how is a video game/any game beneficial to your health? research shows that it is prescribed as medicine for depression. care to share the wonders of gaming to your health?

well, personally, when im depressed, i dwell on it but i never noticed that video games uplift my spirit

Video games make me happy when I play them, becaue I'm distracted from my problems, but when I stop playing it's worse.

Whenever I am sick I constantly play video games because it gets my mind off of everything. It also stimulates the brain in some way. I used to have iron-deffinciancy and I had to go to a children's cancer place and they had tests on kids after they played video games.

but then your muscles atrophy.

Well, I am very active... Most of the time.

Video games tend to relax me. Too bad I usually don't have much time to play.

some medical institutions are exploring on the benefits of video games on kids especially, and not only for depression but with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) as well. there is actually a game station in contact with patients, and it's much cheaper than the normal treatment programs for this kind of disorder. well, i hope that really works so as to eradicate the myth that gaming is bad for the health.