Reading is the food of the mind and the soul and it has many benefits for people in various fields, some of which are listed below:
Mental stimulation
All muscles in the body need exercise to stimulate and maintain them, as well as the mind, and the sport of the mind is reading, as it helps to improve and improve the level of communication, it also helps slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease and dementia and reduces the side effects of aging.
Reducing stress
When a person begins to read, he gives all his focus to the events of the book, and this helps him to separate from the outside world every day for specific times, and this helps to reduce stress very much.
Contributes to better sleep
Reading before bed, even for five minutes, helps clear your mind and eliminate all distractions that prevent sleep.
Science
Reading gives people a large and wide knowledge almost free of charge, in contrast to courses and seminars that may pay a lot of money in exchange for information contained in books whose price does not exceed some dollars.
Memory booster
A person uses his memory muscles continuously during the reading process, as he needs them in order to connect between the characters of the book or to link the sequence of events, and this will raise the level of memory work and improve it.
Improve focus
Reading helps a person focus only on the book that is in his hands and what is going on in it, and this is good because the person is subjected to disturbances throughout the day that reduce his concentration.
Self-entertainment
Reading is considered a means of entertainment for the soul, as it is inexpensive compared to other means of entertainment and is renewed every day, as the number of books in the world is very large and inefficient.
Improve vocabulary
The continuous reading day after day helps to develop vocabulary and improve one's language, so he is able to express himself better and clearer.
Improve writing
Vocabulary development due to reading contributes to improving writing and mastering of regular vocabulary.
To relax
Reading helps in achieving psychological stability and inner calm because it prevents the influence of the outside world on the person, and it is also described as a treatment for many patients with mood swings and minor mental illnesses.
Prevent wasted time
Most people have free time that they do not know what to do with it, and reading is one of the best ways to fill in free time and use it for things of real benefit.
Increase different skills
This is why reading introduces other people's experiences and their summary without the need to delve into the experience A role in improving the skills and behavior of a person in situations he has not been exposed to before, but he has a background Good on how to act right.
Outreach
Reading helps raise the level of awareness of the person reading, as he passes through a large amount of information during the reading of only one book.
Get rid of Internet addiction
Many people suffer at the present time from addiction to social networking sites, specifically the youth, so starting to read helps to leave the cellular device for a specific period every day and thus reduce the number of hours and even reach to get rid of this habit.
Knowledge of history
Many books documented great historical events that we may not find anywhere else, as over time many scholars and philosophers have worked hard in documentation and writing so that we can understand and know the facts that took place in the past.