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Use rhythm to help you focus and concentrate.
This is an installment in the Sound as a Coping Skill Series — learning to take care of yourself and your nervous system, consciously, through sound. For more original soundscapes for sleep, study and relaxation, visit my channel Modern Music Medicine on YouTube.
Rhythm Isn’t Just For Dancing Anymore
As adults, we all want the ability to focus our attention more on the tasks that we need to accomplish. This is easier said than done. And, if we are lucky, we can muster enough attention to achieve a flow state — a state where we are harmoniously locked into that sweet spot of effortless concentration and focus.
But if you are one of the 1% of adults diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), (an increase that doubled from about .43% in only ten years), medication is often the go-to solution.
As discussed in my essay, Does White Noise Act As Audio Adderall?, white noise has the same effect on the brain as does Adderall. It speaks to the same parts of the brain affected by mood dysregulation, causing low mood/depression and lack of motivation, which are all influenced by the dopaminergic system.
