［狄美摩亞的線上讀書會，以閱讀抗疫，擺脫心理距離。］
抗疫期間，越來越多人參加線上讀書會，線上閱讀，除了可分享我們喜歡的書作，藉着閱讀宣洩內心的鬱悶，更加可以保持與人聯繫，你今天閱讀了嗎？
詳文：https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3082494/ask-demi-moore-book-clubs-offer-emotional-support-stress
//Jasmin Fong Ting, a counselling psychologist at the Harmony Holistic Psychotherapy Centre in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong says reading can be cathartic. “Much research has tried to understand how reading books has therapeutic value, but results have not been conclusive,” she says. Readers may be swept up in the emotions the story elicits, developing empathy for characters and discovering insights useful to their life.
Fong says connecting with others is important for our mental health in times of stress and uncertainty, and book clubs serve that purpose.
“Research [in 2010 by Harvard University psychologists] Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert suggests that our mind wanders around 46.9 per cent of the time. This wandering can lead to continuously thinking negative thoughts … that could affect our well-being. So activities like meditation or reading allow us to get our attention back to stay in focus,” she explains.//
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