Today I thought we could discuss something a little different that affects many students at university including me, across the UK and around the world. Shocking statistics prevail year by year of the increase in anxiety which affects many university students in diverse ways due to the challenges that students face socially and financially. It is said that one in four university students battle anxiety. On a night when my anxiety was keeping me awake, I decided to scroll through Spotify playlists as I feel that music is a wonderful way to take your mind off things. I found several playlists that Spotify had made in a genre called ‘Sleep’. I was really shocked that by playing these songs from these playlists helped put my mind at ease and made it easier to fall into a healthy pattern of sleep. Here are fifteen of the best Spotify playlists that helped me cure my sleep anxiety and put it to bed!
This was the first playlist I discovered as a remedy for sleep and minimising my stress levels into a state of calm. With 51 songs, you are bound to find a few that will help you sleep and put your sleep anxiety to bed, so you can get a healthy amount of sleep. One of my favourites is a song called “Planets and Stars” by Pavvla which uses a soothing and soft melodic piano with peaceful vocals, which makes you feel like you’re in a nineteenth-century French painting by Vincent Van Gogh. “Fuel To Fire” by Agnes Obel is beautiful and enchanting song using piano and orchestra to help you escape from the stress and really helped me reduce my sleep anxiety and fall asleep.
If you’re looking for something that doesn’t use vocals and uses only sound, then this playlist will help put you in a place of tranquillity away from the stresses of university. Classical music has been scientifically proven to decrease blood pressure, which means that this playlist is perfect to put anxiety at bay and stress on hold to get a good night’s rest!
Ever think that rain is one of the most peaceful sounds ever? I sure did and that’s why I really recommend this playlist if you love the natural sounds of the environment. There’s a collection of 98 sounds of rain to fit your mood, so you can mix it up a little every night to make you feel cosy in bed and help you get that much-needed rest.
This is one of my favourite playlists to help me drift off to sleep and to calm my sleep anxiety. This collection of 98 songs makes you feel like you are drifting through the universe with slow atmospheric sounds and pianos. One of my favourites I like to jump into is a song called “Nocturn” by Chris Hyson, which lasts for eight minutes and slowly puts you into another realm of relaxation. This is one of the best spotify playlists!
Alternatively, if you’re looking for something a little more down to earth to listen to, then Ocean Escapes is a playlist that paints tranquillity and is full of escapism. I love the sounds of the ocean and there are many different types of sounds to choose from to put you in a state of serenity and help you to mediate away from stress and negative thoughts.
Escape to the sounds of Native America with this playlist full of flute music that makes you feel like you’re watching sunset waiting for the sun to go down. There are 29 songs filled with different melodies of enchanting and soft flute music, which I found good to help reduce sleep anxiety!
The definition of Euphoria is ‘a deep state of happiness’. This is one of my favourite playlists that helped to cure my sleep anxiety. Listening to it made me feel like I was surrounded by mountainous landscapes with a true sense of feeling at one with the world. I finally could mediate and block out negative thoughts that clouded my mind limiting my sleep. My favourite song from this 42-track playlist is “Perfect Instance” by City of the Sun.
Whether you live in a city or not, you probably fantasise about escaping to the countryside and lying underneath a clear beautiful sky, watching and counting the stars. I know I do! With piano and orchestral music, this playlist helps you achieve that level of relaxation and worldly appreciation. This playlist helped me to escape the stresses of the city without leaving my bed and helped put me in a calmer state of mind. This is one of the most relaxing spotify playlists!
Have you ever wanted to escape to an oasis of pink flamingos and bright green forests that surround crystal blue waters? This playlist generates an aural world around upon closing your eyes making you feel like you’ve escaped to a serene and tropical place by using natural sounds of wildlife and weather.
This playlist holds a large collection of 170 songs using pianos, orchestra, guitar and other melodies designed to help you unwind. This playlist helps to block out stress by blocking the negative thoughts that cloud your mind and keep you awake. Lie back and relax as you fall into a calmer state of sleep.
Dive into another realm with this Ambient Chill playlist, which uses atmospheric sound pads to create soft melodies to make your surroundings calm. With a collection of 71 songs, this playlist will put you back into orbit and helped me to reduce anxiety, so I could get back into a healthy sleeping pattern around my university lectures.
Insomnia is quite a common issue for sleep anxiety sufferers and everybody’s levels of anxiety are different, even if you are a university student or not. This Spotify playlist uses soft slow songs with enchanting melodies to bring quietus to the world around you and help you minimise stress to allow you to drift off to sleep.
With sounds and melodies that melt into ambient tones and smooth beats, it’s almost impossible not to imagine that you’re surrounded by vast plains of the desert or white fluffy clouds as you close your eyes. I make this playlist one of my rituals before falling asleep if I want to hear mellow sounds that transport me temporarily away from my anxiety to a land that’s stress-free and full of calm.
If you enjoy the sounds of transportation and want to feel like you are about to embark on a new journey, this White Noise playlist is great for escaping to somewhere only you want to imagine. By using the sounds of man and nature combined, this complete playlist sets out to help sleep become an adventure and to help you drift into peaceful dreams. This is definitely one of the best spotify playlists!
Similar to the tropical sounds playlist, you can now get lost in the forest with the aural hum of wildlife and nature. With 37 types of forest sounds to choose from, you can choose which visual world you would like to relax in, helping to soothe anxiety, high blood pressure and help you achieve the amount of sleep you need while making it exciting and interesting.
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