Friday, August 12, 2011

Do you think reactivating some of our child activities would help some adult's health

Do you think reactivating some of our child activities would help some adult's health?
Games like tag and hide-and-seek, for example, are things that used to occupy our time (or at least mine) as a child with friends. Now, as an adult, usually I spend my time hanging out with friends by sitting down and talking. That is fine, of course, but I got to remembering when I was a kid and the thrill I had playing some of the youthful, very physical, games I did as a child. I was wondering, if adults were to, instead of just sitting around and talking, actually spend some recreation time with each other playing games like tag or hide-and-seek, do you think it would help increase both physical and mental health in some adults? Of course, sports is a good alternative too. But I was wondering if these "youthful" games might help just as much or more so in the psychological aspect due to it's prevalence in our youth.
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I think you have something going there. but it may be a bit difficult to get your friends to agree to play tag. Just because they may feel that it's childish and not exactly mature. but thats all bologna. if you set something up with the sole purpose was to have adults have the kind of fun they did as children then i think you'd be able to get them to join in. reflecting on childhood activities by actively doing them again would brighten up your mind well. But dont expect to have much fun with action figures, there is no way to match the imagination you had as kid playing with actionfigures.
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What a wonderful idea! Even the thought brings back such carefree, happy times. We used the broom as a horse, tree branches were swords. The local pond was endless hours of swinging on a tire attached to the tree. Catching frogs, grasshoppers or anything that was a challenge. That childhood, before computers, cell phones,what to wear, television, and discord. Thank you..for stirring the old memories up. And in answer to your question, yes, it was therapeutic. If only in my mind. But I do think it made me a better person.
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your question is a very complex one, and i will try to answer it in a nutshell, as i may... i am actually assuming that there are many different ways for one to mature, adulthood as understood by 'society' being not the only one. this assumption should implicitly address the supposition as to whether adults should play hide and seek. I think that there are those individuals that have grown beyond 'repair', that is their childhood may not be regained, only accessed by means of memory, and processed and evaluated. the lessons learned by this process could be many. there are also those that do not accept, whether they are aware or not is another matter, the concept of adulthood. these have to struggle in a settings that does allow for very little childlike playfulness or like attitudes. some manage to keep their child self alive to some extent although with great trauma, others, perhaps less aware, or fortunate, usually attempt to adjust at some social level by converting or investing their playfulness into those activities that are considered as fitting for grown ups, although somewhat marginally . there maybe other outlets for supressed 'childlike pshychology/outlook' as well, just throwing in some ideas here...

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