The Psychology Of Music

Music has very positive effects on mood;   this is why everyone can apply the psychology of music and thus improve their emotional state.

Listening to music can affect our morale as it improves emotional state. Indeed, the music we listen to always corresponds to our mood of the moment.

What should we listen to when we are sad?

Everyone knows that when you are sad, the best thing is to listen to lively music or songs with positive lyrics, which encourage you to regain hope.  However, although it is obvious, there are many who prefer to listen to sad and negative songs.

We have all already listened to pessimistic and sad music when we would have rather needed to put on positive music.

Why are we doing this? Quite simply because we let ourselves be guided by our subconscious. When we are sad, the mind calls for a stronger dose of pessimism, and we start listening to music that matches our mood. We don’t appeal to reason, and we listen to our body.

But if you change the way you react and listen to music that can help you feel positive, then you are breaking those unhealthy habits. If you are sad, don’t sink in more than you already are, don’t be a masochist, and choose to listen to what can help you get better.

What should we listen to when we are well?

When we are well, our subconscious leads us to  instinctively listen to upbeat and positive music, without needing to appeal to reason.

Listening to positive music when we are well can keep us in a good mood, if not even more so. But we can also listen to sad music  and tell ourselves that since we are doing well, it will not have any negative influence on our morale.

If all is well and we feel good, then listening to sad music will not change much in our mood … as long as you listen to it in moderation and end up listening to something that stimulates and allows you to positively.

Listening to a sad, negative song will always make you feel a little less well.

If we are in a positive emotional state and are very happy, we will not really realize the negative influence that sad music can have on our mood, since our thoughts are directed towards what is there. positive in our life.

But if things aren’t looking good and you’re not in a positive frame of mind, listening to sad music will only make you sink even deeper into your melancholy.

The brain responds automatically

When we hear music, the brain responds automatically according to the sound it perceives. If he’s catchy, then we’ll start moving his body, adapting his movements to the rhythm of the music we hear, which is good for morale.

The same goes with relaxing music, classical music. As soon as you hear it, a feeling of peace, relaxation, calm and rest takes hold of the brain, provided that you are able to concentrate exclusively on what you are listening to.

Several studies at Massachusetts General Hospital and various other hospitals in Hong Kong have shown that people who listen to music every day for 20 or 30 minutes have lower blood pressure than those who do not.

The beating of the heart follows the rhythm of the music ; when the waves are fast, the heart beats faster, and when the rhythm is slow, the heartbeats are more spaced.

When we listen to sad music full of negative messages, the brain is invaded by a feeling of sadness, frustration, discouragement, apathy, melancholy … It
all depends on what we have experienced in the past and what that we live in the present, because  often we establish a link between the music we listen to and our personal life.

Listening to sad songs is not always negative because  sometimes they can allow us to learn things or to turn the page on certain periods of our life.
Used wisely, they can help us move forward and make us aware of mistakes we may have made.

If the bad experiences are behind us and they no longer make us suffer, then we can listen to sad music and take it as a lesson, as a song that sums up what happened.
If we listen to this type of music intelligently and in moderation, the effects will not always be negative.

It is not only music that can produce positive effects, because if we sing more, then these effects will be increased tenfold.

We invite you to post a comment where you will tell us which songs help you when you are bad, which ones stimulate you, which give you energy.

Do the positive effects of music make you feel better?