One thing that I always found therapeutic was baking. I am not that good at it, but I don't know. Maybe it's the action of flour, egg and mixing it that brings me some calmness. Perhaps I am thinking back to the days when Mom was able to bake. Whenever universities or hospitals make studies based on smell, I am never surprised to read about the comfort smells of baking.
My husband WAS a bagel baker for a long time: we met at a bagel bakery. He would prefer I not bake, because he feels that if it isn't in the house, he won't eat it. Yet as I type this and smell a pumpkin loaf I have baking in the over, I am calm. The stress of the week has washed over me and the calmness of the smell of vanilla and baking dough is more effective on me than ativan.
Hmmm. Perhaps I am on to something.Not Febreeze, mind you, but genuine aromas available without a prescription. Coming to you soon..vanilla sugar followed by clean linen in a bottle.
Sign me up :D
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Scientists have found that our sense of smell is very good for recalling memories. This makes sense, since as we were evolving, the ability to identify good sources of food from bad ones might often involve the sense of smell.
So it makes perfectly good sense that certain aromas can help calm you down based on pleasant past associations. ;-)
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