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Dr. Anthony Bean

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Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

type scenarios like reading things like that he was he was your guide stone he was your your person in there to to even potentially go get your soul stone in a sense um for for that one love it love it speaking my language so what do you uh what do you say you know i find myself very fortunate to have been able to navigate that more or less of myself and i you know i've i've had lots and lots of

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

type scenarios like reading things like that he was he was your guide stone he was your your person in there to to even potentially go get your soul stone in a sense um for for that one love it love it speaking my language so what do you uh what do you say you know i find myself very fortunate to have been able to navigate that more or less of myself and i you know i've i've had lots and lots of

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

The simple question that we usually ask is, what do you do for fun? What is the thing that you use for? Some people would say a distraction. Some people would say escapism. To me, those are not necessarily just negative connotations. Those are ways that we have learned to cope. And coping skills are very helpful for any mental health problem that are out there.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

The simple question that we usually ask is, what do you do for fun? What is the thing that you use for? Some people would say a distraction. Some people would say escapism. To me, those are not necessarily just negative connotations. Those are ways that we have learned to cope. And coping skills are very helpful for any mental health problem that are out there.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

The simple question that we usually ask is, what do you do for fun? What is the thing that you use for? Some people would say a distraction. Some people would say escapism. To me, those are not necessarily just negative connotations. Those are ways that we have learned to cope. And coping skills are very helpful for any mental health problem that are out there.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

It becomes a problem when that's the only way that you choose to cope. Because we should have in our toolbox, our personal toolbox for anything that's happening, we should have multiple ways to work with a situation. If one doesn't work, we try to work on the next one. And if that doesn't work, we go to the next part in our toolbox that does work in that area.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

It becomes a problem when that's the only way that you choose to cope. Because we should have in our toolbox, our personal toolbox for anything that's happening, we should have multiple ways to work with a situation. If one doesn't work, we try to work on the next one. And if that doesn't work, we go to the next part in our toolbox that does work in that area.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

It becomes a problem when that's the only way that you choose to cope. Because we should have in our toolbox, our personal toolbox for anything that's happening, we should have multiple ways to work with a situation. If one doesn't work, we try to work on the next one. And if that doesn't work, we go to the next part in our toolbox that does work in that area.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

So for people, it's what do you do for fun? How have you used that to understand yourself? How do you use that to better understand what your problem is? And then let's have that conversation around it. It's a lot of... metaphorical narrative thinking in a lot of ways of

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

So for people, it's what do you do for fun? How have you used that to understand yourself? How do you use that to better understand what your problem is? And then let's have that conversation around it. It's a lot of... metaphorical narrative thinking in a lot of ways of

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

So for people, it's what do you do for fun? How have you used that to understand yourself? How do you use that to better understand what your problem is? And then let's have that conversation around it. It's a lot of... metaphorical narrative thinking in a lot of ways of

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

How is this scenario, this object, this thing that we're talking about help you address those concerns that you've had in those past? And how can it help right now? Let's bring this to awareness. So we're not just going home and just playing mindless video games. It's like, no, do it in a mindful capacity to understand why this matters to you and how we can utilize that.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

How is this scenario, this object, this thing that we're talking about help you address those concerns that you've had in those past? And how can it help right now? Let's bring this to awareness. So we're not just going home and just playing mindless video games. It's like, no, do it in a mindful capacity to understand why this matters to you and how we can utilize that.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

How is this scenario, this object, this thing that we're talking about help you address those concerns that you've had in those past? And how can it help right now? Let's bring this to awareness. So we're not just going home and just playing mindless video games. It's like, no, do it in a mindful capacity to understand why this matters to you and how we can utilize that.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

With adolescents, it's a little bit harder to do that. Adults, it's easier.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

With adolescents, it's a little bit harder to do that. Adults, it's easier.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

With adolescents, it's a little bit harder to do that. Adults, it's easier.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

So actually, with all the school shootings and stuff along those lines, if you go and look at them, these are all public knowledge, so anyone can go in and research them. If you go and look at what was going on with them, what video games they played, because it's all in the reports, it's actually not shooters or anything like that, that are negative or aggressive gaming.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

So actually, with all the school shootings and stuff along those lines, if you go and look at them, these are all public knowledge, so anyone can go in and research them. If you go and look at what was going on with them, what video games they played, because it's all in the reports, it's actually not shooters or anything like that, that are negative or aggressive gaming.

Video Gamers Podcast
Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

So actually, with all the school shootings and stuff along those lines, if you go and look at them, these are all public knowledge, so anyone can go in and research them. If you go and look at what was going on with them, what video games they played, because it's all in the reports, it's actually not shooters or anything like that, that are negative or aggressive gaming.