What Does Music Do To Us?

Music can be the best type of medicine or it could be very destructive to your health. Music is something that changes the way we perceive the world around us. Different genres of music have unique effects on everyone. Someone could find rock music soothing and someone else could find it stressful. Music is linked to mental health and can reveal a lot about a person’s own health. 

The right music can benefit you immensely. It can improve blood flow, decrease fatigue, boost exercise performance, treat mental illness, improve memory, as well as aid in recovery after an operation. When you play an instrument, it can boost creativity. Music provides an opportunity for expression. It also regulates your mood because of its repetitive and rhythmic manner. Listening to music helps in learning by stimulating the brain. By listening to music, people can be connected. For example, hymns, national anthems, and love songs all connect individuals. Music is extremely beneficial for processing emotions. Such as, trauma, anxiety, and grief. 

Listening to the wrong music can really affect you negatively. Certain songs can agitate and unsettle. Since music is closely linked to mental health, it can trigger feelings of depression or anger. Music also promotes rumination. Rumination is the continual thinking of negative things. Music can also keep you in a continual state of anger, anxiety, and depression. Studies have shown that anxiety was higher in people who tended to listen to sad or aggressive music to express negative feelings. 

Music is an extremely powerful tool that can be destructive or encouraging. It affects everyone in a different way. Music is such a great way to express yourself. Are you listening to the right music?

Staff member, Ava Taylor

7 thoughts on “What Does Music Do To Us?

  • February 3, 2022 at 5:50 pm
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    Music is like the one of the things that calm me down and make me feel good. I love listening to all kinds of music.

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  • February 4, 2022 at 12:57 pm
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    Great job! Really liked this. I really hope to see more from you!

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  • February 4, 2022 at 1:18 pm
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    I believe music help us concentrate and develop new ideas. With music you can accomplish many things in a fast paste. Music are words that have a sound to them which can make the soul happy and makes everyone start of their day content.

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  • February 11, 2022 at 7:52 am
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    great job! Music is amazing! Mrs. Gray

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  • February 23, 2022 at 6:19 pm
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    I enjoyed reading this article. It is incredible to me how music can change my mood instantaneously. I enjoy listening to instrumental music while practicing mindfulness. The melodious sound of the instruments engender imagery in my imagination and I end up daydreaming or thinking about past experiences. With lyrics or without, music certainly influences how we feel and what we think.

    Mrs. Mott

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