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dsf95
dsf95
Being in a choir has been very helpful to me. Focusing on singing my part and talking to friends really takes my mind off my troubles. If you aren't religious, secular music groups are good, too. I personally feel the spirit dealing with me and often cry during touching songs. I didn't want to go last night because I was dwelling on the past, but I'm glad I went. I don't have a job, so it's nice to have an authority figure who cares like the choir director does. I feel like having to focus on the music has helped my brain.
arfie
arfie
You are singing my tune, ds. For me, the emphasis needs to be on LIVE music. Recorded music is great, but live music is a therapy of a different rainbow. The live tones do things to my neurons, nerves, et al, that electronic reproductions simply can't touch.

My ability to fit in with groups has been too limited for group music, but I feel my singing as the most effective breathing exercise I have tried yet. Playing live instruments regulates my pulses while simultaneously expressing, calming and integrating them.

Thanks for the reminder, ds. I thinks my gitfiddle is calling me. . .
dsf95
dsf95
:)
freedom15g
freedom15g
my thoughts on this are i was a music teacher i saw daily how music transformed bullies into loving humans how it lifted the spirits of children from hopeless backgrounds how it gave a voice to the rage of my minority and disenfranchised youth when i put them in drumline,, IT HAS BEEN SAID,, MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE BEAST, another,, Music speaks where words fail , sounds like you experienced that and that is the good stuff
DarkGypsyG
DarkGypsyG
small science trivia....

there is no silence in our universe. no stillness. every thread of life is singing. the very building blocks of all that is are vibrating continuously. atoms are always moving, dancing. each particle (actual name) that makes up those atoms vibrates with its own unique song.

now a scientist would explain all this away with cold blah blah words. but i think translating into that there is music all the time is much more beautiful.
dsf95
dsf95
Thanks for the comments! Let's make music!
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Yes! I sing every night with my guitar. By my couch I have a music stand and a guitar stand, and I practice practice practice. The act of singing is healing for me.

My experiences in choirs have been wonderful, because then I blend in by way of musical harmony into a social world and I'm not an outsider. It's great!! Thanks for this thread.
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