10 uplifting mental health jams
TL;DR - Music is one of the best examples of the connection between play and mental health. To illustrate, I started a playlist with 10 uplifting songs about mental health. Listen on Spotify and view the 10 songs on the slides below. Let me know what else you’d add!?
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And I don't care if I sing off key / I found myself in my melodies / I sing for love, I sing for me / I shout it loud like a bird set free. -- 'Bird Set Free' by Sia
If you’ve seen me on the mic at karaoke, you know I have at least two things in common with Sia as a singer: 1) I don’t care if I sing off key ??? 2) I shout it out like a bird set free ??.?
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And there’s one more thing I have in common with Sia: music is therapeutic for me. If it sounds good, it feels good. Music is also play, both in the making and the listening. Our language reflects this: ‘play music’ and ‘press play.’ ?
Music has many therapeutic benefits. In our everyday lives, we often play specific songs or genres to shift or enhance our mood. ?
In a clinical context, music therapy has been shown to be an effective complement to traditional treatments for challenges like depression, anxiety, autism, dementia, and substance misuse.?
The therapeutic benefits of music stem from the fact that on a neurological level, music lights up the brain. The book Music, Health and Wellbeing describes music as “probably the richest human emotional, sensorimotor and cognitive experience.”?
What songs about mental health do you find uplifting? Let me know in the comments, and I’ll add them to the playlist!
Marketing at LinkedIn | ABM | Pipeline Acceleration
1 年These are so good! I'd add “Break My Stride” by Matthew Wilder
Design Operations Leader | Co-author of "The Design Conductors" | Inclusive Design & Accessibility
1 年I feel like you need more synthwave here, so my contribution would be Don’t Give Up: https://open.spotify.com/track/2LqFe2b7ukUf2T4UlL6Fg3?si=FI8bgLJfSB2DUrAAY3vZZw
Senior Director of Marketing, LinkedIn Sales Solutions at LinkedIn
1 年Totally agree music can be therapeutic - singing does it for me too, and now I'm thinking back to that Shakira song we sang together on the karaoke stage. Good times! ??
Freelance Science and Medical Writer | Helping you meet your next project deadline
1 年My pick is "Let It Happen" by Tame Impala, a great song about accepting change. It's almost 8 minutes though so you might want to keep it as the last song! ??
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1 年How about one with no words? "Double Happy" by the Split Enz always got my cheerful going.