Can Mahjong Treat Emotional Disorders?
Oct 16, 2022
Heinz, a doctor of history at Stanford University, said that mahjong is "a special game that keeps its core interest and beauty across time and distance". In his view, American Mahjong is becoming more and more diversified. If bridge is regarded as a male game, then mahjong is also regarded as a female game in the United States.
From a psychological point of view, mahjong is very easy to stimulate people's flow experience, making people highly focused, forgetting time, space and immersing themselves in it. Therefore, playing mahjong is a manifestation of strong adaptability, reflecting people's ability to actively seek connection and happiness.
Oscar winning actress Julia Roberts took part in the talk show and said she used mahjong to decompress. | Map source network
Alice, a mahjong enthusiast, believes that mahjong can heal her mental trauma. Alice said, "When my husband died, my friend played mahjong with me for seven days and nights. I won more than 100 villages and then walked out of sadness."
Playing mahjong also requires cooperation strategies with teammates. Guig Swain wrote two books on mahjong. She said: "I think mahjong is the most popular game in the United States, because we are all looking for ways to get rid of our troubles. When you sit at the mahjong table, all you want is how to win from these cards. It can keep your brain thinking actively. This is a serious game, but also a game that makes people feel and feel happy."
Once, when Oscar winning actress Julia Roberts was on a talk show, the host asked her what she had done to relax herself.
Julia Roberts said: "One of the ways to keep me relaxed is that I play mahjong with my good sisters once a week, which has become our regular weekly activity."
Julia Roberts also has her own mahjong philosophy. She said: "For me, mahjong can help people learn to establish order and law from disorder. Life is like playing mahjong. Every day, we try to sort out a little order in the chaos of life through random wisdom and good intentions."
