The Therapy of Art....

When it comes to art there are many misconceptions. Some people believe that to be an artist one must create a sculpture or painting, and others believe that you have to be born with creative talent. However, everyone of us is born with the desire and ability to express ourselves, and art is a wonderful way to achieve this especially in terms of our mental health.

Here is The Pink Hounds top 5 mental health benefits...

1. Art is known to help Stress Relief:-

Drawing, painting, sculpting are great ways to lower your overall stress levels and make you feel much better mentally. This provides your brain with a much needed break from all the usual and routine stuff that you have to deal with on a daily basis.

2. Encourages Creative Thinking:-

As opposed to Physics, art doest have any type of correct answer. Instead you come with your own solution and stimulates your brain and enables you to use both hemispheres of the brains helping you to stimulate your creative thinking.

3. Increases Brain Activity:-

Whenever we engage in any type of new activity, our brain begins to establish new connections between our different types of brain cells. In terms of Creating Art this helps to stimulate the brain cells and create all types of connections between various portions of the brain itself.

4. Art Boosts Self-Esteem, Provides a Sense of Accomplishment:-

Hanging your latest art work on a wall will boost your self-esteem giving you the sense of accomplishment.Creating art increases the neurotransmitter dopamine which is more commonly known as your "motivational molecule"which boosts drive, focus and concentration

It will give you the "I DID IT" feeling.

5. Art Can Ease The Burden Of Chronic Health Conditions:-

Millions of people worldwide are dealing with Chronic Health Conditions such as Anxiety, Stress, and Depression, recent research studies carried out on the effects of art on physical and psychological health found that music and visual arts had the following positive affects on patients:-

• Art allowed patients to forget about their illnesses for a while, allowing them to focus on positive life experiences.

• Creating art enabled them to maintain the identity of who they were before they got sick.

• Creative activities gave them a sense of achievement.

• Art helped them express their feelings.

• Art reduced stress by lowering levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

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