Music has a unique link to our emotions, and research has found that it can be used as an extremely effective stress management tool. Stress - the feeling of emotional tension, overwhelm, or feeling unable to cope — affects us both mentally and physically.
Stress has a biological impact that causes your body to release specific hormones and chemicals that activate your brain in certain ways. For example, when we are highly stressed, our heart rate and blood pressure can go up, and our adrenal gland begins producing cortisol, also known as “the stress hormone.”
Soothing, relaxing music helps to bring peace to the listener which in turn lowers the heart rate, and can even lower blood pressure. In a calmer state the body no longer requires the adrenals to produce cortisol.
Calm, soothing and relaxing music is therefore an invaluable tool to help stress relief. While some types of music such as classical and ambient have long been studied for their calming effects you can find many soothing relaxation playlists online which may suit your own musical taste. When played over a period of time these can really help to lower stress levels and bring about a much calmer mind and state of being.
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Top 5 tips – How to overcome stress.
- Try to find time for healthy distractions, walking in nature or by the sea.
- Create and listen to a playlist of music that makes you smile and/or relaxes you.
- Cut back on alcohol and caffeine consumption.
- Avoid taking on the problems of other people.
- Manage social media time.
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