Is being a gamer bad?

The video game industry has grown in an incredible way, reaching a level of popularity that nobody imagined, comparing itself in some way to music or movies, but taking its products to specific people, who constantly buy consoles or video games.

In the 80's it was thought that those who played video games were predisposed to suffer different consequences, among them we can find being violent or being an asocial, however, over the years and thanks to the evolution of technology, several studies have shown the opposite.

Nowadays video games can cause several benefits to those people who are constantly playing them in a balanced way, because they stimulate certain areas of the brain which remain inactive most of the time.

Problems such as anxiety, lack of memory or concentration can be solved in a progressive way with video games, it all depends on what kind of game we are playing, since not all of them stimulate the same brain areas.

For example, Battlefield V is an FPS video game that requires a high level of response from the user and the ability to quickly and accurately identify the target to be eliminated. This has been shown to help increase concentration, in addition to being able to perform multiple tasks at specific times.

Depression and anxiety are problems that can also be solved thanks to video games by applying them in the right way, thanks to the achievement of objectives and solving different problems within a video game helps both subjectively and objectively different feelings within the players which are reflected through their emotions.

Is it bad to be a gamer? The answer is no, however, let's remember that everything in excess is bad, taking short breaks and stretching is good for different aspects of our health, in addition to staying hydrated and trying to respect our eating schedules.

Video games are here to stay, I doubt that they will ever cease to exist, as they have become one of the main centres of entertainment around the world.

You think being a gamer has its benefits? Tell me what you think in the comments section.

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