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Ooh, I hoped this topic would come up in some way somehow, because music is such an important part of my life.  Have you noticed this increase in sadness and anger in popular music? What do you think could be causing it?-Honestly no, I haven't noticed it, because I don't really listen to popular music. Like pop music? Isn't really much in my repertoire, especially newer stuff. But it could be caused by the world we live in. It's becoming worse and worse tbh, with so many things that cause sadness and anger (like climate change, the rise of fascism, etc.) and I can see how people would end up exploring that through their music and trying to process it in that way. It's also really relatable to a lot of people. Do you think it’s helpful or hurtful for someone struggling with a mental health issue to listen to music that contains anger and sadness?-I think it greatly depends on the person and that even for the same person, it can be helpful sometimes and harmful at other times. Like I know sometimes I end up wallowing in it and it makes me feel worse, but other times I find it helpful. I do think it's helpful when you can find music that speaks about how you're feeling and that you can relate to. It makes me feel a lot better when I can express my emotions through the music I listen to/sing because I have such a hard time expressing it most of the time. It's difficult for me to connect to my anger in particular and not repress it, so when I can find a good song that helps me connect, I like that. What kind of music do you connect to with your mental health issues? Are there any songs in particular that speak to you?-We could be here all night if I listed every song that spoke to me.  A lot of rock/metal connects with my mental health issues, as well as some kind of alternative "I don't even know what genre this band is" stuff (like Mother Mother). For my eating disorder stuff, Mother Mother- "Oh Ana" and "I Go Hungry" speak a lot to me, as well as Jaiden/boyinaband- "Empty." For my PTSD, Emilie Autumn- "Gothic Lolita" and "I Want My Innocence Back" do, as well as Aurelio Voltaire- "Never." For my BPD, I really like Get Scared- "Get Out While You Can," and "Sarcasm", Saliva- "Hate Me," Halsey- "Control" (although that's also a bipolar feels song) and Type O Negative- "I Don't Wanna Be Me." Another bipolar song is Evanescence- "Lithium." Riot Squad-"Anxiety" is obviously perfect for anxiety.  For psychosis feels, I listen to Halsey- "Gasoline," Creature Feature- "Bad Blood" and "Buried Alive," Disturbed- "Voices," and Bebe Rexha- "I'm Gonna Show You Crazy." A DID song is ICP- "Multiple Myselves."General mental health songs that speak to me are Mother Mother- "Baby Boy," "Get Up," "Back in School," "All Gone," and "Have It Out" (Can you tell I like Mother Mother? ). I also like AFI- "Miss Murder" and Grandson- "Despicable" and for processing my anger in particular, I like Wednesday 13- "Bad Things," Scissor Sisters- "I Can't Decide," Brand New- "Seventy Times 7," and Eminem- "Go To Sleep."...That's a lot.  Music is a really, really big part of my life and my mental health, the two are completely intertwined."Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you."-Nietzsche   |
TotW: Mental Illness & Music · 02-15-19 3:00pm
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