Music for Anxiety Relief

Anxiety-relief songs should pull your nervous system down, not push it. That means low dynamic range, slow-to-moderate BPM, smooth texture, and warm or soft vocals.

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Fully safe
64
Moderate
86
Intense
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Sensory-safe rate

Moderate — gentle intensity (64)

Another World
Antony and the Johnsons
moderate
Not Dark Yet
Bob Dylan
moderate
The Price You Pay
Bruce Springsteen
moderate
The Biggest Lie
Elliott Smith
moderate
Speed Trials
Elliott Smith
moderate
Easy Way Out
Elliott Smith
moderate
Crosses
José González
moderate
Frequency
Kid Cudi
moderate
Show Me the Place
Leonard Cohen
moderate
Small Time Shot Away
Massive Attack
moderate
Special Cases
Massive Attack
moderate
Come Near Me
Massive Attack and Ghostpoet
moderate
Into Dust
Mazzy Star
moderate
lacy
Olivia Rodrigo
moderate
That Funny Feeling
Phoebe Bridgers
moderate
Sour Times
Portishead
moderate
Over
Portishead
moderate
Mourning Air
Portishead
moderate
Only You
Portishead
moderate
Hairshirt
R.E.M.
moderate
stain
Soccer Mommy
moderate
Bad Communication
Sufjan Stevens
moderate
No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross
Sufjan Stevens
moderate
She Just Won't Believe Me
Tame Impala
moderate
At Night
The Cure
moderate
If God Will Send His Angels
U2
moderate
Stressed Out
A Tribe Called Quest
moderate
Tum Mile
A.R. Rahman
moderate
Pehla Nasha
A.R. Rahman
moderate
The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
moderate
Knowing Me, Knowing You
ABBA
moderate
Nutshell
Alice in Chains
moderate
A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left
Andrew Bird
moderate
No More Runnin
Animal Collective
moderate
RLNDT
Bad Bunny
moderate
Space Song
Beach House
moderate
Master of None
Beach House
moderate
Heavy Bend
Big Thief
moderate
I Miss You
Blink-182
moderate
Adam's Song
Blink-182
moderate

Intense — proceed with awareness (86)

The Overload
Talking Heads
intense
Borderline
Ed Sheeran
intense
Brain Stew
Green Day
intense
Working Class Hero
John Lennon
intense
Mysterons
Portishead
intense
Capacity
Big Thief
intense
Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers
intense
Bury a Friend
Billie Eilish
intense
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So Cold
Breaking Benjamin
intense
Paranoia
Cordae
intense
I'm New Here
Gil Scott-Heron
intense
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Make Me Bad
Korn
intense
♪
Numb
Linkin Park
intense
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Breaking the Habit
Linkin Park
intense
Two-Headed Boy
Neutral Milk Hotel
intense
The Hills
The Weeknd
intense
Call Out My Name
The Weeknd
intense
When We Were Young
Adele
intense
Janie's Got a Gun
Aerosmith
intense
You Oughta Know
Alanis Morissette
intense

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