“I had to read a story out loud that I was not ready for along with all of my other work that I have to do which gives me anxiety attacks,” freshman Macy Cipta said.
“One third of Americans are living with extreme stress and nearly half of Americans believe that their stress has increased over the past five years,” according to the American Psychological Association.
Stress can happen because of so many different things, but regardless of why someone is stressed, it is solved the same way. So many people experience stress in their daily lives and don’t know how to escape it. According to Gallup, 79% of Americans experience stress in their daily lives. There is a way to calm stress, it is just a matter of finding it.
For lots of people music is a very good way to relieve stress.
“Music helps me with stress because whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed with assignments, deadlines, or studying, taking a short break and turning on a playlist with really upbeat music that makes me feel good,” Melanie Satkowiak said. “I’m able to lose myself in the music and just feel the beat and hear the lyrics. I’m able to sing and dance away all my previous stress and it just puts me in an overall better mood. I’m able to soothe my mind when I listen to calming music when I’m stressed., I’m able to just relax, take a breath, and let go some of my stress before diving back into the workload.”
Some people let stress ruin their entire day, or their life. As soon as you are stressed you want to quit, but quitting is never the answer. No matter how much it affects your life there’s a way to help stop it. According to the American Music Therapy Association, “Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals.” Music is different for everyone, finding the music that makes you feel the best is the most important part. Finding the thing that makes you happy is what will help you relieve stress in the best way possible.
