Real health benefits will come when medicine and the Metaverse collide By Cointelegraph

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The world is becoming more connected as cryptocurrency, blockchain, nonfungible token projects, the Metaverse and other online communities gain popularity. However, we’re also seeing rates of depression and feelings of isolation and loneliness skyrocket. This development is certainly not causal, but it is something to consider as younger generations become more involved in virtual spaces. The global COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated a national mental health crisis. Mental Health America reported that 47.1 million people in the U.S. are living with a mental health condition. That’s one in five Americans, folks.

Unsettling as those figures may be, progress is being made with modern therapies and treatments in and out of virtual worlds. Would you consider logging onto your computer to meet with your cryptographically certified doctor or therapist? How about receiving a prescription delivered to your door? Many young people actually feel more comfortable in a virtual setting, surrounded by peers and represented by their chosen avatar.

Chelsea Pyne is a certified Brain Longevity® specialist who advocates for holistic living and the healing power of nature. She has been a writer, editor and photographer in the United States, Europe and the Caribbean for the last decade. Beyond her work in magazines, she has written a children’s book that questions the afterlife, has covered world-famous regattas and maritime events, and is a meditation and brain health educator.