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