https://allpsych.com/how-adult-coloring-books-can-help-lessen-stress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-adult-coloring-books-can-help-lessen-stress The Virtual Psychology Classroom Sat, 28 Nov 2020 03:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://allpsych.com/how-adult-coloring-books-can-help-lessen-stress/#comment-2293 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:41:09 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=232#comment-2293 I received an adult coloring book for Christmas. A friend thought it would help with my anxiety. Well, the coloring book was the last thing I needed. I experienced increased anxiety if I went out of the lines and even with my ADD medication, I couldn’t handle more than 5 minutes of it at a time. My daughter has one. She said in the evenings, after her children are in bed, it is the most relaxing thing in the world for her. Good news for all of you who find them therapeutic…kepp on coloring!

]]> https://allpsych.com/how-adult-coloring-books-can-help-lessen-stress/#comment-2292 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:20:27 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=232#comment-2292 I loved coloring as a kid and looking back I used it to relax when stressed out. If things were overwhelming at the holidays I’d be in the corner coloring. This holiday I brought out the new coloring books from the publishing company I work for and next thing I knew some of my husbands relatives jumped in and joined me in coloring. We even had fun joking that the college kids should take mom’s colored pages and put them on their dorm fridges!

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