During exercise, work, school, or anywhere else our society tends to be listening to music. I mean music has made it into the category of questions to ask on a first date, which has to be of some significance... for some people at least. Today I wanted to talk about a few different aspects of music since it's apart of most of our lives. Some have heard that listening to music can actually be good for you. And did you know that there's some phenomenons that can go on within your brain that has surprising effects. I did some research and really it's not all shock and awe on if it is actually good for you or not. But to sum it up music can keep you calm, cheer you up, elevate your workout performance, help you focus, and even ease your pain. So really it's all the reasons why we even listen to music in the first place. The one I found most interesting is that it can ease pain. I found out that it can help people with fibromyalgia also called fibrositis (widespread muscle pain and tenderness are the most common symptoms). Not just that but it's been shown to clear up head aches. Some music has special isochronic tones within them. These are tones that are basically being turned on and off quickly, and research shows it can help focus and relive the mind. Oh course I had to try it, but being a person who doesn't get headaches typically it was hard to tell if it worked. But I can tell you one blogger who thought they worked and her name is Nikki Albert. In one of her posts she gives her opinions on some isochronic music and says she thinks that while is can be somewhat painful, it's kinda nice after a while. So really listening to music can be good for you, I guess that's a relief that we all don't have to get rid of our iPods and MP3 players. And on that phenomenon I mentioned, it's called Synesthesia. And really an explanation of it in my own words is when your listening to music or certain sounds then something in your brain is "triggered" and you somehow see colors. You may of heard of this but if not I'll start off by telling you that I do have Synesthesia, and I guess I didn't know that it was an actual thing, that it was just something that only I had. But I found out that all sorts of other people have it and that this Synesthesia can apparently have other triggers too, like words, numbers, or even feelings. But specifically the sound one is called Chromesthesia, and apparently it's different for everyone who has it. For me it's specifically music and it's rushes of color that can be faded at times or extremely bold where I can barely see or consecrate at times. I play in band and when everyone is warming up and playing everything at once it's really hard to control it, but over the years I've found that I can know that I'm in tune based off of the colors I see. Really the more and more I learn about it the more fascinating it becomes, and to think that I have it kinda weirds me out. But I do encourage you to do your own research on it since there's also books based on people's experiences with it and really it's just plain cool to hear about. I hope this gave you a burst of knowledge and got you thinking a bit. Have a great weekend everyone! And don't forget to check out Nikki Albert's blog called Brainless Blogger at the address below!!!
http://brainlessblogger.blogspot.com/
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