The experience of creating art can help you cope with anxiety and depression. It’s a way to express your emotions without using words. That means it can be especially helpful for young children because they’re still learning how to put their feelings into words. Art therapy can also be helpful for people whose anxiety or depression keeps them from talking about their feelings with other people. In order to create something, you have to focus on the work in front of you and what you’re doing at that moment, not on the things that are worrying you.