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Losing passion for singing

ristaystrong2
ristaystrong2

This isn't really a trauma thing I just didn't know which group I was really suppose to put this in. For some reason i've been feeling like I've been losing my passion for singing like I still love playing guitar and everything it's awesome and I love listening to music and I still do like to sing a lot but it's not something that I devote to everyday anymore I use to but now it's like when my mom suggested that I play in the talent show at church coming up it's just something I seem to want to put off for some reason. I feel like the passion that I first had which was for acting has come back strongly now and even though I'm not really good at dancing at all I feel I have a passion for dancing now and writing books cause I've wrote a full book already in 4 months and I'm not sure why I feel like i've lost the passion for singing lately. 

arfie
arfie
The side effects of trauma can weave their way into the damndest places, so I wouldn't be too quick to assume it is not trauma related. In my own strictly personals, I never really know what is related to what until I pull it out into the open and get a good look at it. Glad you felt comfortable enough to pull it out here.

My own creative drives seem to be in constant motion, even when my passions are running weak. Maybe especially then. Very often a creative passion seems to wane, only to re-emerge later with new shapes and potentials. I have often heard those silent spells referred to as, "Taking time to unlearn bad habits." Seems to be true in my own case.

Continued support while you figure out what it is for you, Rista. For sure, I don't think I could survive this mental madness without my creative outlets.
ristaystrong2
ristaystrong2
I'm very into acting and i still love to sing it's just not everyday anymore for some reason and i don't know how it could be trauma related I mean it could be because even though i had a lot of fun in high school in music class it was my favorite place it always felt like competition against other music classes when it wasn't suppose to be and that could of been it cause that feeling was stressful so maybe that's why it started getting weaker after I left but I'm very into acting and writing and recently dance even though i'm not good at it at all
arfie
arfie
Acting is a wonderful channel, as well. Personally, I follow the muse, wherever it leads and let the mystery reveal itself at the speed of life. Allowing myself creative expression is far more important than the medium I use to create the expression. When/if yesterday's passion returns, it typically has surprising, new shapes when it returns.

Acting and singing are wonderful bedfellows. Both are great breathing exercises. Is it possible that you are *simply* expanding your repertoire? Dancing, as well. So what if you are not good at it today. Tomorrow is coming and change happens. I never got good at dancing, myself, but I still reserve the right to enjoy dancing as a creative expression, or just for the gee of it.
ristaystrong2
ristaystrong2
I mean it could be possible that I'm just expanding but I don't get why i would stop something and not feel the need to do it everyday like I use to it might be because of what I explained of how it was in high school I'm not sure really but I could just be expanding I mean I still love to sing I just don't do it everyday and I can't get my voice up to the notes I was able to a few months ago I had a cough and I thought after it was completely gone and I was better it would go back to normal but I can't hit high notes anymore as well as I use to and I don't why my passion for acting got stronger than singing maybe it's cause I feel I'm better at it than singing
arfie
arfie
I haven't tried acting, but in my own throat, singing and talking use the same muscles, etc. Singing doesn't feel as good when I have been talking allot.

Mostly I try not to over-analyze it. Passion goes where it goes. I might as well try to question the wind.
ristaystrong2
ristaystrong2
thanks
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