Some music enthusiasts in Abuja on Friday urged Nigerians to imbibe the habit of listening to music, saying that music is a therapeutic tool for relaxation and stress management.<\/P>
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The music enthusiasts told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that music impacted brain function and human behaviour, adding that it also reduced stress, pain and symptoms of depression.<\/P>
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Mr Godwin Ekewmen, a counselor, who said that the role of music in the life of human could not be over-emphasised, added that it made an individual to feel happy and also improved health and well-being.<\/P>
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Ekewmen said that music helped in improving human emotional well-being, as well as restoring people from depression and anxiety.<\/P>
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According to him, it helps us to celebrate joyful events and console us when we are sad.<\/P>
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\u201cMusic can improve mood, decrease pain and anxiety, as well as facilitate opportunities for emotional expression.<\/P>
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\u201cMusic therapy is used by our hospital and palliative care-board; certified music is therapist to enhance conventional treatment for anxiety and a variety of illness and diseases.<\/P>
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Mr Alfred Garba, a music enthusiast, said in spite of challenges and hardship in life, music could make a person to feel more optimistic and positive about life.<\/P>
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According to him, music therapy helps in effective relaxation and stress management that could help a person to deal with any health challenges.<\/P>
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\u201cI am a lover of music; lyrics of some songs will make one brain to reset. When I am down with any issue of life, listening to good and inspiring music always lift up my spirit,\u2019\u2019 Garba said.<\/P>
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Also, Mr Daniel Lemanzon, a medical practitioner, said music could boost the brain\u2019s production of the dopamine hormone to help relieve feelings, anxiety and depression.<\/P>
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According to him, research has proven beyond reasonable doubt that listening to good music could relieve stress by triggering biochemical stress reducers.<\/P>
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\u201cWhen you are feeling down, music can help you up just like exercise. It relaxes an agitated patient, improve the mood and open communication in patients.<\/P>
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\u201cIt also reduces anxiety, blood pressure, pains and improves sleep quality, mental alertness and memory,\u2019\u2019 medical practitioner said.<\/P>
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Mrs Loveth Momoh, an artiste, said that in Christendom, when a person listened to a spiritual music, his or her countenance would change, adding that such a person will feel spiritually uplifted and hopeful.<\/P>
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Mr Chuks Ngbada, a student of University of Port Harcourt said that reading without music was just like pouring water in a basket.<\/P>
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Ngbada said, \u201cI get faster assimilation when reading with music playing at the background. This has helped me during examination where I always come out with excellent grades.<\/P>
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\u201cPersonally, I can\u2019t do without music; it has helped me in so many ways. To me, living without music is a worthless living.<\/P>
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Source: News Agency of Nigeria<\/P>
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