Anxiety to Freedom Project | Mental Health Therapy Classes

Melodies can cheer us up, and that’s just the beginning Some believe that the birth of the universe was accompanied by sound—the primordial om.

Perhaps, that’s why humans are naturally drawn to music, seeking out vibrations as a way to anchor an experience.

The notion that the melodies of Claude Debussy and Coldplay conjure certain calm is not just in your head.

A 2017 study of almost 2,000 participants showed that those who had music intervention—listening or participating in music therapy projects—showed a statistically significant reduction in depression levels.

Music is often used as treatment, especially in psychedelic therapy, including ketamine, to help manage mood disorders and addiction.

In fact, a study in Psychopharmacology showed that music is a vessel for interpreting emotions (both positive and negative) and plays a role in “insightfulness”, creating openness and influencing one’s sense of safety.

Mental health, a concept so important for each and every individual’s wellbeing, is unfortunately the most misunderstood term.Surprising, isn’t it?

WHO defines mental health as-“a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.”What is important to realize here is that mental therapy for depression is in no way only limited to having a mental disorder.

For anyone to do this, it is required that the person is capable of being aware of and understanding the situation; being in touch with ones feelings, thoughts, and drives and having the capacity to introspect.

While dealing with the world around, he/she would have the capacity to be empathetic and to understand other people’s needs and emotions.Having understood what mental health means, it is now time to look at the next crucial question: Should we be really concerned about our mental health?

This in itself is a challenge, however, the saddest part is that, since our childhood, all we are asked to do is not cry, not be afraid, not ask questions and not to pause and think about what we are experiencing internally but to focus on what society as a whole wants us to do.Sadly, over the years, we start telling ourselves these same things wherein our thoughts and feelings are seen as monsters that need to be pushed into a corner and caged away.

Once someone said to me- “Is it not easy to keep doing what we are supposed to do and forget about what we feel, think or want?