Coloring books are cool. I might get one myself. That one is nice @anon80629714
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What kind of patterns are you coloring?
Does it make difference if you chose abstract over realistic objects or is it just what fits you better?
I think I might consider it for myself.
My wife and I used to get those felt pictures from the cheap shops to colour in. It was good for easing stress when living in bed and breakfasts /private lets .
Is it truly artistic and creative? - No, but it’s a fun and harmless thing to do for those of us with poor artistic talent who would feel self conscious about our inadequacies in an art therapy group. Yes I know ideally art therapy is about expression not talent but the reality in terms of peer reactions would often probably be different.
Also the more talent you have the better you are able to express yourself.
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When I was in hospital my kid sis would visit me and she always had a coloring book in her bag…
She would sit quietly and color as I tried to get my head around what to say and how to say it.
It was nice having someone around… so I didn’t feel like an untouchable… but it was nice I didn’t have to keep up the chatter. Sometimes I would color too… It was calming… it made me feel better…
It wasn’t about being creative… it was good to have something to do with my hands… have something to focus on instead of the noise in my head… and it was a way to still interact with some of my family… when I wasn’t feeling up to conversation.
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i think doing the dishes in more therapeutical and definitely more useful
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Lol for a second I heard my mom saying exactly the same thing. 
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My book is arriving today so excited. 
In the end I chose another book and feltips…
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You could show us! 
I’m probably going to take this to work and do it at lunch. Get other people hooked too lol
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Thanks for that link! Coloring books for adults are great way to be totally relaxed.
I’ve founded many of phone apps for example - [U]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodsofttech.coloringforadults [/U]
I hope you’ll like it! 