Music Will Always Be There For Us

Music, no matter the genre, can be an escape from our troubles, or just an enjoyable activity that could be used for therapy. Music has the power to help people relax, to enjoy life and to beat depression. Music should be used for therapy and not taken away from the people who really need it to overcome their discontent with life. Taking away music from society destroys a part of the listener’s well-being. Music is constantly used in our everyday lives, and those who do not think it is valuable have not experienced how music can make you feel. Music is an escape to another world. Music is fun and enjoyable, or even realistic and exactly what you need in certain moments. Music is honest and says the truth in the moment. In life, everything will not be perfect. The world will feel as if tons on our shoulders, and then fall and crumple at our feet. We cannot control the events that happen to us, but we can control the songs that can comfort us in those moments of need. Others cannot say what we need to hear, but songs can with little to no effort. The same way others are not always able to be there for you when you need them and music can be. People say that there is no proof to show if music causes depression or if people with depression use the music to cope (Primack 1). This being because if the music was a definite factor as a cause for depression there would be proof. People do not run to music to be sad. They go to music to feel more than the current moment. They want to exist beyond the world where the music completely understands them. If we constantly went on in the world with just silence yelling in our minds, we would not be able to endure as many situations that we do. All of our emotions would be trapped inside or minds, but with music that is where all of those emotions are released. Listening to our favorite music is even healthy for our cardiovascular system. Music helps to reduce stress and increase blood vessel flow (Menehan 2). Sometimes music might help through tears, other times through dancing and occasionally through a good nice long needed laugh. The multiple types of genres of music help to find what every person needs individually. Everyone needs to embrace music in their own way. Music in its own way is a therapy. Before surgery, classical music is commonly played for patients to relieve anxiety (Menehan 2). Everyone gets anxious, upset and angered on occasion, but music can be used to lessen or even diminish those emotions in that moment. No one needs to have the ability to play a musical instrument to relax with music. Music when used in short term segments can mediate depression and migraines that people occasionally might receive. People going through chemotherapy have been played music to help with the treatment. Music was not created to hurt us, but to help us (Bodner 1). With Rock music, it helps teenagers to express what emotions they are feeling; give them a security in a time of need. As well as security, music helps teens to explore their own minds and understand their thoughts or actions. When teenagers are confused or lost in their own actions, the music helps to take them away for a moment and clarify their desires or needs. The Rock music helps the teenagers relax when trying to overcome their internal battles. Since the music relates to them it comforts them (Tervo 79). Rap and Hip Hop music are typically frowned upon for their sometimes inappropriate language and connection with violence and drug abuse. Not only are there many profanities but the music also, just like many other genres, speaks of life and stressful situations that come with it. Many teens and adults go to Rap and Hip Hop when they are down because they can relate to it. Rappers and singers tend to rap or sing about moments in their lives, or events that they went through. People who have been through common situations, and enjoy the rhythm of the song, enjoy the music. Hip Hop music as well is very beneficial in keeping children engaged in their education is some schools. Teachers have found a way to mix music and education so that its fun, and educational to their students. When it comes to our memories, many people have tons of song lyrics floating around in their brains. When education is tied into those lyrics, the music can help the students be well prepared when it comes to taking a test. The children listening to music barely recognize the fact that they are learning (Koebler 11). Hip Hop and Rap are very beneficial to education as well as an understanding of your personal life situations. Sometimes just someone understanding you makes you feel a little less alone in such a big world. Country music is another one of those huge genres connected to depression. With its soul and rhythm when speaking on matters such as loss, or regret, it can be quite obvious why the connection would arise. All the country music fans go to their favorite singers’ concert to feel the music with in them. Not to hear that listening to their favorite music will cause them to get depressed. Especially with teens or adults who already have depression. The music describes the people who listen to it and who they want to become. In the article “Country Music is the top genre for depression and suicide rates” out of the 30 participants that they surveyed, 26 of the participants said that music helps them with their depression. If over 5/6th of the people surveyed said that the music was more beneficial then it seems that if they did not listen to the music there would be higher suicide rates. Pop music is one of the most commonly listen to music with its fun, up-beat sound that keeps listeners coming back for more. So why would it be connected to depression? With the other genres, they spoke of struggles in life and regrets that anyone could see where society had gotten the idea that those genres caused depression, but Pop music is more about feeling happy and free. When teens and adults listen to pop music they want to dance and smile. Would this not be more beneficial for people who are sad and are looking for some sort of happiness (Mckee 1)? In the article, “Could Pop Music Be Linked to Depression?”. Alan Mozez researched on pop music in American culture and how teens who listen to it have shown signs of depression. Mozez interview Brian Primack on the matter, and learned that there is no proof to show that music is a cause for depression. He learned that a lot of teens who listen to heavy amounts of music have a higher chance of having depression, but not that listening to heavy amounts of music caused depression. Other researchers even said that music might lessen teenagers’ chances of becoming depressed (Mozez 1). Assumptions fueled without proper research can be the difference between helping teens and adults with depression, or making the depression worse. Listening to pop music creates a need to dance not be depressed. Music defines who we are as human beings. The type of music we listen to can say a lot about us, how we over come life, and where we might fit in. Common interests in music brings us together to feel free and understand others ideas and feelings. Every genre in music can be beneficial to all of their listeners in one way or another. Artists’ songs help their fans to relax, to be content and to feel the emotions that they might try to keep buried which can be invigorating. Music expresses who we are as individuals, and tries to save us from the power of depression caused by our everyday lives.