Coloring to relieve Anxiety
Coloring is a pleasant, fun, and very effective way to relieve anxiety.
There is a great recent post about Coloring by @EmotionsListener in the Hobby Zone SubCommunity.
It has very interesting information and resources to start coloring and take advantage of its benefits for relieving Anxiety.
I encourage you to read it (click HERE )
It is backed by science, you can find its scientific sources following the link at the end of that post
I hope you find it as super useful and interesting as I did!
@HealingTalk
Thank you for sharing, I do find it can help a lot with anxiety and hope others will also find it useful!
Just think 20 min a day colouring a mandala, in no time you'll have beautiful pages that you can use as cards or gifts even! With hopefully less anxiety too! 😄
@EmotionsListener
You made a genuinely useful post for people with Anxiety.
You gave me the idea to insist on this topic in this SubCommunity in the future.
Both referring to the Hobby Zone, and proposing related activities like Doodling, Zentangle, etc.
@HealingTalk
Well I do have chronic anxiety that is fairly well managed but I think I may try the "colouring intricate designs, such as a mandala, for 20 minutes or more each day" to reduce anxiety and see how that goes! Who knows maybe we'll have a colour club at this rate! 🥰
@EmotionsListener
Cheers to that! 🍸🍸
@HealingTalk
I love to color. Always have. And honestly, it's fun just to grab a kid's coloring book and go at it. :)
@thoughtfulmomma
Oh!
Coloring children's books might bring memories of peaceful moments in childhood...
I had not thought of that.
Nice idea!
@HealingTalk I love coloring! It is so relaxing. I once bought from Amazon some of those coloring books with words and it was the one with the angry words. It is so stress relieving to color those!
@HopieRemiHa ha!
Coloring angry words!
How fun!
I love coloring for anxiety I keep a book and colored pencils in my pocket book
@MLSMichele
"Always be prepared", like a Scout 😀
@HealingTalk I love colouring books 📚❤️❤️
@GoldenRuleJG
I am glad you enjoy it so much!
I would love to promote Coloring in this SubCommunity, as it is so good for dealing with Anxiety...
@HealingTalk thats sounds great - go for it heal👍😊
Thank you for sharing! I just recently started coloring more and for me, it is both relaxing and stressful at times but I still love to color
@blissfulTouch29
Yes, it might feel like a challenge at times.
But the beauty of it is that's a "balanced" challenge, I think.
Not too much to drive you crazy, not too little to get boring.
@HealingTalk coloring itself isnt challenging it is the fact that personal things get in the way and i am become to hard on myself especially when it is as simple as coloring
@blissfulTouch29
@HealingTalk Thank you
@blissfulTouch29
You are welcome!
@HealingTalk. Lol I like that 😝.
@adventurousBranch3786
Nice to see you, Branch!
I am glad it made you smile! 😀
And the Coloring post in Hobby Zone is great...
@HealingTalk
Thanks for sharing!
@SynSavory
You are welcome!
Really heartwarming to see so much correspondence and support on this ❤️
@MLSMichele
Thank you, Michele! ❤️
I’ve been trying different ways to relax in the evenings, and something as simple as filling in quiet coloring2kids pdf sheets actually helps slow my thoughts down. Especially when you pick calm tones or soft patterns, it becomes almost like a gentle meditation without even realizing it.