_AnGeL_
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:22 am
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You will probably notice this is a continue to my previous post on music addiction and what it can do to you psycologically. But now its becoming serious for me. I am listening to very deep and moving music (in my opinion) such as the bands A Perfect Circle and Tool, Nine Inch Nails, and others. I listen to deep music so much I am addicted to it. I feel so depressed and am surrounded in thought. I never want to do anything anymore, just sit and imaginate, just think about things, being surrounded in this deep music. I have lost interest in many things I once loved to do (I have recently become extremely unsocial) and just sit and listen to all this sh** that deepends my mind uncontrollably. Like the songs "the grudge" and "parabol" by tool, some that depress me the most.
Any help anyone? This may be a dumb addiction, but whatever, It's happening to me. |
Sarazen
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:25 am
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Hi, I find your post very interesting considering that it happens to me very often to the exclusion of many other things. I do not find myself bothered with this music and sometimes I will eliminate relationships just so I would not have people dictate to me what I should or should not be doing with my time.
you could see a therapist since this music addiction disturbs you. I wish you the best of luck. |
aimee
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:32 am
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hello,
I think that an addiction to music is very normal. It is creative and not harmful. I have had this addiction and still do to some extent and so do most people i know. music makes us feel good, when we go out for the night mainly its to have a dance! A passion for music is definatly a positive thing. |
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:37 pm
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| Hi _AnGeL_ |
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'I once loved to do (I have recently become extremely unsocial) and just sit and listen to all this sh** that deepends my mind uncontrollably. '
I have never heared of the bands (is it a kind of a deep rock) but I think the music is here 4 us to enjoy it- to cheer us up or calms us down or make us dance. It depends on the state we are in at the moment. If ya feel u do not enjoy it as much as u used to try to have a little break or listen to smth what does not make u so emotioanal. I .eg like all kinds of techno and I had time when I was addicted to hard house and hardcore. It cheered me up and made me dance and I felt less tired. But craved for more faster and fater than I decided to change on chill out music before I d completely loose the plot. If ya like music in general maybe is good to try smth new ...
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aimee
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:49 pm
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see i stopped listenin to all that too late and did loose the plot...! |
_AnGeL_
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:12 pm
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well then obviously you haven't listened to alot of deep music. not all music makes you feel good. you have no idea. And I don't like alot of happy music and i hate techno |
launchboxbill
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Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:48 am
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you need to start writing music
you dont like happy music caus you dont have teh happiness inside. listening to sad music makes you sader, however it gives you fullfillment, and so it doesnt feel -bad- when youre listening to music. however when you stop listneing to music you jsut have the emotion without fullfillment. rising depression and angst coinsiding with all the mopy music that goes on isnt a complete coincidence.
look for bands who have sand/deep, AND happy music. you know, 'deep' has nothing to do with the sadness, it has to do with the power of the music. you just gotta listen to more bands until you find stuff you like and evolve your own music tastes.
you also gotta FIND happiness in real life, and then youll find happy music much better |
_AnGeL_
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Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:20 am
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Well, yeah that does make some sense, but I don't know WHY I like depressing music. I do like some happy music, but I really don't get any "fulfillment" out of it.
The only thing I can think of is because I really don't want to do anything with my life. I have no desire to become anything in the future or think of all the great things I could be. So If depressing music has anything to do with that...
and why do you say "you need to start writing music "?
And if you meant what you said on my last post saying "more intelligent people tend to listen to classical music" I think you are totally wrong |
aimee
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Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:59 am
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i find myself that the mood i am in reflects on the music i crave, when angry i listen to agressive music when hurt or sad i listen to soppy music and if im happy i listen to dance happy music, do you think your need for this type of music could hide an underlying depression thet you need to look further in to? |
megan
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Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:23 am
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Hi, I havent read all of this thread but the title caught my imagination. Is music addiction unhealthy? I found when depressed that the only thing that ever made a connection for me was music, it might be the only thing that moved me - even if if moved me to more unhappiness. Music is a form of expression for all of us really. Wouldnt the world be a dull place without it? I will read more of this thread in case I'm missing the point |
_AnGeL_
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Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:33 am
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Well, megan, you are right in a way. If nothing else makes you happy, music would be the only way to go. But since I listen to mostly depressing music, it only makes me feel bad, but I like it. the music makes me imagine things I couldn't possibly describe to anyone and make them understand. and I try to reverse it with happier music, but I never feel anything I want. It is very similar with movies for me as well. I like very sad movies, especially with sad endings. This problem has been with me for a while now. I have no idea why. |
launchboxbill
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:56 pm
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see, you dont get fullfillment from happy music unless your happy. but when yo udo get happy, and listen to the music, it will feel a little fullfilling, if the music and lyrics connect to you. the more you allow this to happen, the more happiness response youll get -back- from the music, as well as the more happy tunes will be etching themself into your head. the more you listen to sad music, and get fullfillment out of it, the more your mind will want that fullfillment, be more susceptable to unhappiness/gloomy thoughts, and reinforce fullfillment in low thoughts. music is very, very powerful. i think we all know this. while it wont make you happy, it can make any happiness you DO find, amplified and more able to penetrate into your subconscious
knwo what im sayin?
sad music can make you feel content and FEEL life, but it is NOT good for you if you WANT to get out of gloomyness. |
mick67899
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Mon May 28, 2007 4:01 pm
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I think music is great for you and the soul, but it can be harsh, I think its really depends with the kind of music you listen to. I dont know much on the topic.(Im new here so...) |
apmab1
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Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:43 am
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YES
FIRST OF ALL:
Music is incredibly addictive, in almost any form. This is because music is like a band-aid over negative emotions, a narcotic like television. It encourages delusion by advertising a kind of narcissistic indulgence in emotion, which does not exercise your mind (try reading instead), but will gradually deteriorate it.
Studies by Italian psychologists have shown dementia patients, as their frontal lobe (processes memory function, language, decisions) deteriorates, they switch from books to loud pop music and television. This probably serves some political function, since music is heavily monopolised and commercialised like television, keeping people self-focused and indulged would be a formidible technology of mass control for commercial sites of power. Then again, Georg Simmel in 'Mental Life and The Metropolis' claims self-indulgence is the natural consequence of the anonymity of urban living~ so it's probably a combination of both, with popular music intensifying your apathy whilst keeping you isolated, and perhaps a little drugged as well.
Notice that if you google 'television addiction', which affects 95% of Western populations, or 'eating addiction', you will get billions of hits, but nothing on music. This is partly due to the widespread use of music as a form of therapy (which evolved from African blues) to vent emotional frustrations, in fact frankfurt sociologist HERBERT MARCUSE wrote an article about music as therapy rather than power.
I doubt that anybody ever listened to music to the degree which we do now, and it seems an unreasonable solution, like psychology, IT KEEPS YOU FOCUSED ON YOUR MIND, and not on society, ie. where money comes from, how institutions function- which should be your real concern. The proliferation of technology has led to numerous addictions, soap operas as the family, pornography as a girlfriend, music as a failed form of therapy, etc, etc.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, MY SUGGESTION:
1. Read about music within sociology, ie. Marcuse, but others, including works on television, especially SUT JHALLY
2. Get some 'nature sounds' to substitute for music, you will find after a while, that the sound of various places (forests, beaches, night crickets) will not only perform as a welcome substitute for spiritual healing, I'll bet they'll keep those brain cells in line.
If those who agree would like to start up a 'wikipedia' internet page on music addiction, please send a private message to this user name, I am not a regular user.
APMAB1
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Damani311
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Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:22 am
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My two cents:
The music you described seems to lock in emotions, moods, and memories very well. It puts you in a different place for sure, and personally it makes me feel more alive.
I'll find myself out at a party, or at a karaoke bar with people, and after a while I'll start thinking "This music sucks, I wanna go home and rock some Grudge."
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