Brown, now 19 and a sophomore at Rowan University, has grown a lot as a singer-songwriter since then.<\/p>\n
She has sung the national anthem at numerous sporting events, including the Philadelphia Eagles game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium last December. Brown has also performed three times at Fenway Park in Boston and before Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia Union, Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Brown, of\u00a0Marlton, New Jersey,\u00a0is singing at the Ravens game in Baltimore against the New York Jets.<\/p>\n
\nBrown has recorded her music, most recently a song she wrote called “Wildflower Highway<\/a>,” available on most streaming platforms. She wants to bring music into the classroom as an elementary school teacher.\n<\/p>\n \nBrown also has found that singing and performing has helped her cope with obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and depression.\n<\/p>\n \nMusic and singing “really saved me,” Brown said. “When I was in dark places, I would write music, or I would sing. And I still do that when I’m stressed out or not feeling great.”\n<\/p>\n How music boosts mental health<\/p>\n \nBrown is onto something when she talks about how singing has helped her with her OCD, anxiety and depression.\n<\/p>\n \nStudies<\/a> have linked music with the production of endorphins \u2013 neurotransmitters also released during exercise and sex \u2013 that help reduce pain and improve a sense of wellbeing.\n<\/p>\n \nListening to music is linked<\/a> to the release of dopamine, known as the “feel good” hormone, arousing a sense of euphoria.\n<\/p>\n \nA 2017 study<\/a> found that music helps alleviate anxiety and improve functioning in people with depression. Research<\/a> also shows that music combined with talk therapy and medication helps ease depression more than talk therapy and medication alone.\n<\/p>\n \nTrisha said she and her husband, Randy, a senior special teams coach for the Ravens, have witnessed over and over again how singing and music has benefited their daughter’s mental health.\n<\/p>\n \nBrown is “the happiest that we see her when she is performing,” Trisha said.<\/p>\n But learning to cope with her mental health issues has been a long process for Brown and her family.<\/p>\n Ryan Brown, 19, sings the national anthem before a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park. She has performed there three times.<\/p>\n ‘I’m doing something that makes me happy’<\/p>\n The first time Brown had a panic attack, Trisha said she had “zero idea what to do.”\n<\/p>\n \nBrown’s anxiety and OCD caused her to have panic attacks if her homework “wasn’t perfect,” she said.\n<\/p>\n![\"Ryan](\"https:\/\/media.phillyvoice.com\/media\/images\/111925RyanBrownRedSox.width-704.jpg\")
Provided Image\/Trisha Brown<\/p>\n