ADVANCED MIND MAPPING FOR WELLBEING
We have seen how Mind Maps can act like your very own personal trainer (see
Chapter 2
,
page 114
) by helping you to plan a fitness regime or enjoy a healthy
diet.
Besides their use in promoting general wellbeing, Mind Maps have been shown
to be effective in engaging with a number of conditions, such as autism and
dyslexia. People on the autistic spectrum often have strong visual skills, which
means that autistic children tend to learn better through visual methods. Mind
Maps are, of course, highly visual and encourage a learning-by-doing approach.
They offer an overview of a subject, as well as emphasizing the relationships
between different aspects of it, making information appear orderly and helping
autistic students to improve their recall of that information. For those with
dyslexia, short-term memory, concentration and sequencing information can all
be challenging aspects of daily life, so Mind Maps offer them a helpful way to
organize and assimilate information.
For those suffering from depression and states of demotivation, a Mind Map can
highlight symptoms, outline coping techniques and strategies, and include
helpful medical information on the biological causes. It becomes an action plan
as well as a diagnostic tool. Wherever stress can lead to forgetfulness, rigidity
and a downward spiral of fear, Mind Maps can act as stress relievers, massaging
that stress away. When the brain is less stressed, the body becomes less stressed,
leading to improved performance and mental and physical wellbeing.
Mind Maps can be used generally to improve your understanding of a condition
and then devise a helpful treatment plan. If, for example, you are creating a
Mind Map to manage anxiety, you could start with a central image that relates to
your feelings, then create main branches and sub-branches relating to:
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