Urban Life Pressure Reducing Valve: Origami

Today’s urban life is complicated and chaotic. No matter what industry or job you are in, you are faced with very high competition and task pressure. This makes modern urbanites face physical and mental challenges 24 hours a day. Facing the ravages of stress, fashionable karaoke and shopping can no longer meet peoples stress requirements, and the traditional origami art has once again become the favorite of urban de-stressers.

Using a piece of white paper, after some clever folding, a puppy, a sailboat or a cute little dress is "born". This is a handmade origami that many people often played in their childhood. At present, among busy modern white-collar workers in the city, the trend of hand-made origami is rising again. This time, people use it not for fun, but to relieve stress.

The things to be folded can be selected according to personal preferences, and the folding time is usually relatively long, more than 1 hour. Nowadays, many young white-collar workers on the Internet are teaching each other various handmade origami experiences. Why has origami become people’s new favorite way to relieve stress?

"This is because origami can divert your attention. The tedious steps of origami require you to devote yourself to it, and you can temporarily forget about the existence of stress." Liu Xinghua, associate professor of the Department of Psychology at Capital Normal University, analyzed that at the same time, he believes that manual work There is another reason why origami can reduce stress, and that is concentration. "When you concentrate on folding paper, the process itself can relax your body, gradually stabilize your breathing, and gradually calm down your mind. When facing pressure, concentration itself is a very effective way to reduce stress." Researcher at the Beijing Youth Stress Management Center Hao Bin further explained. In addition, Liu Xinghua believes that folding an ordinary piece of paper into a cute animal can bring people a happy mood.

But Liu Xinghua reminds that origami stress reduction only temporarily diverts your attention and allows you to relax temporarily, but the things you are facing are still not solved. Hao Bin believes that if we want to reduce stress in the long term, we also need to arrange our time, improve work performance and adjust our mentality.