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Include this activity into your routine / whenever you like

What To Do

Buy a DIY painting-by-numbers kit. Start painting when you are free. Paint according to the numbers guide. 

What Does It Do

Schizophrenics who do art therapy are better at releasing their emotions and thoughts. Each time when you paint a little by little, it helps to distract you from the annoying voices. Having deep concentration and focus may drown some of the voices in the process. When every single number is filled up by paint, a whole painting which looks very professionally done will emerge. The finished product will have you beaming with pride with your accomplishment.

How I Feel After Doing It 

After each painting session, I would feel tired but at the same time, proud of how my painting is turning out. I even have a picture of my family customised and turned into a DIY painting-by-numbers. I patiently worked on this project for a whole month. The end product is just so amazing, if I may say so. It looked very similar to the actual photo. It became one of my proudest achievement and still is!

It is now sitting on a shelf majestically in my office cum personal space where I get to see it each time I work in there. It is so beautiful as the picture hold good memories of my family and I being abroad. I highly recommend this as a hobby or project to work on. If you are unable to do much activities, try painting instead of lying down due to the disturbance caused by the voices. Give it a shot. I know it is tough to even start but I believe the end results are rewarding and that is what matters.

“Painting is a means of self-enlightenment.” – John Olsen

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