Table of contents:
- Why is drawing a way to relieve stress?
- 1. Drawing as a response to relax
- 2. Drawing as a way of expressing feelings
- 3. So know yourself better
Maybe many of you don't know, if drawing or just scribbling on paper can be a way to relieve stress. Report from the journal Art Therapy which is summarized by The Atlantic, mentioned that art activities such as drawing can significantly reduce anxiety symptoms. Relax, in this therapy, drawing is not only done by those who are good at drawing. Anyone can use this art therapy as a way to relieve stress.
Why is drawing a way to relieve stress?
Current medical studies show how chronic stress can negatively impact health. Fortunately, there are a number of easy stress-reducing ways to follow a fast-paced and busy lifestyle, namely by drawing whatever you like. Whatever is on your mind, you can immediately put it on paper.
Below, is the relationship between how the art of drawing and body stress can cope with each other:
1. Drawing as a response to relax
In the middle of waiting or in between jobs, you can still take the time to draw. You only need to prepare a pencil and a small notebook (notebook). Begin to move the pencil by hand, this also helps make your eyes, body and mind become one on one thing.
Harvard University cardiologist Herbert Benson identified the art of drawing as a response to a person's relaxation. According to him, drawing is a resting physical state in response to internal stress. This is characterized by a positive body response such as a decrease in blood pressure, a stable respiratory rate, and a lower pulse rate.
2. Drawing as a way of expressing feelings
Anger, sadness, or even losing someone can be at the root of a stressful state of mind and body. Depressed emotions like that, can cause problems that you did not expect if they are not properly addressed.
According to Cathy Machioldi, an expert in the field of art therapy, when someone expels stress through art, they have the advantage of exploring emotions that cannot be expressed in words.
For example, when they draw, they can make gestural scribbles that work in sync and are able to evoke their held back feelings. Therefore, drawing is also an easy way to relieve stress and as an effective tool to release pent up emotions.
3. So know yourself better
When you express yourself through art, for example drawing, you are able to access the subconscious easily, and can know more about yourself. The reason is, when someone expresses himself through visual arts, this can help you explore your own thoughts and ideas. Malchiodi believes that by drawing anything you can explore self-confidence, and by drawing you can find a source of calm.
