Do You Sometimes Listen to a Song and then Wish You Had Not?
By Carl Halling
@CarlHalling (3617)
United Kingdom
June 5, 2011 2:45pm CST
I ask because this sometimes happens to me. Like recently. I was listening to a song about a man withdrawing from drugs. And although it was a brilliant, exciting song, there was a point it made me feel bad, not because of the song itself, but because I was getting too emotionally involved with it. Not because I'm a recovered substance abuser; it was the intensity of the song that got to me. I got too involved with the feel of the song. Do you ever do this? Listen to a song; or piece of music? Get intensely involved with it...maybe because it's deeply sad; or nostalgic; or depressing. And think after...I wish I'd never listened? Let's talk intense songs and their effects on us....yes?
4 responses
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
5 Jun 11
No. I am grateful to Feel anything. It is when I try to experience an art form , be it music or a piece of art, and I feel nothing that I feel sad and empty.Even finding I don't like it is ok. But to feel nothing is worse. Oh Love I hope you have recovered from this experience.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
7 Jun 11
Hi Sarah, yes I recovered fine. What really bothers me is if a piece of art that once moved me leaves me cold. I find that disturbing...
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
6 Jun 11
That is how I get wih some songs too. I listen to the words and it either lifts me up or it makes me feel bad. I change the channel, all depending on my mood.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
7 Jun 11
Hi Steph. Yes, I do that, if a song is affecting me badly, I'll switch it off.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
6 Jun 11
I can be the same way as well, and find that my emotions kick in depending on how deeply I concentrate on the lyrics along with the music interludes. Sometimes I can relate them to not necessarily the same experiences but past bad events.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
7 Jun 11
Hi hardworkinggurl...it's true, not all the emotions that kick in through music are necessarily healthy ones.
@JamieHenriques (200)
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5 Jun 11
Oh yeah I do often come across ongs such as these and then make me regret what I've done. Songs can be very impactive and get to a person depends on how relatable the song is to you.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
7 Jun 11
Yes, you are right, songs can be very impactful: they go straight for the emotional centre.
