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colour therapy

  • 10-01-2006 1:03pm
    #1
    Frith
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    Hello ... has anyone here every tried colour therapy... i hear it can have very good results with mild depression?


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  • #2
    snorlax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭snorlax


    There’s been a thread or two about the psychological effects of looking at different colours in the psych forum. As for it curing mild depression i would be sceptical. However, it has to be said that the environment a person spends most of their time in has an influence on antagonizing or pacifying a persons emotions.
    for example: yellow and cream are good colours for concentration and not getting distracted by things, shades of orange are often used to make a room appear cosier by interior designers (many nursing homes use shades of orange/ yellow and red to make the place seem warmer for it's residents). Light blue and turquoise are also said to be good colours for relaxation, and white is often used to make a room appear bigger especially on the ceiling as that might make it's residents feel cluster phobic.

    so in answer to your question my opinion would be it certainly influences the person's emotions consciously or not, but i doubt it could be used on it's own as sole treatment for depression rather in the area the person is living in,or the area they are being treated, due consideration should be given to the layout and use of colour combinations. namely white, yellow or cream being are the best choices as they are quite relaxing and non distractible.


  • #3
    smileygal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 365 ✭✭smileygal


    Hi,
    I haven't tried colour therapy, as a result of seeing what it entailed - nothing scary, just me being highly skeptical as to how it could possibly heal the body (pain, not depression).

    I was shown the equipment used and told about it - a special pen-like apparatus into which the therapist put one of several crystal-type 'nibs' representing a different colour each and then light would be shone through when applied to the area in question.

    As I say I would be skeptical, especially when these treatments don't come cheap, but it is drug-free. If you are going to do it, I would say find someone with plenty of experience and testimonials of happy patients, if possible.


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