The tools below have been proven for centuries by many psychologists and scientists to help people learn how to deal with their depression. The sound based, self-help techniques below should be added to your tool box as you attempt to combat and effectively deal with your depression. If used daily, the music therapy and toning/humming exercises listed below will most assuredly help you cope with your depression.

Using Toning and Humming to Help Deal with Depression and Other Unpleasant, Intrusive Feelings

Don Campbell, founder of the Institute of Music, Health and Education, has developed a powerful tool called, The Mozart Effect. The Mozart Effect is the process whereby you use your own voice to boost/elevate mood and increase/strengthen memory.

Don Campbell has discovered that singing, humming and self-talk all have very powerful therapeutic capabilities. Though, the most powerful vocalization technique we can use, he has discovered, is toning. Toning is the process whereby we make sounds using elongated vowels for long periods of time; usually 3-7 minutes. Campbell explains that when people tone on a routine basis for 3-7 minutes a day or when needed, “I have witnessed thousands of people relax into their voices, become more centered in their bodies, release fear and other emotions and free themselves from physical pain…I have seen many people apply toning in practical ways, from relaxing before attest, to eliminating headaches…Toning balances brain waves, deepens the breath, reduces the heart rate and imparts a general sense of wellbeing.”

According to Campbell’s Mozart Effect, the following sounds, when used daily, effectively deal with depression and other intrusive feelings:

Sound(s)	Response	Use
Ahhh	Relaxation occurs immediately	When anxious, depressed or angry
Ee , Ay	Most rewarding vowel sounds. Concentration improves drastically. Helps release pain and anger	When angry, in pain or loosing focus
Oh, Om	Relaxes muscles and increase focus	When anxious or depressed
Ou (As in soup)	Calms the mind provides clarity. Release tension	When depressed, angry or anxious

Music Therapy
Music has been used as a therapy for depression for centuries. The pulse of a piece of music can directly affect and mobilize neurotransmitters and hormones responsible for how we are feeling. In particular, Boroque music played at about 60 beats per minute has been proven to boost our emotional arousal (increase serotonin) and keep it at a non-depressed state for hours at a time. The nine selections below are Boroque played at 60 BPM. Simply hit the play button, close our eyes, take deep breaths and listen as the music fills your mind and helps you feel less depressed. Thoughts will creep into your mind. Do not ignore them but don't dwell on them. Briefly accept them and move on to continuing to listen as the music lifts your depression.

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Song Title: Sunrise - Music To Lift Depression.

Music has been used as a therapy for depression for a long time and the pulse of a piece of music can directly affect and mobilize neurotransmitters and hormones responsible for how we are feeling. This instrumental piece will take your mind off depression and make you feel better.

Song Title: Three Wishes By Voughan - Music To Lift Depression.

Techno music meditation, yoga and lift your mood up.

Song Title: Bruce Springsteen My City of Ruins

This is a live performance that Bruce did at the Sandy Relief Concert in 2012. He talks at the beginning about their struggles and then goes on to sing his infamous song that talks about rising up. Listen to the entire song. It starts off a bit slow but once you listen to the entire song, you will surely feel less depressed, happier and inspired. Bruce is a spiritual man, but you do not have to be to allow this song to make you feel better from depression. Enjoy!!!

Song Title: Played by the London Festival Orchestra: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 Adagio Un Poco Mosso

Close your eyes and listen to the piece below. It is Boroque music played at about 60 beats per music. This particular type of music has been proven to clear your mind, relax your body, tap into your creativity, make you smarter and make you feel happier/less depressed. Boroque music helps boost our emotional arousal and keep it at a non-depressed state for hours at a time.

Beethoven was obviously a genius and his music can have an ever lasting affect on your depression. It can lift your mood and help keep you depression free.