Art Therapy Believed to Be Helpful in Trauma-Overworked Brain

(Newswire.net — February 12, 2018) Wilmington, DELAWARE — The brain is one of the parts of the human body that is vital for health and survival. Medications and some dietary supplements are believed to be helpful to the brain. However, there are also activities believed to be helpful for brain health and recovery.

Art therapy is believed to be helpful in a trauma-overworked brain. When one is in a threatening situation, the traumatized brain is normally on high alert. This constant alertness is particularly active in the brain’s lower regions, where the survival instincts originate.

Cathy Malchiodi, counselor and author, recommends that victims are able to express the effects of trauma through the use of art, music and other creative activities.

It has also been suggested by Nancy Gerber, Director of the PhD Program in Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel University, that expressive arts may support the recovery of trauma. Their effects may be particularly helpful for victims who experienced trauma or seek treatment at a young age. Experts suggest that this form of art therapy engages in the brain regions that grow earlier in life.

Art therapy has the potential to help victims reconnect with those image parts of the brain. This process works by calming the parts of the brain, which have been overworked by trauma.

According to some experts, traumatic stress can manifest in different ways. There are victims who are incommunicative and withdrawn while others become confrontational. This is called in therapeutic terms as externalizing or internalizing one’s feelings.

It has been suggested that trauma memories are sensory memories. This means that people feel them as well as react with their bodies. It has been suggested that creativity may help trauma sufferers make a leap to full expression and understanding.

Even individuals who are not trauma victims can also take advantage of the benefits carried along in engaging in art therapy. Recently, many people from around the world have chosen to turn to art therapy through the use of adult coloring books.

Adult coloring books are extremely popular among individuals who suffer from anxiety, depression, stress and other psychological problems. There are those who suffer from these problems due to issues that are work-related, or due to health conditions.

When engaging in art therapy, it is important to choose the right art materials. One of the best options is the Tadkin Ultimate Gel Pen Collection, which comes with 100 different pens. These pens also come in 100 different colors.

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