Scream Day: Significance and 5 benefits of screaming for your mental health
The celebration of Scream Day on April 24 every year may seem awkward at first, but the day has a unique significance. Scream Day was created to bring awareness to the benefits of screaming. Screaming on its own is proven to be very beneficial, you can scream in your pillow, in your car, in the woods, or wherever you feel most comfortable.
Modern striving has generated a great deal of pent-up anxiety and pressure as people focus on the gratification of materialistic things. This builds up pressure and stress, which requires some healthy outlet as a solution. While meditation is a popular method to relax, many psychologists believe that screaming is the best way to let everything out. Screaming to release pent-up frustrations is remarkably calming for the brain.
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Significance of Scream Day
It may sound odd to many, but screaming has proven to have numerous health benefits. The significance of this day lies in promoting the advantages of screaming for your health. We've all benefited from a loud scream at some point in our lives. There have been proven benefits of screaming in ancient Chinese medicine and also in primal scream therapy, which John Lennon and Yoko Ono practiced. This is why research has also shown that shouting can increase strength, and tennis players, for instance, believe that when they grunt loudly or scream, they have more power in their shots.
A user wrote on Twitter, "There’s so many articles on the health benefits of meditation but what about the health benefits of screaming as hard as you can into a pillow"
There’s so many articles on the health benefits of meditation but what about the health benefits of screaming as hard as you can into a pillow? 🤔
— Emilie Llenado (@la_vida_llenado) January 28, 2020
5 ways screaming improves your mental health
1. Screaming is fun! It can help release tension in the muscles, and this relief can result in release of endorphins in the central nervous system, which can lead to a reduction in pain and an increase in pleasure.
2. Screaming can be cathartic in the moment, helping to express and release emotions.
3. Screaming can help you calm down, especially if those emotions have been repressed.
4. You can feel lighter! Notice how after you scream, you feel lighter, better, and ready to face your day with a good mental health.
5. You will have more ease in your communications with others. You might have to rinse your face with cold water and reapply makeup, but it is really worth it to let go and release some stress and tension at this time.
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