Music - The Perfect Remedy for Depression

Music has always been known to have healing powers, and when you're down in the dumps, it can actually work magic. It's a proven fact that one hour of listening to music can reduce your depression levels by sixty eight percent. Naturally, when you're down, you tend to listen to sad songs, songs that talk about failure, heartbreak, hopelessness and what not and studies have shown that this very activity creates positive emotions. This happens mainly because the listener can relate to the lyrics being sung, giving them the sensation that they aren't in fact alone, rather there are others in the world who have gone through the same situation and have overcome. This, in turn, gives them a ray of hope, a beacon of light even.

It is said that Music is food for the soul. This statement is in fact,true. Your spirits are automatically lifted when you're listening to your favorite song. Music is a means of calming your nerves, of relaxing, of just laying back and living in the moment. And when you're feeling particularly low, music acts as a mood changer. It makes you feel good about yourself. It drowns out the rest of the world, and during that moment, you're in your own world, far away from the complexities of life. The very fact that Music boosts your morale can be ascertained from the fact that nowadays it is being played at workplaces as research has proven that there is an acute increase in productivity when the employees work in a setting where music is being played. Likewise, surgeons also play music in their operation theatres because it helps them keep their calm while performing complicated procedures.

Depressed people are normally anxious people. Music helps to reduce anxiety and helps our bodies in coping with great amounts of stress as it reduces the amount of stress hormone levels. When we are relieved of all our stress and positive emotions are created, our brain's ability to make good decisions is enhanced. Why go to expensive psychiatrists when music itself is your therapy?

Not only listening to music, but also writing music is liberating. It is believed that being expressive about your emotions hastens your whole emotional and even physical healing process. The famous Canadian rock star Billie Joe Armstrong, of Green Day, in 1982, ran home from his father's funeral and locked himself in his room, cried, and when his mother asked him to open the door, he replied, " Wake me up when September ends", hence the name of the song. Billie coped with his father's death this way, with the aid of music.

So whenever you're feeling low, kick back, plug in your ear phones, relax and let the music do it's thing. Besides, life's too short to spend it feeling sorry for yourself.

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