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Music. Uplifting or depressing?

jspencereds
jspencereds
Lots of people said music helps them. I have felt at times that it fueled my depressed state. I would love to share your thoughts on my rambling chronic PK podcast. Please let me know what music is uplifting and what drives your depression up?
deleted_user
deleted_user
music just adds to the mood it can bring you up or down but if you are down down is all you want to hear to negitives make a postive i can listen to house music if all i can think of is 100 ways to die if i am manic the give me the up beat crazed enegry of any one that has a good feeling to them
bookmaven
bookmaven
i find that uplifting, fast beat music helps when i'm depressed, listening to sad music then makes me want to cry all the time. i tend to listen to neutral music most of the time, helps keep an even keel
deleted_user
deleted_user
I posted on this a few days ago, so I've been thinking about that.

Bipolars seem to have at least One thing in common with the standard understanding of autism, which is that everything that affects our senses, affects us like 10 Times as much as the "average" person is affected.

This applies musically as well. Music hits me So Hard that it can Change me, and I have to be Careful about that.

I listen to Lots of fast-paced, upbeat music when I'm Up. My moods can change in a Second due to music in general, and I find that when I a Really depressed, I don't listen to Anything, because it can bring me further down.
deleted_user
deleted_user
What GT said - 100%