Is Virtual Reality Bad for Your Mental Health?

Virtual reality is growing in popularity, but does this escape from reality harm their mental health? VR can cause disassociation and reality confusion, social isolation, increased anxiety and panic, and addiction and escapism. However, it can also offer treatments for common mental health challenges like anxiety.

Virtual reality (VR) offers new ways to connect and explore, but it also raises a critical question about what all that immersion does to mental health. The answer isn’t simple, as it can be therapeutic or disruptive to the psyche. Yet, as VR continues to go mainstream, it’s worth taking a closer look at the risks of living inside a headset.

The Rise of VR: A Double-Edged Sword

Virtual reality has officially left the world of niche tech and is now a multi-billion-dollar industry. Today, over 53 million U.S. consumers own a VR system, and ...