painful moments of reality.

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To put too much time into thinking about or analyzing (something) in a way that is harmful.

Sometimes it is simply that space to have some time to take a break from overthinking.

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Something that produces an immediate result.

Our imaginations are the perfect place to seek refuge from our mental health triggers.

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A psychological strategy or adaptation that a person relies on to manage stress or to get relief.

Every person has different coping mechanisms.

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To put a limit on what you will do or allow to happen, especially because you feel something is wrong.

It’s not bad as long as one puts a limit to it and draws a line so that it doesn’t turn into an addiction.

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Something that is ordinary and not interesting or exciting.

Real life work feels mundane, uninspiring, or just too plain difficult to face

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To gradually start to be in a state or condition.

Slipping into a virtual world can do wonders.

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A representation of the real world in digital form.

With extensively detailed simulators mirroring the reality of driving buses

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Being completely involved in something you are doing.

The immersion and intimacy of Papers, Please makes it all the more compelling.

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To achieve the thing that you want.

This game enabled players to fulfill their wildest desires.

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Video games which do not require a major time investment to play, win, and enjoy. A casual gamer is a player who plays spontaneously, irregularly, or infrequently.

The game was well-received for its satisfying, casual gameplay and relaxing aesthetic.

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To release bodily or mental tension; to unwind.

What better way to de-stress after work than by playing

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To rest and relax after a lot of hard work or excitement.

Guerrilla have enabled this game to still hold up today as a perfect, exciting, and practical simulator for winding down.

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To relax.

Now is the perfect occasion to give yourself a chance to kick back, relax, and find some solace.

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Open-world design /ˈəʊpən ˈwɜ:ld dɪˈzaɪn/

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Open-world design /ˈəʊpən ˈwɜ:ld dɪˈzaɪn/

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A game in which the player can travel anywhere they want at any time.

Praised the depth of the game's open-world design which made gamers feel like their exploration was endless.

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A type of video game in which players can move freely through a virtual environment without fixed objectives.

You can take as much time as you need as you travel through this expansive world.

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A subgenre of life simulation game that explores social interactions between multiple artificial lives.

Combined with the game's detailed social simulations, beautiful open-world renderings of Tokyo.

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To stop oneself or other people from having a negative feeling.

Have the potential to ease and quell those feelings in a productive way.

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To experience or do something that you have planned or hoped for.

The life story they want to live out.

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To feel intense sorrow about something.

He is still grieving his mother's death.

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To lose oneself in /tuː luːz wʌnˈsɛlf ɪn/

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To lose oneself in /tuː luːz wʌnˈsɛlf ɪn/

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To give all of one's attention or thought to something.

Some like to lose themselves in a good book.

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Experiences that emphasize the connection between the users and the environment.

As a highly immersive and interactive experience.

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A video game in which more than one person plays at the same time in a shared game environment.

Meaning that the multi-player aspect of online gaming has allowed people to stay connected

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To completely disrupt something.

Stress, loneliness, anxiety and loss can all play havoc with our mental health.

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To be deprived of something by force.

providing a break from trouble such as personal problems, financial stress or bereavement.

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Face a problem head-on /feɪs ə ˈprɒbləm ˈhɛdˈɒn/

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Face a problem head-on /feɪs ə ˈprɒbləm ˈhɛdˈɒn/

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To confront a problem directly and openly.

The escape allows for processing without having to face the problem head-on.

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An escape that is capable of being useful.

There is a viable escape at anyone’s fingertips.

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To become sound or healthy again.

the healing that comes with thought-provoking content is unique

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Alter lives for the worst /ˈɔːltə laɪvz fɔː ðə wɜːst/

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Alter lives for the worst /ˈɔːltə laɪvz fɔː ðə wɜːst/

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Having an effect that is strong enough to change someone's life in a negative way.

The pandemic did alter lives for the worst.