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    default Top tips: looking after your mental health with creativity - Mental Health Foundation Popular

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    We asked our supporters if they thought creative activities help their mental health and how? Here is what some of them had to say:

    • Take part in theatre productions to express those feelings that otherwise won’t be released
    • Write a Poem
    • Doodle it up! – doodling helps to relieve stress and relax your mind and body
    • Dancing
    • Painting
    • Colouring books
    • Cooking, baking and creating recipes
    • Crafting - making cards, making MDF projects - all help me to be mindful and live in the present
    • Singing
    • Gardening
    • Puzzles
    • Flower arranging
    • Story writing
    • Photography
    • Competitive Cheerleading
    • Create a scrapbook of all the positive memories / things in your life
    • Journaling – writing down all the things I am grateful for, especially when feeling low
    • Song writing
    • Playing an instrument
    • Teaching  pets to do tricks
    • Decorating
    • Pottery
    • Cleaning
    • Filming - Video editing
    • Sewing
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