![]() ![]() ![]() Being gameful means bringing the same psychological strengths we naturally display when we play games-such as optimism, creativity, courage, and determination-to real-world situations. She explains how we can cultivate new powers of recovery and resilience in everyday life simply by adopting a gameful mind-set. In this book, McGonigal reveals a decade’s worth of scientific research into the ways all games change how we respond to stress, challenge, and pain. Today more than 400,000 people have played SuperBetter to get happier and healthier.īut the ideas behind SuperBetter are much bigger than just one game. These rules became a digital game, then an online portal and a major research study with the National Institutes of Health. ![]() What started as a simple motivational exercise became a set of rules she shared on her blog. ![]() But rather than let herself sink further, she decided to get better by doing what she does best: she turned her recovery process into a game. Unable to think clearly, or work, or even get out of bed, she became anxious and depressed, even suicidal-a common symptom for concussion sufferers. In 2009, game designer and author Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion that wouldn’t heal. A remarkable life plan developed from the program four hundred thousand people have used to recover from setbacks and injuries and achieve personal growth ![]()
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