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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reading....i love the feeling of getting lost in a good book
Arts and crafts is a really great outlet for anxiety...I never had a hobby until I got into arts and crafts about a few months ago. Arts and crafts are great at directing my attention to something else when I experience my anxiety starting to rise.
Embroidery and painting mainly. Most forms of art help me calm my anxiety
another thought that just poped out my head.
while its nice that almost everyone here shared their methods of hobbies that they prefer or aided anxiety.
is there anything that you do before "attempting" the hobby? or just going striaght to it will "ease" your soul/anxiety symptoms?
i.e. like... stop breathe think, pause first, walk somewhere, or anything?
cause i tend to notice things like... even if i "attempt" to try to force/push myself to do those that I "think" that will aid me. end up sometimes it didnt, but worse backfire
I make tiktok videos and dance, listen to music
I prefer to workout, some running, journalling or listening to music!
Gardening
reading
Drawing or creating something! It distracts me from all the scary thoughts plus it feels very rewarding after you complete a piece :)
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