paint cures 911 nightmare

Paint has such a huge affect on us in so many ways. Paint is all around us and we take it for granted but it does affect how we think and how we feel. I had a very profound experience with a child. The child was 9 years old and scared to sleep by herself. She was sleeping in her parents room. She had been 4 or 5 when 911 hit and watching the buildings fall had a huge impact on her. Her mom had previously done her room, she wanted it to be a fun and exciting room for her child. She used bright colors and wide stripes. It was a very active room. The problem was that her child had dyslexia. The bright colors were antagonizing her vision, and the wide stripes were giving the child nightmares. The child couldn't focus on the stripes properly and they appeared to always be shaking, and were a constant reenactment for her of a bad memory. Yellow is a great color to help with learning. We selected a soft calm yellow. When I selected the color, the mother said...."oh that's almost the color in the living room and she practically lives in there, she won't come in here at all" The child had gravitated toward her cure on her own. Mom painted the bedroom and they all were able to sleep in their own rooms.