Do you know the healing effects of Music?
Music therapy has become one of the innovative methods for treating people. Many of you might be not aware of this therapy. So let’s first clear your doubts what it actually means? Music therapy is a professional health care act that uses music to address health issues and improve the quality of life of a person. It is quite expensive but the results of this therapy are unmatchable. The practice was made popular after the first and second World Wars when musicians played music to the war veterans. But it was soon discovered that the musicians needed not to be ordinary musicians. So, music therapy colleges and universities were born.
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Music therapy has grown in recent years!
Though the concept of music therapy was invented in 1950’s only, but it gained vast popularity in recent years.
So, without wasting much time, let’s begin looking at the health benefits of music therapy. This is because majority of people suffer from depression and stress now –a- days.
1. Reduces the level of stress: Music has been known to affect the mood of a person. It can make someone feel happy, experience a sad event and more. That’s why music therapists are trained in order to develop competently the kind of music required to the problem at hand.
2. Boost up your memory: If anyone is suffering from memory loss, then music therapy is the best medication one can rely on. People with a disease like dementia, which have symptoms like memory loss, show improvement in remembering things after some music therapy sessions. Music has been known to evoke past experiences in the brain. It is said that music interacts with a part of the brain that specializes in memory.
3. Keep depression and anxiety at bay: Music therapy not only reduces the level of stress but it also kills depression.
Music therapy will help a person respect themselves and recognize that they are unique. Playing music requires that one is focused on it. It tends to make the brain forget the worries and experience something new. People can then express themselves freely.
4. Improves communication: In a music therapy session, a person is sometimes required to sing. This requires the person to know the words well. Singing will demand that they say the words appropriately and in time. This can then be used in real life. People with disabilities who wouldn’t previously talk properly have learned to talk music therapy. It enhances your communication skills.
5. More socialization: People who are stressed or depressed maybe because of diseases like cancer, socialize better when they have had music therapy. Music will evoke emotions in people they may have not experienced in a long time. These can make them realize that the world is different from what they see. Some music therapy sessions are done in groups. This encourages the individuals to know each other and share their life experiences. This can then go on even after the music therapy sessions.
6. Deal with pains: Music therapy deals with pain too. Recent studies have showed that music therapy can help people with cancers deal with the pain. It is from one study that was done on children suffering from the disease. More studies are still underway but from the preliminary findings, the results have been encouraging.
7. Reduce fear: We all have fears. Some fear of losing a job, others about losing a loved one who is sick and much more. But music can help anyone cope with these kinds of fears. Music takes our minds on a journey that can change the way we think.
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