Tell me: Has arts and crafts improved your mental health?

According to experts, arts and crafts can be an important tool for improving health. Tom Daley’s Olympic knitting, for example, has captured the public’s attention in recent years.

Research has shown that people who engage in arts and crafts are happier, more fulfilled, and feel that life is worth living than those who don’t.

This is true even when other factors known to have an impact are taken into account, such as age, gender, disadvantage, ill health and employment status.

We want to know if participating in crafting has helped improve your mental health. Does knitting calm you down during stressful moments? Do you make cards for friends and family? Let us know.

We’d like to hear from people who find that crafting has improved their mental health.

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We’d like to hear from people who find that crafting has improved their mental health.

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