2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Music to your ears!
Music and sound have been found to reduce stress – even stress associated with painful diseases and medical procedures.49 Its soothing effects can be gained from just listening to it, or from singing, playing an instrument or writing a song. Self-selected music can have a significant calming effect – though rock music less so!50 Other sounds work too: rippling water can be even more soothing than music.51