Adult Coloring? 18+ Activities

How does it work?

I guess most of you have heard about adult coloring, but the question is how does that work.  So can start by telling you that people with different mental and emotional issues are diagnosed these to keep their mind in shape. And yes your mind also needs a little bit of exercising every now and then. But don't me wrong people with no type of mental issue can benefit from it too because it helps reduce boredom, lack of structure, and even stress from the day to day activities. This is possible because the time used coloring can remove the focus from the negative aspects in our lives and just put it on something more safe and productive. 

As a diagnosed patient with depression, anxiety, and anxiety for over three years now, it has been the perfect therapy through the rough times. You how does it goes you are prescribed tons of meds that make you drowsy, grumpy, and even numb; but it was not until one of my therapists suggested adult coloring. The first that came to my mind was, REALLY?; I'm paying a counselor to color during our sessions. Throughout our first session with this technique as started feeling less everything it was like I was in my zone. I could communicate with her and everything, but I was so focused on getting the beautiful flower I was coloring look great that in the end cause me a lot of joy just look.

What do you need?

First of all, you need a lot of colors, ditch crayons it is terrible to even color with that. You'll need color pencils and markers a lot of them, this will help you have a wide range of ideas you can mix up to get the best of the best.  You can find all of these at Walmart or Amazon. Second, you will need to find a passion, whether it is birds, oceans, nature, people, or even places. When you know what you want you just buy a book and let the color magic begin. Or you can do just like me my first book was curiosity about knowing more mandalas so I started painting them, and know I even draw my own mandalas and color them.

My choices in colors:

• Crayola Different Colored Pencils
• Crayola Colored Pencils, 50 Count Set, Pre-sharpened
• Crayola Color Escapes Colored Pencils, 72 Count
• Crayola Fine Line Markers, 40 Count
• Crayola Super Tips Washable Markers-50

My choices in adult coloring books:

• Calm the F*ck Down: An Irreverent Adult Coloring Book
• Swear Word Coloring Book: The Jungle Adult Coloring Book featured with Sweary Words & Animals
• Adult Coloring Book Designs: Stress Relief Coloring Book: Garden Designs, Mandalas, Animals, and Paisley Patterns
• 2018 Colorist Day Planner Garden Paths & Forest Trails
• Secret Garden 2018 Wall Calendar: An Inky Treasure Hunt and 2018 Coloring Calendar
• Magical Jungle 2018 Wall Calendar: An Inky Expedition and 2018 Coloring Calendar

Are you ready for the task?

You need to know that adult coloring it's not just for women, but all for men. What I recommend is to start with an easy task. Start with big easy drawing and then go to the most complicated one. Coloring one page can take you two days if you are really consistent and a week if you just take every now and then when you feel you are a nervous wreck.

If you think adult coloring it's not for you well there are different options for you from having a really hard stressed ball to paying 160 bucks for acupuncture sessions. I just preferred the cheaper and more creative version hahaha. So my advise will you give it a try. What do you have to lose?

“Inhale possibility. Exhale creativity.”                                                                            - Laura Jaworski

Yours truly,

Maria