Climbing a tree allows us to think through possible next steps: Which branch next, will it hold my weight, what will I do if it breaks? It also puts us in situations where we need to react flexibly: If there’s an imaginary bear chasing me up the tree, what should I do to escape? READ MORE: Four habits of happy people - as recommended by a psychologistĪs a child you might have climbed a tree when you were playing. Play allows us to engage in trial and error learning, to do something and get it wrong. It helps us react flexibly and without excessive fear to situations we find threatening. Play helps us to be able to think through possibilities so that we can anticipate outcomes and respond more creatively. Even thinking about times we were playful can increase our well-being. What’s more, play and playfulness is good for us. Play is low stakes, and we do it because it feels good. Play is an activity that we choose to do because we want to do it - it is never forced. Inti St Clair/Tetra images RF/Getty Images When you participate in a sport for fun, that is playing.
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