Crocheting and crafting can calm your body and ease your mind. Many people report huge benefits from crocheting and other forms of yarn crafting from helping with reducing insomnia to easing depression. Here are some ways it could help you –
Reduces Stress
Stress is a leading health problem. Busy lives and pressurised jobs can really take their toll and start to affect your quality of life. Many people use knitting or crochet as meditation! It can really help to reduce stress and calm you down after a busy day and can be an easy and daily way to minimise the impact of stress in your life.
Relieve Depression and reducing anxiety
Depression relief is one of the biggest and most popular benefits of crocheting or knitting. The repetition of these activities release serotonin, a natural anti-depressant. This can help to leave you feeling satisfied and happy, naturally. Yarncrafts also help with various forms of anxiety. It keeps hands busy and the mind focused, which helps to bring the mind to a calmer space for when you’re coping with the anxiety of repetitious thoughts. The counting has even been shown to serve as a productive outlet for people with anxiety associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as well as eating disorders.
Reduces Irritability and Restlessness
Crocheting can help you through any times when you feel down, restless, irritated or bored. This positive outlet is beneficial to your relationships and helps to keep your mood balanced.
Building Self-Esteem
Having a low self-esteem can have a variety of negative health impacts. Merely visualizing, working on and then creating something can really help to make you feel better about yourself. Crafting can really help build self-esteem by:
- Allowing the crafter to feel productive
- Building new skills
- Creating beautiful works or art and items you can be proud of
- A useful way to give to others
- A way to express yourself
Crocheting and crafting can really help. It has been known to help people with everything from coping with the trepidation of being unemployed to gaining the strength to leave abusive relationships!
Postpone or reduce the risk of Dementia
A number of studies have shown that knitting and crochet can postpone age-related memory loss, as well as being soothing for those people who are already experiencing signs of dementia. It has been reported that as knitting is neuroprotective, it may help to reduce dementia by as much as 50%.They can also do wonders to promote cognitive function as well as hand health.
Help with Insomnia
Insomnia is a horrible thing to experience. Feeling tired but being unable to sleep in very frustrating, which is where crocheting and knitting come to the rescue! Centring your attention on an easy, repetitive crochet project can help your body and mind to wind down and relax. This is reported by many to really help in getting to sleep.
On our website you can find lots of yarns in all sorts of colours and thicknesses to get you into crocheting. If you would like any help or advice choosing the one that is right for your project, feel free to get in touch and our friendly staff will be happy to help you.
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