My Playlist is My Therapy By Anushka Bhatt

 

My Playlist is My Therapy

By Anushka Bhatt

Whenever I feel like I’m spiraling—homework, expectations, drama—I plug in my AirPods, close my eyes, and let SZA, Olivia Rodrigo, or Lo-fi beats take over.

It’s not that music fixes everything. But it holds me. It says, “I get it.”
Sometimes, I don’t want a solution—I just want a beat that matches my heartbeat.

Therapists say music therapy is real. It lowers cortisol, the stress hormone. But I don’t need science to tell me that—my playlist knows me better than I do some days.

And that’s okay. Music doesn’t ask questions. It just listens back.

Works Cited:
"Music and Health." Harvard Health Publishing, 2021.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/healing-through-music-201511058556