More handwork can prevent depression

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Nowadays, mental illness has become more and more common, many friends will have some mental illness, such as depression. Health experts suggest that depression is not a small problem, it can threaten your physical and mental health. So, how can we fight depression? Experts have found that more manual work can prevent depression. Let's take a look at the following.

More handwork can prevent depression

First, researchers found that the beneficial effects of manual activities such as knitting on human health are similar to meditation, which can trigger the release of dopamine (a neurotransmitter that can make people feel happy).

Second, according to the analysis of the researchers, this is because the repetitive actions required for manual work can activate the parasympathetic nervous system and extinguish the stress response of "fight or flight" in the human body. The sense of accomplishment after the completion of the handicraft can open up the path of reward for happiness in the brain, thus playing a decompression effect.

Third: the study, published in the British Journal of occupational therapy, showed that more than 3500 patients with depression participated in the study, 81% of them said their symptoms of depression had improved, and more than half felt happy.

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It can be seen that doing more handwork is a good regimen, it can help you to prevent and treat depression. Depression is not a small problem. Serious depression will make you suicidal. So, for the sake of your health, in order to stay away from the threat of depression, we can do more small handicrafts.