Adult Colouring

FFred · 19-07-2019 1:17am #1

So I’ve got some FB friends who colour in their adult colouring books and then display their efforts via FB and the likes....

What think you of same?

Sensible responses only obv.

.....

Derp.

PTH2009 · 19-07-2019 1:20am

Think it's used as therapy to calm some people with mental health issues

Zaph · 19-07-2019 1:22am

It's not for me, but I know someone who suffers from depression and she finds that colouring calms her mind and stops her having negative thoughts. Adult colouring books tend to be quite intricate, and the concentration required means that her mind is focused on a positive activity. So for that reason I think it's great, even if it would bore me rigid if I were to give it a go myself.

Tell me how · 19-07-2019 1:22am

FFred wrote: »

So I’ve got some FB friends who colour in their adult colouring books and then display their efforts via FB and the likes....

What think you of same?

Sensible responses only obv.

.....

Derp.

Surprisingly therapeutic.
Lot better than playing candy crush or the like.

FFred · 19-07-2019 1:25am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Think it's used as therapy to calm some people with mental health issues

Really, in all my years under the mental health system, I’ve never been prescribed colouring in?

Tell me how · 19-07-2019 1:26am

FFred wrote: »

Really, in all my years under the mental health system, I’ve never been prescribed colouring in?

Really? It never came up at all as a way to practice mindfulness while being active in a simple task?

One eyed Jack · 19-07-2019 1:27am

The idea kinda reminds me of those kitchen gadget videos on YouTube where they try and mitigate the obvious responses that the gadgets are shìte, by claiming that they may be helpful for people with disabilities. That doesn’t mean the gadgets are any less shìte.

Same thing with this idea of colouring books for adults. Wtf are they actually thinking?

Claims that they’re helpful for adults with mental health issues still doesn’t make the idea any less just plain weird. It’s like those fidget spinners which were claimed were invented for children with autism - they’re still shìte!

Tell me how · 19-07-2019 1:28am

One eyed Jack wrote: »

The idea kinda reminds me of those kitchen gadget videos on YouTube where they try and mitigate the obvious responses that the gadgets are shìte, by claiming that they may be helpful for people with disabilities. That doesn’t mean the gadgets are any less shìte.

Same thing with this idea of colouring books for adults. Wtf are they actually thinking?

Claims that they’re helpful for adults with mental health issues still doesn’t make the idea any less just plain weird. It’s like those fidget spinners which were claimed were invented for children with autism - they’re still shìte!

Well, you've obviously conducted research on the subject.

FFred · 19-07-2019 1:31am

Tell me how wrote: »

Really? It never came up at all as a way to practice mindfulness while being active in a simple task?

General Mindfulness tasks. yes.
Adult colouring. No.
Needs new therapist. Maybe.

One eyed Jack · 19-07-2019 1:31am

Tell me how wrote: »

Well, you've obviously conducted research on the subject.

I have actually, and that’s precisely how I came to the conclusions I have above about these various fads.

Tell me how · 19-07-2019 1:33am

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I have actually, and that’s precisely how I came to the conclusions I have above about these various fads.

Care to give a link to your research?
I've a Scopus account so can access academic publications.

Rubberchikken · 19-07-2019 1:34am

i used to colour in when the kids would be doing it. never realised it was good for mental health.
its very relaxing actually.
only pity is now i cant find the time:(

Suckit · 19-07-2019 1:40am

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/26/adult-colouring-in-books-anxiety-stress-mindfulness
https://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/06/health/adult-coloring-books-popularity-mental-health/index.html
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/3-reasons-adult-coloring-can-actually-relax-brain/

Whatever about doing it (I think I would find it very relaxing), I don't think I would be posting pictures of my 'colouring' for everybody to see.
That would make me feel a little infantile.

JupiterKid · 19-07-2019 1:44am

I think they're a great idea to encourage mindfulness for people with severe anxiety issues. They are very intricate and do require intense concentration.

When I first looked at the thread title, I thought for a few seconds it was porn silouettes to be coloured in...:O

ardinn · 19-07-2019 1:49am

Apparently any activity with your hands in front of you performing a task is practicing mindfulness. I make sea fishing rigs before I go on a trip - a few hours fly by and you havnt a notion whats going on around you. Knitting is supposed to be excellent for you.

I think we all do things like this in some way without realizing it.

One eyed Jack · 19-07-2019 1:55am

Tell me how wrote: »

Care to give a link to your research?
I've a Scopus account so can access academic publications.

Good for you, but I don’t have any links to the research I’ve done. I suppose for now because I’m not particularly invested in promoting the idea as a legitimate therapy for helping people to cope with various conditions for which it is claimed the activity is beneficial, you’ll have to make-do with the opinions expressed in this Guardian article -

Coloring books for adults: we asked therapists for their opinions

The gist of the criticism? If you want to color, knock yourself out, but don’t call it meditation or therapy.

I see it as infantilism. Objectively, that’s all it is, and any claimed benefits remind me of the sort of person who claims that drinking their own piss somehow offers benefits that are unattainable by any other means. Knock yourself out if you find it helps, but I’m not convinced of any objective benefit that couldn’t be derived from an infinite number of other activities which claim to offer similar benefits couched in pseudoscience.

ILoveYourVibes · 19-07-2019 1:57am

I tend to think of it as being for people who can't draw.

Or people who like to stay in the lines and hate making stuff up.

God I'm a judgemental bitch.

Arghus · 19-07-2019 1:58am

I'd probably be better off doing that than mindlessly scrolling the Internet on my phone to be honest.

Tell me how · 19-07-2019 2:02am

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Good for you, but I don’t have any links to the research I’ve done. I suppose for now because I’m not particularly invested in promoting the idea as a legitimate therapy for helping people to cope with various conditions for which it is claimed the activity is beneficial, you’ll have to make-do with the opinions expressed in this Guardian article -

Coloring books for adults: we asked therapists for their opinions

The gist of the criticism? If you want to color, knock yourself out, but don’t call it meditation or therapy.

I see it as infantilism. Objectively, that’s all it is, and any claimed benefits remind me of the sort of person who claims that drinking their own piss somehow offers benefits that are unattainable by any other means. Knock yourself out if you find it helps, but I’m not convinced of any objective benefit that couldn’t be derived from an infinite number of other activities which claim to offer similar benefits couched in pseudoscience.

Why don't you have links to you research?

Just throw up an abstract here to give us the gist.

Psychology today would disagree with you.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/modern-mentality/201803/are-adult-coloring-books-actually-helpful

Also, correct me for being dubious, but comparing something to 'drinking your own piss' doesn't sound like academic terminology.

freshpopcorn · 19-07-2019 2:06am

Adults have being doing colouring/painting by numbers/Jigsaws for along time now. The only difference is now is some share it online.

One eyed Jack · 19-07-2019 2:06am

Tell me how wrote: »

Why don't you have links to you research?

Just throw up an abstract here to give us the gist.

Why don’t I have links to my research? Because frankly I didn’t care enough to bother saving them. If you were paying me to carry out research on your behalf, I might actually be sufficiently invested in the subject to offer your moneys worth. But since you aren’t paying me, you’ll have to make-do with what you’re given.

Tell me how · 19-07-2019 2:13am

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Why don’t I have links to my research? Because frankly I didn’t care enough to bother saving them. If you were paying me to carry out research on your behalf, I might actually be sufficiently invested in the subject to offer your moneys worth. But since you aren’t paying me, you’ll have to make-do with what you’re given.

I'll give you 37 cent. I'd say that'll cover any research you've already completed.

Tell me how · 19-07-2019 2:24am

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I tend to think of it as being for people who can't draw.

Or people who like to stay in the lines and hate making stuff up.

God I'm a judgemental bitch.

You used to work as a telephone psychic. I'd go easy on being judgemental.

endacl · 19-07-2019 2:26am

Had to colour the kitchen last year. Not calming at all. Pain in the hoop.

Have to colour the hall, stairs and landing this year...

One eyed Jack · 19-07-2019 2:27am

Tell me how wrote: »

I'll give you 37 cent. I'd say that'll cover any research you've already completed.

That’s not even enough to buy a pack of crayons ffs

ILoveYourVibes · 19-07-2019 2:35am

Tell me how wrote: »

You used to work as a telephone psychic. I'd go easy on being judgemental.

You would think that wouldn't you ...but nope.

Paddy Cow · 19-07-2019 2:47am

I use a colouring app on the phone. It's great for killing time and super satisfying when you finish.

IAMAMORON · 19-07-2019 2:52am

Art is important. Keep colouring everything, don't ever stop.

ILoveYourVibes · 19-07-2019 3:01am

I draw and take sketch pads with me. I lose track of time and draw incredibly detailed portraits of people in front of me. I put these people in strange situations in these drawings that link into whatever topic i am currently obsessed with.

Then I come to and its like 2 am in the morning and i am sitting in the park realizing i have been locked in and i will now have to climb over the wall to escape before the zombies get here.

But I think i could sit and sketch zombies so i wait for them to arrive.

This is how I started my zombie life drawing series.

Do you know what hurts me the most?? Its that they are SO ****ing misunderstood.

ScottCapper · 19-07-2019 3:12am

Why are people so god dam judge mental who cares.. let them paint if they want personally I find the gym good for dealing with depression

ILoveYourVibes · 19-07-2019 3:14am

ScottCapper wrote: »

Why are people so god dam judgemental who cares..

It's all ..I ...have left....

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