Second Life is a Virtual World where the user can become anything he wants. The user has to simply make who he or she wants be. It can be used to explore a road not chosen because of unforeseen events that happened in your life, it could be a dream or a fantasy that you would like to enact. It was featured in the hit sitcom “The Office” for an episode during the Writer Guild strike a decade ago.
In the article "After Second Life, Can Virtual Worlds Get a Reboot?”, Jackie Morie discusses how Virtual Worlds can be designed to help soldiers mentally prepare to civilian life after serving their country. Many students of all ages use these kinds of sights for social connection and learning. Virtual World can bring out the creativity in these soldiers by tapping into ideas and thoughts that may have been buried deep in their consciousness. In the virtual world, your mind is limitless as to what it can make and create, with this in mind it can translate to unlocking a new skill or love that may help in treatment. This can be helpful in many cases of PTSD.
The use of a virtual platform is now being used for critical thinking and crisis management. At the University of Stanford and Michigan, they have launched workshops for their medical students to give them a taste of what a crisis looks like before intern. Disaster management, how and when to quarantine a contagious person. These drills are timed, through repetition can add a necessary calmness, in the face of danger for a new doctor. Unfortunately, this is a simulation and it cannot replace real life, but it can give you a little comfort in this sometimes-unforgiving world.
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