Music the stressbuster
Music not
only has an effect on the soles of your feet, but also tends to sooth a
stressed mind. The beauty of music is that you can listen to it anywhere, while
doing anything and it instantly energizes you and revives your mood. In the
recent year due to the pandemic you have undergone a lot of stress and anxiety
so, you might have used music as a handy tool to destress.
Impact of
music on emotions:
Music is created
by people who have gone through a similar experience as you have. So, it helps you to identify with your emotions at a deeper level. Music can make you feel a
roller coaster of emotions; triggering a feelings of excitement, sadness, relaxation, anger and nostalgia. Therefore, music has a herculean impact on
your mood.
Method to
use music as a stress relief:
The root
cause of your stress and anxiety maybe anything but alleviating you from this situation
may require a simple solution that is through music. You may not have saved a
playlist or may not have downloaded many songs. But you can always go old school:
use the radio, for this you don’t require a transistor, every phone has one. So,
tune into your favorite station and rock to your jam, other than listening to advertisement,
which can be dealt by changing the channels. It’s a pretty sweet and basic deal,
classic to contemporary you can follow them all.
You can go
add free by downloading music apps like ‘Gaana’, ‘Amazon Music’, ‘JioSaavn’ etc. Charges
might be applicable and the internet is required.
If none of
it pleases you, you’ll always have your trusted YouTube where there is a plethora
of songs available for free provided, you have a data pack.
Here a list
of different ways you could incorporate music as a stress buster into your
daily routine.
Be the
master of your own music:
If you’re a closeted
R.D. Burman, why not create your own beats or perhaps write your own lyrics? You
can even upload it online and get appreciated in the process, while being an
inspiration.
If you’re
not a hidden music intellect fret not, just do want we do: learn to play an instrument. Free classes are available online and you don’t
need to spend hours doing it, practice when you have free time or over the weekend. It’ll alleviate your stress levels in no time and you’ll gain a skill to
brag about.
During work
or study:
When reports
pile up so do the stress and anxiety level. If you’re studying for long hours,
in order to reduce the tension you can put on some music of your choice and do
your work to the beats of the music. This in no way means that if you might have
an important test/presentation the next day and here you are practicing to be
the next Indian Idol that'll only increase your stress level tomorrow.
During Chores:
Those of us
who do work around the house are already stressed, just by quantity of the workload.
Don’t pull your hair out or cuss while cleaning or cooking, just put on your
playlist and rock it. Let the music provide you the energy required to dust
around the house because you know, you’ll need it.
During
Commute:
We travel
for many N number of reasons nobody said you have to travel while gawking at
others. You could simple listen to your songs and escape the tedious and mundane
route, until you reach your destination. If you're on your way back from work you definitely
need this stress buster more than ever. You can use ear/headphones or can be
the one who gets nasty glares/cursed/laughed at, for playing it out loud for
everyone to hear (talk about a social service, these days, nobody appreciates it
anymore).
Music
mellows you mood and helps you to even get a relaxed sleep at night. The power
of melody does not stop here, from plant growth to help reduce neurological
traumas its application ranges wide and far, according to recent research
findings.
So, tune
into you sound and rock your stress and anxiety away.
