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Working with your hands is good for your brain

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"... a whole range of hands-on activities — such as knitting, gardening and coloring — are associated with cognitive and emotional benefits, including improvements in memory and attention, as well as reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms."

I recall too that Jeeves wrote about a friend who found relief in making things in wood.

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RonB1

I wonder if playing the guitar helps? I still play guitar - although it is getting harder to do.

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JayPwP in reply to RonB1

Getting harder, Ron?

😉😉😁😁😁

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Tribselyov

”Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed

Recommended a long time ago by my friend named paul

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Zella23

my husband draws with pen, really detailed drawings, he used to draw many years ago and took it up again about 3 years ago. Tremor stops when he draws although it’s not one of his worst symptoms. Here are a few of his drawings

Phoenix
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Zella23

and another

Dragon
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Eryl

But no amount of working with your hands will undo the damage done by bad diets containing indutrially refined foods like seed oils and carbohydrates.

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