Music boosts our cognitive abilities, helps us to relax, stimulates us and makes us feel a plethora of emotions untouched by other activities. Its applications when it comes to aiding those with mental illnesses are well documented and the library of papers discussing its benefits is vast. However, this does not mean that we should […]
music and mental health
“Because it make me smile”: Music and mental health
Ihave been playing guitar for ten years now, and over those years, my response has changed to thinking about the question of why I play. To start with, it was because I thought I might want to be a musician, like my Dad. Then as I went through my school years, my reasoning turned somewhat to being able […]