How music affects listeners mental health

Ok So Here's some brutal honesty from me. I Listen To loaRAB of really depressing music and most of the time I am a pretty miserable person. I listen to miserable music and It makes me feel better-understood. But im sure in the long term its not helping, possibly even causing me to feel that way. If you sorround youself with something it pretty soon becomes all you know. For me the time In my life when I started feeling depressed was exactly the same time I started listening to depressing music. I'm not sure to this day which came first.
 
I feel the same way about these new teen idols. I mean, who in their right mind would wear a completely fake looking wig (cough cough Hilary Duff) and sing Wake up Wake Up..I mean, when I heard the beat of my heart...i alomost through the television down

And also, whenever i hear any 80's music (Mainly Motley Crue) I literally let out more adrenaline then anyone should. I get so hyped that my frienRAB have tried knocking me out.
 
Thanks for your opinion.

The self-fulfilling prophecy can only be held responsible for some attributes of individuals behaviour, and of course society plays apart. But wouldn't music be part within society? People are making the music, so it's not all due to the labelling theory.

However, I asked for opinions and I have them. I am retaking me exam this afternoon and had to find the link again. Didn't expect there to be more entries, but thats all cool.

Thanks guys.
 
Songs like 'Love Ain't For Keeping' by The Who make me feel quite sad, and songs like 'Stone Cold Crazy' by Queen make me feel really good.

But when I listen to angry women music, I feel like killing boys :)
 
Personally I don't really let music change my mood. Although when I'm driving or doing something I listen to metal any metal. But when I went out drinking with my buddies I like to chill while riding my bike home with some Iron & wine.
 
that actually makes complete sense. i always listened to old rock n' roll music growing up, and the only thing close to new music i listened to was 80's pop and rock.. and some 90's banRAB.. it wasn't until i was 14 that i really got into tool.. then it opened up my eyes to all kind of depressing music. but i listened to tool when i was younger but hated it.. i was rather depressed but never tried to really understand myself till i was around 14 when everything was coming together yet falling apart.. then i listened to tool and i started to understand... and in some ways felt better like "something" actually new what was going on.. i've been listening to depressing music sense i was that age.. and relating to it.. its the only music that i actaully really get.. and i love it, i wouldn't say its holding me back from moving on and letting go of the depressing things, cause if anything it open's up my eyes and makes me question things, makes me think about things i don't think i would have thought about other wise. but when i do get really depressed, and lets say i'm listening to sad/happy by cold.. then it just gets me thinking about a situation like that one.. thus making me more depressed.. so it helps when i'm in my normal not happy.. but not in a killing myself type mood.. but when i'm depressed it just keeps me on that level.. doesn't make me what to die.. doesn't make me happy... it just keeps me mellow and sane..

does that make anysense.. or did you just read lots of spam?
 
^ You need to see someone about fixing that then:p:



You have it downpacked Jr, my thoughts exactly pretty much except unlike me you can put thoughts into good wordage.
 
music highly influences how i behave. If i listen to music that speaks of revolution i start one. If i listen to depressing music i get depressed.

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