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When I Get That Feeling I Need Virtual Healing, Virtual Healing Baby

Wired news has posted an article about the use of VR Goggles being used to help soldiers in the Iraq War cope with returning home. Check it out here: VR Goggles Heal Scars of War. Although this concept isn't exactly new, with work being done to help burn patients, and people with phobias, this is the first time I heard about using VR to help Soldiers. The actual example given, makes the problem seem much worse than I would have thought as well. "Snipers are very tough in general, and during the session, he kept saying, 'I'm fine.' But I had him hooked up with physiological monitors, and when I asked him to tell the story of what happened, his system went through the roof. . . He flew out of his wheelchair in public once, and started pounding on a guy who said we shouldn't be in Iraq," Spira said. "But over time, as the therapy continued, he became calmer and was able to get along with people better." Dr. Sprira is the head of the San Diego Naval Medical Center's Health Psychology Program. Anything that can be done to help the people who are sacrificing so much to fight for our country deal with the hardships that come with it deserves are praise. I realize that is isn't exactly a game, but it is repurposed gaming technology, and I hope most of you find it pertinent.