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The 'Early Riser' tune on my iPhone, which I use to wake up in the morning, is the only alarm sound I have had in my entire life that doesn't strike doom into my heart. I can go back through ringtones or alarm sounds I've used for the last 10-15 years and every one more or less triggers panic even to this day but that one.
Some years ago I had developed an anxiety disorder. That's why I think this article makes no sense. I got anxious of the most stupid things. This was also triggered by some music. It doesn't matter if the music is calming. What matters is what is happening in your head. It seems to be the trend to meditate or to listen to soothing music when you are anxious. But please: if you are really having issues with anxiety: g…
I really have to agree with you. Anxiety is more than being anxious for a reason. Sometimes I will be sitting down perfectly content and all of a sudden my heartbeat will start racing for no reason and I start to panic and everything spirals out of control.
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Wouldn't put Aphex Twin on as a playlist though, since he also has https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqayDnQ2wmw . Great video and music, but anything but anxiety reducing.
Another somewhat unsettling Aphex Twin song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p71GvWkLw9k
(still remember zapping through the channels on our kitchen TV stumbling on it - about 20 years ago - it's so weird, you just don't forget that)
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I've been listening to this sound several orders of magnitude longer than any other sound or song. It's absolutely mesmerizing. There's something very specific about I just can't find anywhere else. It's a simple layering of very simple melodies.
If you have something similar to suggest I'm interested!
Here are some ambient songs by Aphex Twin which I also find very calming. Stone In Focus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86g1aop6a8 Rhubarb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AWIqXzvX-U Tha - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGC90fmf8gw Avril 14th - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6dGAZTj8xA
Here are some ambient songs by Aphex Twin which I also find very calming. Stone In Focus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86g1aop6a8 Rhubarb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AWIqXzvX-U Tha - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGC90fmf8gw Avril 14th - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6dGAZTj8xA
Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ6V8pH4HPY
Here's a song that never fails to calm me down: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Well, that's a pretty standard ambient-ish soundscape bordering on ‘chill-out’, though thankfully not as cheesy as a whole lot of them. For me, dub music (not dubstep) was the most astoundingly un-aggressive music. Back in the past, I ran Bill Laswell's compilations two times a day: on the morning subway to doze for twenty minutes, and when falling asleep at night. Not really a surprising quality, since the genre is…
Agreed! I feel myself relaxing every time i hear the opening notes of this track - Harry Mudie and King Tubby's 'Full Dose Of Dub':