SMASH Your Social Anxiety With D&D

Dungeon Master Therapy gets thrown around a lot these days but D&D is NOT a replacement for therapy. What it CAN be is an incredibly useful tool for helping people deal with their mental illness. Watch to see how Dungeons & Dragons can help with Social Anxiety.

Social Anxiety is just one of many forms of mental illness that can be massively reduced by playing TTRPGs. I've spend the past few months poring over the research and one thing is very clear:

Roleplay improves your mental health.

Now, more than ever, people need a boost to their mental health and Dungeons & Dragons (And really any other Tabletop Roleplaying Game) can provide that with the many psychological, social and creative benefits it has in store for people.

I've always been convinced that D&D is more than merely a game for entertainment but now I'm positive that this game is going to have a huge positive impact on peoples wellbeing in the future.


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Timestamps:

00:00 - Start
00:46 - Storytime: I Was A Socially Crippled Mess
03:16 - What Is Social Anxiety (And How To Fix It!)
06:25 - How D&D Can Help
10:47 - Make The Hammer BIGGER

Research Sources:

Kowert, R., & Oldmeadow, J. A. (2013)

Social reputation: Exploring the relationship between online video game involvement and social competence.
Computers in Human Behavior,
29(4), 1872-1878.

Blackmon, W. D. (1994).

Dungeons and dragons: The use of a fantasy game in the psychotherapeutic treatment of a young adult.
American Journal of Psychotherapy.
48(4). p. 624-632.

Sargent, Michael S.

"Exploring mental dungeons and slaying psychic dragons": an exploratory study
(2014). Masters Thesis,
Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses...

Racine, G., & Sévigny, O. (2001).

Changing the rules: A board game lets homeless women tell their stories.
Social Work with Groups: A Journal of Community and Clinical Practice,
23(4), 25-38.
doi:10.1300/J009v23n04_03

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