Top 10 Årsager Hæklet kan hjælpe dig Heal

ved KathrynAugust 1, 2012 · 18 kommentarer

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This post is part of a ten day series of posts on the healing benefits of crochet that I’m doing to celebrate the release of my new book, Hæklet reddede mit liv.

I knew intuitively because of my own experience that crochet could be something to help people heal through a variety of different health conditions. I didn’t quite know why that was before I delved into researching the topic, selv. There are many reasons that crochet helps with healing. Here are ten of the most common ones:

1. Crochet builds self-esteem.

Your self-esteem can take a huge beating when you are dealing with a long-term illness. This is true of mental illness in part because of the stigma attached to various conditions but mostly just as a terrible side effect of the condition. It’s almost impossible to feel truly depressed and still have high self-esteem, for eksempel. Self-esteem can wane during periods of physical illness as well, because the patient may feel helpless and incapable of doing the things that they could normally do and therefore somehow less worthy than they were prior to the illness. Low self-esteem can exacerbate illness of any kind.

Crochet is a great craft for building self-esteem. It encourages you to make choices based on personal preference (such as yarn color and project type). When you learn a new stitch or complete a project, you feel a sense of pride. There is the feeling that, “hey, if I can do this, then I can do other things, også!” And when people see the finished item and express their interest in it then the self-esteem gets yet another boost.

2. Hækling er en distraktion aktivitet.

Nogle gange er den bedste måde at håndtere en sygdom er at tage dit sind ud af det. Her er nogle eksempler:

  • Hvis du beskæftiger sig med depression og angst, så du kan opleve en cyklus af drøvtygning, der driver dig dybere og dybere ind i et mørkt mentalt rum, og det bliver det bydende nødvendigt, at du tager dit sind ud af denne cyklus ved at fokusere på andre aktiviteter.
  • I tilfælde af afhængighed, bliver det vigtigt at fokusere sindet på noget andet end den genstand eller handle ét craves.
  • Når du har en smerte tilstand, der kræver ikke-narkotisk smertebehandling kan det hjælpe at tage sind ud af den del af kroppen, der gør ondt.
Hækling er en fokuseret aktivitet, der kan holde både sindet og hænderne travlt.

3. Hæklet kan aktivere mindfulness.

Mindfulness means being aware of how you are feeling and experiencing the present moment. Tuning into the present is another form of distraction as well as a means to calming the body. Mindfulness therapy is commonly used to treat a myriad of mental health conditions including depression and bipolar disorder. When approached with practiced attention, crochet can be used as a tool to reach a mindful state.

4. Crochet releases serotonin.

Scientific studies suggest that repetitive activities like the act of crocheting can release serotonin in the body. Serotonin increases your pain threshold (which I mentioned earlier today in my article about the benefits of crochet for pregnancy problems) so it can help with pain conditions. Higher serotonin levels also play an important role in getting depression under control (which is why many psychiatrists prescribe medications designed to boost serotonin). Crochet is a natural way to get that serotonin release in the body.

5. Crochet is colorful.

There is much evidence available that suggests that color can be healing for a variety of health conditions including both physical and mental health. Color therapy (and the related art of light therapy) has be used to treat depression (including Seasonal Affective Disorder), addictions, eating disorders and even bowel problems. Garn kommer i alle farver af regnbuen, så hvis du tror på værdien af ​​farven til ændring humør og forbedre, hvordan du føler dig om dit helbred, så er du måske undersøge, hvilke farver er bedst at indføre i dine kommende projekter!

6. Hæklet forbinder dig til andre.

En følelse af tilknytning til folk i dit samfund kan drastisk forbedre din sundhed. Nogle af de måder, hæklet kan skabe en følelse af sammenhæng omfatter:

  • Den forbindelse, du føler for nogen, når du hæklet en vare specielt til dem
  • Tilslutning via hækle i grupper med andre
  • Tilslutning til andre crocheters i et online community
  • En generel følelse af at være en del af den helhed, når crafting for velgørenhed
  • En følelse af forbindelse til de generationer, der kom før dig, som du fortsætter med dette håndværk

7. Hæklet er håndgribeligt og appellerer til mange sanser.

Hæklede grunde dig til her og nu. Du kan føle og røre ved det. Du kan forme det og se det vokse. Dette kan utroligt healing i visse situationer. For eksempel, mennesker, der lider af PTSD tilbageblik kan lære at nå til garn og en krog til at bringe sig tilbage i den foreliggende. Og mennesker, der kæmper med hallucinationer relateret til skizofreni kan opleve, at hækle hjælper dem til bedre at skelne mellem hvad der er virkeligt og hvad der ikke.

8. Fordele ved at visualisere og gennemføre et projekt

Hæklet lærer en virkelig fantastisk færdighed, som er evnen til at visualisere et projekt og derefter arbejde på dette projekt til dørs. This skill not only helps build the self-esteem but also helps train the mind to envision and create possibilities for the future. This is especially important in dealing with depression. Depression ekes away hope for the future. Learning to re-imagine the future and see that you can take steps to make something happen in the future is invaluable. It’s important to note here that many people with chronic physical health conditions also experience depression and hopelessness and this can assist them for the same reasons.

9. Crochet moves the body.

Selvfølgelig, crochet isn’t going to get the blood pumping like cardio exercise, but every little bit of movement in our lives is better than not moving at all. Du brænder nogle flere kalorier hækle gennem en film, end hvis du bare sad der ligesom en klump med din Netflix på. Du kan holde dine hænder aktive og smidig og endda afværge sygdomme som gigt. Det er ikke nogen lille ting!

10. Hækling er en skabende handling for selvudfoldelse.

Der er mange rapporter og undersøgelser og bøger og endda klasser derude om hvorfor vi har brug kreativitet i vores liv. Jeg ved ikke præcis hvorfor være kreativ er sådan en helbredende kraft i mennesker, men jeg ved, at det er!

 

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12 kommentarer
mirele
Groom

Jeg blev indlagt med svær depression i 1999. Da jeg kom ud 10 dage senere, Jeg besluttede at hækle en cardigan bare for at holde mit sind travlt. Jeg har stadig cardi. Det er en lidt beat op nu, fordi en af ​​mine katte (den sene beklagede Xena) used it as a bed during the last couple of years of her life. So it's doubly special to me as one of the things which helped me get out of the hole I was in back in 1999 and one of the comforts for my beloved cat's life.

brownie
brownie

I cannot but agree with you, as though diagnosed late in life, I knew something was not "højre". Jeg var for" sensitive" I do not "play nice with others, etc.. A single mother by choice, when my daughter left for her studies, my world crashed around me. Unable to pick up the pieces, a friend and co-worker introduced me to crochet. My first winter , I made what I call the "never-ending blanket" (it's lopsided, too long and has other faults). I keep saying I'll re-do it , but it is a reminder of how I was saved by a hook. Though this friend left the country, I can never forget how she saved me through crochet. My only regret is that I did not know how to do this before.( so much time wasted and so many things to create! )SO thank you Kate (you know who you are) and crochet and to all those that helped on the "net". And to all those dealing with hardships- try it, you never know how much seeing something you created can change your outlook. May the angles watch over you all. Tak

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I think sometimes the thing that is wonderful about handmade pieces is that they show us how we survived, imperfections and all! I'm so glad you found strength in this craft. Gør hvad Kate gjorde og betale det fremad ved at indføre en anden til det, når de har brug for det!!

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Sacredcrocheter
Sacredcrocheter

Tillykke Kathryn på anden utrolig blogindlæg! Jeg kan relatere til hver eneste af dine BIG 10 men jeg havde ikke rigtig forstå, hvordan hæklet hjalp mig- Jeg har ikke forbinde prikker som du har gjort så smukt. Alt jeg vidste var, at noget dybt inde kørte mig til at ønske at hækle, da jeg var i smerte, går gennem depression eller undgå et ønske om at bruge stoffer til at blokere smerte og depression.

Jeg vidste også, det næsten altid løfter mit humør til at kommunikere med andre crocheters online, men jeg virkelig ikke grave meget dybere ind i min tankeproces.

Og ja til at styrke selvværd og hver anden post på resten af ​​din liste!

Som de siger,"the unexamined life is not worth living" and you are helping us towards that noble end. I'm sure you are touching many lives in ways you may never know. God bless you Kathryn.

CrochetBlogger
CrochetBlogger moderator

@Sacredcrocheter Thank you for your kind comment! I didn't realize how crochet was helping me at first either but then I started this blog and the more I wrote about crochet, the more I thought about it, and all of the connections came into place. :)

rootsandbones
rootsandbones

This is amazing and really interesting. I suffer from chronic depression but have been crocheting for nearly three years again after an embarrassingly loooong break. For the past year, let's say, I've noticed that my mood is better - I have to do score sheets for my doctor, scoring my mood and they've been in the low numbers for a while now (which is good). So obviously, I picked up on its natural antidepressant qualities!

Also I have hypermobility syndrome (sorry, I sound like a right whiner! But it is related to the post?), and am interested to see that crochet can lessen pain, since part of the syndrome is pain in the joints. So I will have to try to notice next time I am crocheting if the pain recedes (it should, and probably has, but I've never known about that, so never known to look for it).

CrochetBlogger
CrochetBlogger moderator

@rootsandbones I'm sorry to hear that you struggle with depression. I know all too well that it's a difficult, often unrelenting thing, but am so glad to hear that crochet seems to be playing a role in helping you!

I'd love to hear what you discover as you pay more attention to the role that crochet can play in reducing pain. In my research I frequently read about people who were using it as a type of natural painkiller. I haven't seen anyone mention it specifically for hypermobility syndrome but I've seen it mentioned as helpful for people with arthritis and other joint conditions. Selvfølgelig, there's a flip side, and that's that it can aggravate the finger joints if you work too tightly or with smaller hooks, etc.. Do you use ergonomic hooks when you crochet?

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rootsandbones
rootsandbones

@CrochetBlogger I will keep note and let you know!

I don't use ergonomic hooks, faktisk. I have heard they're good for reducing pain, selv. I used to crochet very tightly when I was a teenager, but now I work quite loosely, so that doesn't seem to occur *touches wood*

CrochetBlogger
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@rootsandbones I haven't tried too many ergonomic hooks myself. I seem to be stuck on Boye aluminum hooks and never like anything else. But I've heard good things about the use of the right hooks if you ever have hand pain.

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