Doodle for your Mental Health

I am not an artist but I’ve always liked drawing. The more I’ve done it the more I’ve found that the kind of drawing I really like isn’t exactly drawing, it’s elaborate doodling. Probably because I’m not good enough to do any more than that, or because I don’t have time, but also because I have found it to be an important way of releasing stress. Plenty of <a href="https://theconversation.com/brain-research-shows-the-arts-promote-mental-health-136668" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">research</a> has shown art therapy to be a useful tool in fighting mental health issues and stress. For many people though getting out paints or buying art equipment or special pens or whatever is required might add to the reasons not to bother, or to the difficulties of incorporating creativity into a busy routine. Or perhaps the expectations that what you might produce isn’t worth the effort, that you aren’t as good as other people or whatever it might be. The benefit of free drawing is the smallest of expectations and the ease of medium. It requires nothing but the paper and pen nearest to you, and because by nature doodling is disposable nothing is expected. <a href="https://medium.com/@doyouthinkihaveforgotten/doodle-for-your-mental-health-f71b0a7b1e28">Visit Now</a>