Posted on Jun 1, 2023
Having Hobbies Can Boost Your Mental Health, Here's How to Find Yours
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After knitting a scarf, you can’t help but feel a sense of accomplishment. When your garden starts to flourish, you pat yourself on the back and admire the fruits of your labor. Paintings, pottery, quilts, poetry—you can’t help but feel pride when you finish something you started.
And as it turns out, the mental-health benefits of having a hobby go far beyond the boost of self confidence you get from doing them. Actually, as Tomeka McGee-Holloway, Psy.D., ATR, points out, hobbies can reduce stress, improve optimism, and even ease symptoms of depression.
After knitting a scarf, you can’t help but feel a sense of accomplishment. When your garden starts to flourish, you pat yourself on the back and admire the fruits of your labor. Paintings, pottery, quilts, poetry—you can’t help but feel pride when you finish something you started.
And as it turns out, the mental-health benefits of having a hobby go far beyond the boost of self confidence you get from doing them. Actually, as Tomeka McGee-Holloway, Psy.D., ATR, points out, hobbies can reduce stress, improve optimism, and even ease symptoms of depression.
Having Hobbies Can Boost Your Mental Health, Here's How to Find Yours
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Lt Col Charlie Brown As many on here know, my hobby is taxidermy. When I'm working on an idea for a new mount my brains goes nuts with ideas on how to accomplish my end goal thereby stopping me from thinking about things that have a negative impact on my life.
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