The benefits of reading for the mind and memory; and mental health

 benefits of reading:

Everyone should be encouraged to read and the benefits of reading should be clarified to them, and the child should be developed in the hobby of reading since childhood, because the book is the best friend and the best teacher that does not corrupt its owner or corrupts his mind.

 

The benefits of reading in stimulating the mind:

  The mind is like any organ and muscle inside the human body that is expandable and capable of growth and needs special care and determination of the food that is entered into it, but here the food of the mind is permanent reading.

Reading helps protect against any defect in mental and intellectual abilities, so whoever is accustomed to reading finds it less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or aging diseases such as dementia.

It is known that reading nourishes the mind and the soul, which always helps to operate the mind and expand its perceptions, which leads to the mind maintaining its strength and focus.

It is also possible to maintain the power of concentration of the mind and its operation by reading, playing chess and finding solutions to puzzles, and from here it is necessary to pay attention to the mind, like any organ in the human body, in order to protect it from mental illness.

The benefits of reading to reduce stress:

Reading is like magic in removing stress resulting from practical, personal and psychological pressures.

Therefore, it is recommended that you read a novel or story in order to move through it to another world away from these pressures.

Reading is a world in which you may find your psychological and mental comfort and feel the relaxation that pervades your mind and psyche, and then your nerves and psyche will calm down.

You find that you have begun to find sound solutions to all your problems and succeed in solving them, and this affects the achievement of your work positively.

The benefits of reading in increasing knowledge:

The mind is like a rubber bowl, which increases in size when you put things in it to keep them inside. Thus, the mind, whenever it is nourished with proper reading in all areas, the mind expands to include all areas and forms ideas, retains information and does not forget it.

Therefore, it is necessary to have proper nutrition by choosing important and valuable books, and it is necessary to choose books with wide fields that give an opportunity for the mind to work, think, innovate and produce unparalleled ideas, thus the mind becomes ready to think.

 Knowledge and information cannot be lost. Rather, knowledge of it creates value for the person and makes him have a prestigious position among people, because the value of man is based on his mind and the practical approach that he follows in his relationship with people.

The benefits of reading in language expansion:

 Reading a lot in all fields and all books add new terms that the reader may be the first time he knows and is exposed to, whether the book he is reading is in the English language or any science such as psychology and medicine.

The tongue gets used to these polite and standard linguistic terms, and when the tongue learns to pronounce these words, its writing also improves and its perceptions expand, so that these terms and the meanings of words become uttered in general daily life.

This gives a background to those who deal with you that you are an educated and eloquent person. You choose your words that you utter in a polite manner, because reading refines the mind and the soul, as it makes you speak tactfully and fluently.

The benefits of reading in improving memory:

It is necessary to pay attention to memory, developing and strengthening it, and this can only be done by reading. We notice that when we read a story or novel, we automatically find ourselves memorizing the names and characters.

And perhaps some sentences that leave an impression inside us, and we may repeat them with every situation similar to them, and we also tell the events to the people close to us smoothly and immediately without glitching any part of the story, and this is the strongest and greatest exercise for memory and the mind.

The benefits of reading and its impact on writing:

Reading and writing are two parts that cannot be dispensed with. Reading teaches writing and for writing it is necessary to learn to read in order to know what we are going to write, but what is meant by writing here is expressive and creative writing.

In order for a creative reading to be admired by everyone, a large amount of information and knowledge must be obtained from reading books and volumes in all fields. In order for the writing hobby to be developed, it must be based on the hobby of reading.

The effect of reading on entertainment:

Reading in general is a way of entertainment. When reading, we find calm that pervades the whole body, peace of mind and avoidance of stress, but there are some individuals who read in their spare time.

Reading is not limited to a fictional book or romantic stories only. Reading in leisure time depends on what the reader loves and understands the mind, as there are books and volumes in all kinds of fields and books are not limited to a specific field.

There are a lot of romantic, realistic, science fiction and police stories that make the reader switch roles with the heroes and put himself in their place and try to find a rational and scientific solution that solves that police puzzle, for example.

There are also some people who love poetry, so you find they tend to read poetry collections of all eras, and some of them read books for self-development, and some of them love historical, religious and biographical books.

Also, reading books with fiction or biography written in an attractive way makes the reader feel reassured, happy, separated from the outside world, and enters other worlds in which his feelings may mix between joy and sadness.

Reading removes stress, lowers blood pressure, and secretes beneficial, good and healthy hormones for the body, such as the hormone of happiness. Reading is the bridge of communication between all cultures in the world.

The reader, while sitting in his country, can get to know the rest of the cultures as if he lives in them or visits those places, and he can also know the geographical borders that exist in each country.

Reading cannot be replaced by what is written on social networking sites such as Facebook and other sites to gather and bring knowledge.