Sharpen Your Pencils: Preliminary Evidence that Adult Coloring Reduces Depressive Symptoms and Anxiety

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Sharpen Your Pencils: Preliminary Evidence that Adult Coloring Reduces Depressive Symptoms and Anxiety https://t.co/SDa58G95xA

#MindfulMonday Take some time to doodle or draw, encourage your kids too. There are no ends to the benefits for mental well being. It induces a meditative state that calms the amygdala & reduces anxiety & depression. #mindfulcolouring #colouring…

@joynismail Jokes on them: https://t.co/khOEAshhqd And I agree, colouring is so soothing☺️

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