| If you work at an occupation where stress and | | | | depression. When the doctor asked them to |
| mental fatigue are a part of your workday, | | | | remember a favorite time from their |
| you might be pleasantly surprised to discover | | | | childhood, the patient was relieved of |
| that playing free online games can actually | | | | depression for the time he or she was |
| help you relax and relieve stress at work. | | | | thinking of the pleasant memory. This same |
| Puzzle games and games of strategy help | | | | idea seems to work with the casual use of |
| workers shift gears from a high-stress | | | | free internet games during the workday. If, |
| situation, and by refocusing on something | | | | for example, you face a high-stress situation |
| that engages their minds in a different way, | | | | such as a tough negotiation session where you |
| find that they return to their work | | | | are grilled to defend your position, you |
| re-energized, which can lead to higher | | | | might be keyed up for quite a while after |
| productivity on the job. | | | | that ordeal. However, you can help relieve |
| | | | the stress you feel by playing free online |
| Teachers have long known that the easiest way | | | | games. You can only hold one idea in your |
| to get a student to learn something is to | | | | mind at a time, so instead of holding onto |
| make a game out of it. Games are associated | | | | the stress, you can release it and focus on a |
| with pleasant thoughts of fun. If at work or | | | | simple game such as Tetris or Battleship. |
| anytime throughout your day you experience | | | | Your brain will shift to the new fun |
| stress from aggravation or frustration over a | | | | experience, and after a few minutes you will |
| situation, consider a change of pace by | | | | feel refreshed and ready for your next work |
| jumping into a computer game for a few | | | | activity. |
| minutes. A survey of gamers by WorldWinner | | | | |
| shows that people who play Internet games | | | | Your boss might not understand how playing |
| while at work benefit from the short mental | | | | online games can fit into your work day. It |
| breaks, which help them to work in a more | | | | does bear remembering that employees |
| focused manner after play. Several people | | | | experience higher levels of absenteeism and |
| who play free online games at work also | | | | lower level of productivity when they are |
| reported that they had greater productivity | | | | experiencing a great deal of stress at work. |
| and less stress after playing a short | | | | Workers leave jobs that are too stressful, |
| computer game. | | | | and the cycle of employee turnover is set in |
| | | | motion. It is better to spend a little bit |
| It has also been noticed by psychologists | | | | of time as needed to let go of stress and |
| that the brain is not capable of thinking of | | | | fatigue rather than let it build up to the |
| more than one idea at a time. This has been | | | | point that it affects your work |
| used by doctors with patients suffering from | | | | detrimentally. |