Coloring and Mental Health

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Hello everyone and welcome back to the last 'informative' post of the year!!

We've all probably heard of the saying, "Coloring is therapeutic", right?

We associate it with that word mostly because when we perform it, it calms us down.

The reason behind the same: When we colour, our mind is fully engrossed in it, trying to get everything in line and perfect form that it blocks an anxious thing out of our brains. We fully focus on the art.

But did you know, there's more to this?

It has an immense effect on your mental health too!

Without further ado, let's find out how :)

Though there isn't an extensive research on this particular topic, evidence suggests that coloring can greatly reduce your stress levels. It can provide little relief temporarily to let your mind find some ease and relax and then go back to a stressor and approach it with a different perspective.

'Adult coloring books' acts as an alternative to meditation. Living in the present allows the mind to forget negative thoughts, past stressors, and future worries. As mentioned above, since coloring is an in-the-moment activity, you stay in the present that is beneficial for mental wellbeing.

A few studies have found that coloring also encourages you to socialize more and even leads to a better sleep cycle!

It increases your focus plethorically which is a huge life skill to have and master.

Coloring is also one of the techniques that professionals use to diagnose and treat different types of mental health disorders. Of course, there is a lot more science behind it and isn't exactly the same as to what we perform by ourselves.
Check out my post on different types of Therapy techniques: Here!

That was it for today! Hope I could add some more perspective and limelight to this little explored topic! Don't forget to share and comment for more content, every friday<3

Signing off,

Kuhu :)

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