CAN MUSIC HELP WITH ANXIETY?

Music is helps, manage and reduce, feelings such as anxiety. If you are facing the symptoms of anxiety such as feeling restlessness, having difficulty in focusing or being blank, having difficulty in getting to sleep, or getting easily tired, than soulful, classical music, and relaxing music can help you get relaxed and distract you from those bottled up feelings that you’re experiencing because music has a great impact on brain. The right music for you produces the neurotransmitters such as serotonin, whose main purpose is to make you feel good and can increase your happy feelings and distracts your mind from unpleasurable feeling or pain.

Here are few feelings of anxiety in which music can assist you and make you feel better which are as following:

1. Worrying can be turned into calmness.
2. Insomnia can be turned into peaceful night sleep routine.
3. Uneasiness and stress can be turned into relaxation.
4. Distraction can be turned into focus.
5. If you’re unable to express your emotions, music can influence emotions and can make you express your emotions creatively.

It’s important to note that if you’re feeling severe anxiety, you should seek help from a professional. There is a therapy known as “Music Therapy”, people professionalize in this specific therapy to help other people who struggle with anxiety and other mental health issues with the help of therapeutic music to relax the patients and help them heal in medical clinics.

MUSIC THERAPY:

Music therapy is a specialized form of therapy in which patients are being treated by the professionals who have been trained and certified as a music therapist. In this therapy, a person’s physical, emotional, and social needs are addressed and helps in achieving therapeutic goals and improving overall well-being.

Music therapy sometimes happens in a group or solely too. you can create music, sing, listen to music, discuss the lyrics, or move to the music in this therapy.

TYPES OF MUSIC THERAPY:

• Active Music Therapy: A person involved in music-making activities.

• Receptive Music Therapy: A person, who listens to musical notes which are carefully chosen for his therapeutic goals.

• Improvisational Music Therapy: A person create music with the therapist to which they relate to promote self-expression

• Songwriting Therapy: Therapist encourages clients to write their own songs which relates to them, which promotes self-discovery and selfexpression.

• Guided Imagery and Music (GIM): Clients are guided to listen to music with focus to explore their imagination and emotions.

• Neurological Music Therapy (NMT): Therapist uses music to stimulate and enhance brain functions related to movement, speech, thinking, and emotional expression.

• Music-Assisted Relaxation and Meditation: soothing music is played to induce relaxation or meditation.

 

 BENEFITS OF MUSIC THERAPY:

1. Emotional and Psychological Well-being: Music for therapy has many emotional and psychological benefits. By connecting with the power of music, individuals can experience a range of positive emotions. It helps with the ability to express and process emotions which leads to increased emotional well-being and self-awareness. It helps in relieving stress and promote relaxation. Clients who are dealing with emotional trauma finds solace in the power of music and develop self-confidence and self-expression abilities.

2. Mental Development and Enhancement: Being engaged in musical activities, individuals’ cognitive abilities are enhanced as music impacts the part of the brain which is related to memory and movement. Hence, it helps in increasing memory, focus, and problem-solving skill. Moreover, it enhances the power of creativity and imagination which encourages individual to think out of the box and express themselves creatively which is essential for mental development and enhancement.

3. Physical Restoration and Pain Management: Individuals are given music therapy in health care clinics to help them cope up with their physical pain as it can serve as a therapeutic tool to distract from physical pain and feeling of uneasiness and provide with comfort through its healing and soothing properties. It triggers the release of natural human happiness hormone which are natural pain- relieving chemical of a human body, hence it helps in physical restoration and pain management.

4. Social Interaction and Communication: Music therapy happens in groups too which provides space for individuals to share their experience and relate with each other hence it helps a person open up, communicate with others and create bonds with other people. Music for therapy helps people in conveying their thoughts which is very helpful for the people who face difficulty in sharing their thoughts and feelings. Music therapy engages people and polish their communication and social interactive skills.

5. Improved Speech and Language Development: Music for therapy helps fix the speech problem of the people for example if a person stutter, music has a huge impact in improving a person’s speech skill through its rhythmic and repetitive nature. Stuttering can completely be finished by music therapy. Writing a song needs rich context, that search for good context or lyrics expands your vocabulary which helps in language development. Music therapy offers unique and effective approach to improve speech and language development.

6. Stress Reduction and Relaxation: The most influenced quality of music therapy is relieving stress and promoting relaxation. The melodious and Indian classical music has a calming and soothing effect on human mind and body which makes them less stressed and calm their anxiety. Listening to music has a direct impact on the release of happiness hormone whose job is to elevate your mood and give you a sense of pleasure. Engaging in musical activities helps you expressing you unsaid feelings which leads to feeling relaxed.