wonderwhatifColouring books for adultsHi Angel!
The Colouring books for adults could probably be used for older kids or teens as well, but they are specifically designed to engage an adult's mind usually with more complex patterns or sometimes Mandalas.
If you search adult coloring book on Amazon you get a great selection, if the person is an animal fan I'd recommend Millie Marotta's animal kingdom. I'd also recommend using coloring pencils, not pen as the pen will bleed through the paper, pencils gets better results!
As for therapy, I suffer from Anxiety and depression and one thing I found them to be very helpful for is when you are suffering from racing thoughts (A symptom of many mental illnesses from ADHD, to anxiety). Usually if I am very stressed and can't quiet my head I would have no choice but to play video games constantly without rest as it gives me an easy goal to achieve and a path to follow, but now I have a choice.
I find that when I have 'racing' or 'negative' thoughts, even though I am an artist drawing is too difficult as I constantly think. The act of colouring a preprinted drawing is quite meditative and lets me just focus on the movement of the pencil and picking of the colour.
In short, I'd definitely recommend it as part of an overall treatment for any kind of illness or even as a fun hobby!
Dec 21, 2015 @ 09:09 pm