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Good idea: music to relieve anxiety

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-music-minutes-ease-anxiety.html

A short music session may help ease anxiety and researchers say there's a "sweet spot" for how long to listen.

A clinical trial found that listening to specially designed music for 24 minutes can significantly reduce anxiety symptoms. The music was paired with auditory beat stimulation (ABS), a type of sound pattern meant to influence brain activity.

https://journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmen.0000355

#anxiety, #music, #mentalhealth

Listening to music for 24 minutes may ease anxiety, study finds

A short music session may help ease anxiety and researchers say there's a "sweet spot" for how long to listen.

Medical Xpress
Mar 31 at 10:00amWeb
Show threadLeela Torres1d ago
@MinistryOfGoodIdeas
Might feel to long at an actual attack. But good to know.
Show threadMinistry of Good Ideas1d ago
@LeelaTorres i hope you dont get them too frequently. But just to know you can do something against it might help already.
Show threadLeela Torres1d ago
@MinistryOfGoodIdeas
Fortunately I don't have them frequently anymore. But sometimes I get anxious and had the experienced by myself that listening to Calming Binaural Beats helps.