Doing activities that promote healthy mental health has never been more important, with so many people all over the world currently finding themselves bored or with nothing to do, activities like playing board games offer relief from this boredom by providing entertaining mental stimulation. The great thing about board games is that they often have ways of teaching you something whilst hiding it in a  fun concept, this has been proven to be one of the most effective methods of teaching as it encourages you to have fun whilst learning something new. Apart from board games, if you do sports at home regularly, it helps to improve your mental health.

 

Spend Time With Loved Ones

With mental health having strong links to a person’s emotional state, one of the biggest mental benefits of playing a board game would have to be the fact that it makes you spend quality time with a friend or family member. If you are feeling down or you feel your mental health is in a negative state one of the best things you could do is to sit down and spend some quality time with a loved one, small experiences like these often help and may even encourage you to talk about your problems whilst you play.

 

Maths Within Board Games

You will be surprised to know just how many board games actually require mathematics style skills, some in a very subtle way and others rely heavily upon maths in order for you to be able to play. Games involving dice require the player to be able to do simple adding and especially for younger children, this is a very good way to sneak teaching into playtime. Other games like backgammon and connect four have elements of maths to them also, playing games like these has been proven to encourage good mental health as it occupies and stimulates the mind in a situation where you could be doing nothing. Using maths in board games is also a great learning tool for young children, gently encouraging them to learn more about maths in a relaxing and easy-going environment, which often gets the best results.

 

Scrabble

Scrabble is a classic family board game consisting of players finding space for words created from their given tiles, each letter used is worth a number of points with the obscure letters being worth more. This game has been around for quite some time with many experts looking at whether or not this game impacts mental fitness, after extensive research the fundamental concept of the game is to encourage children and families to share words that they are familiar with.

This is a great method of getting children to learn new words as they are having competitive fun as well, widening your vocabulary is a great way to keep mentally fit as you are learning new things in a way that is natural and not forced. If you find that you are becoming too advanced for classic scrabble you may want to think about playing scrabble go cheat, this takes the classic scrabble format with a modern twist, this game is playable online and would be great for those who wish to be challenged even further.

 

Occupying the Mind

A final reason why board games are great for mental fitness is that they offer an escape from the negative aspects of your life, in moments where you feel that your mental health has dropped one of the best things that you can do would be to take your mind off what is affecting you. Board games are a great way to occupy the mind and spend some time with family, doing this can help you to forget about what is making you feel bad and improve your mental state.