The Use of Music Therapy for Adults’ Anxiety Relief

As known, anxiety represents the body's natural response to stress. It appears as a feeling of fear or an apprehension about unknown present or future events. Translated as nervousness, extreme fear or worry, the specialists consider the anxiety disorder as being a psychiatric disorder that includes forms as generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic attacks, separation anxiety, and specific phobias. Also, there are considered to be related to anxiety, obsessive - compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. Based on the results obtained in our research, we have noticed the influence music has solely, but also in combination with dance, on people accusing stress and/or anxiety. Overlapping the research with a brief analysis of the chosen music, we emphasize through this article, on one hand, the role of music therapy in treating the spectrum of anxiety disorders, and on the other, the importance of choosing the proper music in terms of characteristics (melody, rhythm, harmony, text so on) for the most effective results.