Art Therapy
Benefits of Painting
Painting can be a beneficial hobby to maintain your mental health and overall well-being. There’s a special feeling when you finish a project and can see the exponential progress. Painting provides many more benefits, such as:
- Reduce Anxiety Painting allows the individual’s brain to relax and stimulate a creative mind. When you pick up a paintbrush, you can separate yourself from your problems and momentarily forget about your cancer.
- Promote Problem-Solving Your artwork rarely turns out as planned. Due to the lack of experience, limitations of your art supplies, or simply messing up, mistakes will happen, and your painting won’t be perfect. That’s okay! It’s disappointing, but you learn how to manage your disappointment and quickly adapt. Mistakes create creative solutions and promote problem-solving.
- Improve Memory Research has shown that people who regularly paint have lower chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Painting promotes productive brain activity, boosts memory function and sharpens your mind.