Almost everyone you know listens to music everyday. Whether it’s while studying, cooking, relaxing, or even coping with stress. It’s everywhere and influences people daily more than they know. It has a powerful effect on emotions, mentality, and behavior.
Music can strongly impact how a person feels, and can even amplify emotions. It can alter brain regions to produce more dopamine or to regulate the nervous system based on the tempo, rhythm, and tone. Listening to music helps with focus, and works as a motivator for hard tasks with fast tempos. Faster tempos can increase energy and mood. And music doesn’t just affect feelings, but actions too.
While those are the positives, Music can also turn into a destructive tool. It often validates one’s mental state, which can be a negative thing as well as positive because it gives people a sense of belonging. But it still keeps people stuck in negative moods, impacting how people live throughout their days.
Overall, it’s important to note that music can drive or tear down a student if you aren’t careful about what you consume and how that affects you personally.
