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Questions tagged [health]

Questions dealing with real-life health issues related to gaming, such as muscle strain or vision problems.

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Tag Description

Video gamers often spend long hours of frantic activity in front of their platform of choice, and this can sometimes lead to health problems. Use this tag for any issues that arise from this; known problems for gamers are muscle strain, vision problems, headaches and even, in rare cases, photosensitive epileptic seizures.

This tag can also be used for questions about gaming accessories that deal with health concerns and for general questions about the effect of gaming on real-life health and activity, as well as questions about ergonomics.

Example Questions

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How can I prevent Gaming Sickness?

Some gamers call me a wimp, but games like Spyro send me reeling and running for the bathroom in a matter of minutes. I get a massive headache, nausea, and sick to my stomach. I can play Portal, Ape Escape, Ico, Shadow of the Collosseus for longer.…
rlb.usa
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How do I limit my gaming?

I love to play games, but being married now and going to school I find myself falling into the pit of spending too much time gaming. What are some good techniques to limiting my game-play so that I don't have an angry misses and actually get some…
James Mertz
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Techniques to deal with game 'addiction'

I'm sure it's happened to all of you that around midnight you realize you've been playing for four or five hours more than you had time for tonight and it's not first time this week. (well maybe not all of you) My question is how do you get yourself…
Ritwik Bose
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Dry eye from not blinking enough

Sometimes when I play games that require a lot of focus (CS, Starcraft 2) after 10-20 minutes of game I notice that my eyes are red, from not blinking enough. If this happens to you too how do you prevent this from happening? I know I have to blink…
Alexandru Luchian
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How to avoid becoming stressed while playing endurance games?

Although I am asking for Super Hexagon, I've noticed there is a multitude of games (rhythm games in particular) where the more stressed I am, the worse I play and/or are more likely to make a mistake. Often then the games are designed in such a way…
Shelvacu
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How can I prevent myself from getting stressed during gameplay in video games?

Whenever I get in a dangerous place or run into a dangerous enemy in a game, I just get pumped full of adrenaline and freaked out and it both makes me play worse and just doesn't feel good, it's not that far off from a panic attack, how can I stop…
LlamaButt
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