The Video Game Treatment
Chasing Life
CNN
4.5 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the sound of a video game called Endeavor RX and 13-year-old Owen is a big fan. |
| 0:11.0 | All point of the game is to catch these little creatures and return them to your little home base. |
| 0:18.0 | And if you complete these goals, you will get rewards for them. |
| 0:22.0 | But here's the thing, Endeavor RX is not just any video game. |
| 0:27.0 | I was shocked that there's an actual video game that could help with a HD. |
| 0:31.0 | That's right. It's a game that doctors prescribe to treat two types of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD in children. |
| 0:40.0 | Since he was very little, Owen says he has struggled to do things that come easily to others. |
| 0:45.0 | During times where I was just wasn't interested in class or doing any work, I would zone off, but I wouldn't just zone off, I would think of my own little paradise, my reality. |
| 0:56.0 | And I would just be there for a very long time and then not knowing what's going on. |
| 1:02.0 | Before school, we would have to wake him up like an hour and a half before school. |
| 1:07.0 | That's Owen's mom, Kelsey. |
| 1:09.0 | And he would be staring at a blank wall for like five, ten minutes before he did anything. |
| 1:14.0 | And then you'd have to go, hey, focus, buddy, put your pants on. |
| 1:18.0 | And an hour and a half, and he still would be running out of the house with, you know, his shoes barely on his feet. |
| 1:25.0 | First, they tried therapy and medication. |
| 1:28.0 | And the medication. |
| 1:30.0 | That's when we found out that he has pediatric migraines, which makes him throw up. |
| 1:36.0 | Owen simply couldn't tolerate the medication. And Kelsey thought they were out of options until she heard about this video game. |
| 1:45.0 | I mean, it's been, it's amazing. I mean, it's truly given us a whole different life than what we had. |
| 1:52.0 | Now, you're probably thinking video games tend to have a pretty bad reputation. |
| 1:57.0 | Some of them can get violent. And as a parent, I know they can be very addictive for kids. |
| 2:02.0 | Even adults, I admit it. |
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