Healthy-Unhealthy Music Scale

I scored 21/25 on a healthy scale and 13/40 on an unhealthy scale (Appendix A) in the Healthy-Unhealthy Music Scale (HUMS). As a result, it can be concluded that I interact with music on a more healthy scale than most people. Overall, my usage of music can be directly related to mood regulation (Saarikallio, Garrido & McFerran, 2016). First of all, I listen to music to hide from people as it helps me to relax. Moreover, music actually relieves me from the human nature of socializing. However, I am a person who prefers living alone and in recluse away from people. In consequence, music is helping me from the need to socialize. Although not socializing in person is considered unhealthy, music provides me energy to move on. For instance, living