Reddit reviews Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book (For Adults, mindfulness coloring)

You could probably find some at thrift/dollar stores, but, the 10$ adult coloring books on Amazon are all very well worth it, for what you get!

The ones by Johanna Basford are incredibly detailed, and I'm surprised they are so cheap for the quality and quantity (80-96 page books.. front and back of each page..!) that you're getting. I have this one, and I've only completed 2 1/2 pages from it... in the 5 months I've had it (granted I don't color that often cause my thumb goes numb, but it would take me at least a few hours to finish one picture!)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1780671067/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1422399680&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=71Z8j-Y5qAL&ref=plSrch

That's the one! The artist has a second one coming soon, Enchanted Forest!

Have you tried picking up a hobby that forces the body to relax? I have a lot of troble 'winding down' sometimes and sitting to watch TV with my hubby can be hard.

I find knitting, spinning, and coloring in really intricate coloring books to be very relaxing. But those are just my favorites.

Anything that's mostly monotonous but enjoyable is good. It helps it the same way meditation would. Slows you down, makes you focus on one thing, and once you get into it there's this wonderful absence in which to think and sort through problems.

I knit/spin/color with music when I need time to think. And when I watch tv, it keeps my hands busy so I can enjoy the show.

If you pick a craft type hobby, you also end up with gifts for everyone at the end of the year. Yay christmas!

Try a colouring book for adults. They're great for keeping you focused (and hopefully steering away negative thoughts) and are fun and simple to use. Here are a few good ones: 1 2 3

My girlfriend recently got this as a present and loves it. It's not hardback, but it's nicely bound and the paper is high quality.

Life IS about using the whole box of crayons! The giant box of 100 colors!

this looks like so much fun! I've had my eye on one for so long, I feel like it'd be such a fun activity!

I feel like /u/pinalope4real would dig the secret garden coloring book since I'm always receiving such awesome snaps from her garden ;)

yay coloring! Thanks for the contest <3

I love my inner child!! This one has coloring, and a hunt option afterward! The fun keeps going! http://amzn.com/1780671067

I love the Secret Garden coloring books. I have a couple. There are some fun designs and there's a lot of detail.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1780671067/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1465475104&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=secret+garden+coloring+book&dpPl=1&dpID=71xbn6jifBL&ref=plSrch

Haha! No, it's stuff like this and this.

Happy to help! What's your budget? I'm on mobile - let me see if I can grab links to what I would recommend based on what you want to spend


Edit: these are the markers I have and I love them. A bit pricy but worth it if it's in your budget: http://www.amazon.com/STD334SB20A6-Staedtler-Triplus-Fineliner-Pens/dp/B0007OEE7E
(There is actually a bigger set you can get from JetPens.com I think)

For a coloring book, I have a couple I like:
This one (and the other ones by this author/artist) is great: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1780671067/ref=pd_aw_fbt_229_img_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0C8DWW0SZ6WKWXY2EX4N


This one also looks nice. I don't have it but one of my friends does: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1941325122/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=61DETogR%2BIL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL100_SR100%2C100_&refRID=1NJH3VAEG30BFHGYWTF4

It seems to be the JPN version of Secret Garden coloring book by Johanna Basford.

It says:

Johanna Basford

Garden of Secrets

A coloring book that is full of flowers

Are you inside my head? You described my exact situation, even the widow part.

I talk to my mom about 2-3 times a week and on the phone it's easy to just smh and carry on a conversation about nothing. Even when I can get my point in, it falls on deaf ears. I usually doodle or colour in my therapeutic colouring book to cope with the emotions of being so annoyed.

I haven't spent any quality time with her for longer than an hour recently because it's so frustrating to deal with. I don't think my Nmom is a malicious or abusive narcissist which I think forces many people to go NC. I do think she's incapable of thinking outside herself in any capacity which does make her a narcissist. This is YEARS of her behaviour compounded on top of tons of her insecurities and self-esteem issues that I know about that contribute to this type of behaviour. However, I also know that it's absolutely futile to try and bring it to her attention because I know she'll never change. So when I do have to conjure the energy to see her, I concentrate on the former rather than the latter. I focus on the fact that even though she's damaged my ability to rationally control my emotional output and my ability to have faith in my own actions, she's never put me in a place that I cannot recover from. I was never hit or starved or put out of the house.

I struggle with this same guilt all the time. I feel like the relationship with my Nmom is that it's really, all about her needs. I regain my needs in the relationship by being LC.

I love my inner child!

I have this one on my wishlist.

Here is the mobile version of your link

A really good chamomile tea and a nice mug, a hot water bottle with a nice cover that she can cuddle, and something brainless but calming to do, like a puzzle or a colouring book and some good quality coloured pencils (I enjoy this book because it's finely detailed and I have to concentrate on it, which means I'm not concentrating on the whirling anxiety!).

Tiffany Windows are very detailed and great for small point markers, or colored pencils. I have this one and it's just plain awesome for days I just want to be detailed//creative.

Detailed Insects

Secret Garden/Activity/Small Detailed

Detailed Animals I have this one, and recommend it.

I get lost in the "recommendation" section due to all the fancy images.

Backed chicken with asparagus and steamed baby carrots. For dessert...make yourself a no bake cheesecake, but make them into cupcakes for the dessert that keeps on giving. Wash it down with a cold glass of organic Vitamin D milk.

Welcome home!!!

YUMMY

Sorry about your cubical coma!


I think you should pick up one of these puzzle books. I keep one of these and do them when I'm bored or have time to kill. Or if you want something more artistic this looks nice.


If I win I'd like these shoes. Need shoes.