Throughout the weeks I decided whether I should engage with the cancer, neurological or stroke ward and patients within a hospital, until I finally came to the decision to work with stroke patients. Choosing neurology was a field which I felt could fail very easily for this project, as neurology patients are very diverse and are affected differently. I came across articles that mentioned how light can positively affect stroke patients, therefore I made the decision to explore and expand this topic further.
https://www.heartandstroke.ca/articles/light-therapy-holds-promise-for-stroke-patients
I began to look into different forms of therapy, such as ”Chromotherapy”, which is a colour therapy in support of the healing process. This healing concept exists already for over thousands of years, in which coloured glasses have been used in combination of the sun to work towards benefits within the healing process. It has been reported, that especially with stroke patients and survivors, this kind of therapy works extremely well.
The rationale for it working is the fact that researchers have presented that specific colours can add balance to our physical and emotional schemes.
If you are familiar with Chinese acupuncture, it can be said that it achieves the same outcome.
Different type of colors indeed have diverse outcomes:
Green:
Takes action against depression, insomnia, nervous breakdowns and bulimia.
Blue:
Calms, relaxes and can lower blood pressure, as well as it can release tension and support breathing.
Red:
This colour on the other hand achieves a complete different effect, which is a higher pulse, more energy and a higher body temperature.
Yellow:
Supports the feeling of well-being and safety. It makes people feel happiness and has a cleansing outcome.
White:
Stimulates the production of serotine and can be energizing as well. It is able to balance out the hormonal system and is therefore being used for people who have to fight seasonal depression.
This immediately was a reminder of the anti-depressant light which I investigated in my earlier blogs and used myself before in the past.
Purple:
This high vibrational colour can work against headaches and works calming for the eyes and the nervous system. With this it also promotes sleep and takes away the feeling of being stressed emotionally and mentally.
https://bcenter.org/bwell/therapies/Chromotherapy
Inspirational images for my escape room I envision connected to Chromotherapy in this case: