creative self expression as a healthy outlet for my own feelings. Funneling my negative emotions into some sort of creative work has been my best and most helpful strategy for managing my mental health.
I’ve also spent years teaching others how to find their artistic voice and use it to express their innermost feelings, especially when words are too difficult to find.Creating art in any medium is a wonderful way to manage emotions.
It acts as a release valve that allows you to externalize all of your feelings and move on, knowing that those emotions will live on forever on a canvas or in a song, rather than inside your mind.After my son’s ADHD diagnosis, I knew that helping him learn this crucial coping mechanism was the best way to start.
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