“Music – My best companion.”

I consider music as my best partner. It has always been and will continue to be my first preference to do whenever I feel low. Music has many benefits for your psychological health.

While working out in the gym you put some good loud music to keep you going, be it a birthday party, wedding or any other occasion, music is played to make you dance and express your happiness. When you are alone, music accompanies you and enlightens your spirit. People listen to music while driving because it makes them more focussed and energized.

Music is played at several places for different reasons. Whatever the reason might be, one thing that should not be missed is the several gains that we get by listening to music. I have listed down a few:

◆ Listening to music can help to relieve stress. Music helps to reduce the level of stress hormones released in the body. It stimulates the release of dopamine hormone also called as the ‘happy hormone.’ This hormone uplifts your mood and keeps you away from depression. It makes you feel happy about yourself.

◆ Listening to music while you are sad will make you feel better and cheerful. Music instantly enlightens your mood and helps to forget your pain. It effortlessly refreshes your mind.

◆ Music never leaves you alone. It accompanies you like a real friend. When you hear some kind of music, you get completely involved in it. The world of music makes you forget about all the negativity and fills your mind with positive thoughts.

◆ Music motivates us. Any kind of music will help to boost your confidence and give you the motivation to do your work sincerely and wholeheartedly. There is something in music that makes you believe in yourself and stops you from giving up on things.

◆ Music heals you. It makes you feel calm and soothes your mind. It reduces your anxiety. It is because of this reason that music therapy has been widely used to relax the patients undergoing treatment or chemotherapy in the hospitals and to reduce their chronic pain.

◆ Music can help you to get a peaceful and good sleep. This is because music relaxes your mind as well as body. It also decreases your tension and keeps you away from all the disturbing thoughts that prevent you from sleeping well.

◆ Music entertains you. It is the best and easiest way to remain amused. Whenever you listen to good music, you feel so better. You feel like dancing to the music or get involved in it so deeply that you enjoy to the fullest. That is why songs and different types of music are played during celebrations to enhance the excitement and joy of people.

Music has got innumerable benefits. We just listen to it but never realize that it could be so useful for our overall health. Hence, whenever you feel depressed, just put on some good music and get involved it and let other people to get involved in it as well.