PTSD Relief Through Gaming

It’s nice to sometimes come home and get lost in a world of imagination.

It’s just, it’s been a wonderful blessing for a lot of people out there.

My name is John Burk, and I am an Army veteran.

So the founding of Alpha Nerds came about through a group of veteran buddies of mine that we just basically, were playing some video games.

People were coming to me saying, “Hey, that was in a weird way very therapeutic because we were talking about some really in-depth things during the game.”

I’m George Kneibert, and I’m a member of Alpha Nerds Guild.

It’s helped me reconnect with the people that have similar experiences to what I had.

My name is Kenny Holmes, and I am the webmaster and a board member of Alpha Nerds Guild.

For me, it’s a personal mission. I, I myself, I’m a veteran. Just seeing the things that we’ve seen

over there I can understand and also fight the same fight that a lot of these veterans do, you know, depression and PTSD and, and video games, it does help a lot.

So the idea came around to essentially buying video game consoles for veterans and first responders with PTSD.

They really like that outlet where they can pick up a game and start talking to someone you know, across the country or across the world.

And they can just have fun and get away from their stresses and issues for a little while.

The most beautiful story I heard was that there was a father that was kind of estranged from his son, due to location.

He was a veteran, and you know, divorce happened and he was able to actually reconnect with a son via video game console that we donated to him.

That’s pretty amazing. I like that.

And what we’re really trying to do is bring everybody together, and help them through the times in their lives that are rough.