Questão de Língua Portuguesa

Execução: Fundatec 909_CE_10_NS_DM 5/9/202415:37:45 How LEGO Is Being Used to Reduce Stress, Combat Childhood Trauma, and Manage PTSD 01 “All the pieces of your life do, or will, fit together, no matter how many are scattered across 02 the floor. Much like LEGO bricks”. Those were the words of HG, author at Canary Media who 03 interviewed people using one of the world’s most famous toys to heal from trauma or reduce 04 stress and anxiety. The root of LEGO’s tremendous, and proven, psychiatric benefits lies in the 05 ability to help individuals zone out while playing with them. For overstressed adults or people 06 who have suffered from episodes of trauma, the snapping together of the bricks mixed with the 07 careful following of precise instructions allows their brain to refocus on something completely 08 different. 09 HG heard from several trauma victims, including veterans with PTSD, who said that LEGO 10 helps them to enter a Zen-like state, and others who said it allows them to revisit feelings from 11 their childhood in a safe and expressive manner. “Psychology has begun to recognize that play 12 is as important to healing from trauma as processing trauma memories and establishing good- 13 enough relationships”, Dr. Jay Watts – Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist, told 14 Canary Media. “We’re reawakening an inner child that’s been too scared, too damaged, or too 15 paralyzed to move, and freeing them historically helps free us a little in the now”. 16 Retired Army Medic Robin Krauth told the Military Times that after receiving a more than 17 1,000-piece LEGO set, she was surprised to find it was helping her calm down substantially. AJ, 18 another trauma victim, said that he finds relief in both following the instructions and building for 19 fun. “LEGO allows me to switch my mind off and gives me a break. If my brain is too full to think 20 I will just follow the instructions of a set. Other times I feel more creative and will just build and 21 see what comes from it”. 22 Creatively snapping bricks together just to see what happens (allow - simple present) 23 people to explore their imagination—something notoriously difficult, and even distressing, for 24 trauma victims, but in a safe, controlled, and reward-filled way that can (help – simple 25 present) people regain control over what their thoughts are capable of manifesting. LEGO, 26 recognizing the potential of their toys for good, (send - present perfect) more than 600 27 toy sets that make a magnetic resonance imaging machine (MRI) laboratory, to help ease anxiety 28 in children undergoing these scans. 29 LEGO has directly targeted adult fans of LEGO before, by releasing sets based on 90s and 30 80s era nostalgia, like sets from the TV show Friends, or even sets for aesthetically-minded 31 Millenials like bonsai trees and other decorations. Throughout its history, LEGO has been kept 32 afloat during times of poor sales by its adult fans, in part because there’s a kind of “Zen and the 33 Art of Bricklaying” that helps combat burnout from adult responsibilities. This is especially true, 34 GNN reported, in office workers who often have complex sets of instructions coming from several 35 different sources. By contrast, having a single booklet to follow allows type-A personalities or 36 over-stressed workers lower down the pecking order to just switch off. (Available at: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/how-lego-is-being-used-to-reduce-stress-combat-childhoodtrauma-and-manage-ptsd/ – text especially adapted for this test).