What is one hobby that is good for your Anxiety?
What is one hobby that is good for your Anxiety?
Having a hobby is a great way to spend our spare time, unwind from our daily routine and ease anxiety or stress. It gives us something enjoyable to focus on, at the same time taking our mind off anything negative that we may be experiencing. Post here one hobby that helps you reduce anxiety and makes you feel fulfilled to share it with the rest of our community!
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@VickyP Music and reading, mostly. A little blog-writing.
@stressBear
Music, reading and writing sound so relaxing and comforting!
@VickyP
Work out! ❤
@lyricalAngel70
Hello Angel! Thank you for sharing. 💛 Any form of exercise can be a great stress reliever. I'm glad to hear working out helps reduce your anxiety!
@VickyP
What about you?
@lyricalAngel70
My go-to hobby is reading! I love losing myself in a book. I find it so relaxing and fun 💗 I also love taking walks in nature and listening to music/singing.
@VickyP
Likewise! I love reading books and taking a walk and nature too. ❤
Soothing enough! ❤
@VickyP
Reading books and watching Netflix helps me a lot.
I do not talk a lot to my friends, but I text them sometimes when I feel anxious to talk about random fun things and the distraction helps me.
Duolingo is a great help too! I'm learning two languages and it makes me feel that I'm not so useless after all.
@whackanoodle
Reading, watching movies or shows, talking to friends when you need a mood uplift, and any form of distraction sounds like freak ways to feel more relaxed and reduce stress and anxiety. Learning a foreign language is a great way to improve our skills and it feels great to see our achievements and improvement. Learning two languages sounds amazing!
@VickyP
I have been cooking/baking a lot. Food has always been a comfort to me (as is indicated by my little mid-section jelly roll). :)
@thoughtfulmomma
aww baking and cooking sounds awesome! I recently started baking too and I find it so relaxing and fun! 😃
@VickyP
Running, stretching, and also watercoloring and sketching -- honestly any kind of art. I have been trying out needle felting and used to love making jewlery too! Singing along to music loudly also always helps me regulate my breathing a little better :)
@funnyTangerine6195
Art is an amazing way to release any emotions, stress and anxiety! I'm glad to hear drawing, sketching and music helps you like that. Running and stretching sounds great to feel calmer too! 😃
@VickyP
mine would be listening to music
@jazmine1986
I love music because it can raise our mood, make us feel calm and relaxed, and even allows us to feel nearly or possibly all emotions that we experience in our lives. It's great to hear that music helps reduce your anxiety and feel fulfilled! Thank you for sharing.
For me it's theater. Being in the environment with the people there reduces my anxiety by a lot.
@galactictroubles
I love theater too :). It's so sad that they closed Broadway though :(
@ouwillbefound
I agree. They postponed the Tonys too, everything is getting canceled/postponed. :(
Music is always a go-to solution for me. Watching a TV shows can also help me.
Baking
@EnergyTurtle97
Baking can be so calming! It's great to hear it helps reduce your anxiety.
@VickyP when i get anxious, i usually listen to music! It really helps me to focus on something else and calm me down 
@WholesomeSoul write music
@WholesomeSoul
Music can be so comforting, reduce stress and lessen our anxiety! It's great to hear it helps you feel calm. 💗
