Playing: Antidote to Anxiety

Summer is a great time to play. Whether running outside on a sunny day or going to the beach and watching the waves, play can be the perfect antidote to worrying, fretting, dwelling on whatever ails you.  Taking a break from whatever serious project you are concentrating on, long enough to laugh, to play with a child, to look at the toys at a store near you; all are fun ways to apend time and get us in touch with our 'inner child'. And children, although they certainly can be anxious, especially if traumatized, can also distract themselves, and us, for a time, if we let them.

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Play can not only make us laugh, but it can also interfere with anxiety in a good way. Here is an article about play that makes good sense, called "How Risky Play Fights Childhood Anxiety." Although it is geared towards children, the case can be made for it applying to all of us, at any age, as a way to stay loose, and stay young! Please click on the  link : Play 'risky play HOW