Idk why lol, sad music ironically makes me feel better. It’s kinda like crying… lets out the endorphins.
I don’t have too much sadness these days. Rage, on the other hand, shucks howdy have I got acres of rage, and listening to metal makes me feel less angry, so kind of the same scope.
sometimes. when your a little sad its nice to get something cheery but when your real sad sometimes the only way out is through.
Yes, I like to listen to sad music when I’m sad. And angry when I’m angry. It helps me to feel better.
The greeks called it catharsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis
I do this as well but it’s like a “deepening” of being sad. Like I’m thinking “Fuck it, if I’m gonna feel sad right now then let’s feel fucking sad.” Lol
I listen to happy music when I’m sad, and sad music when I’m happy. No idea why, however, my brain just wants it that way.
This is me too when I think about it. Cool…
I almost never feel actually sad though. Just normal. Sad songs are just better in that mood. If im actually sad, I put on uplifting music.
Sad music is emotional and means something. Happy is kind of one dimensional and short. I dont know if people are actually happy most of their time or if its the short moments.
Yep! Type O Negative is my sad jam. I fucking love Type O Negative. RIP Pete Steel.
Yeah, but I like to try to use it to move in a certain direction emotionally. Like, instead of pure sad, I’ll put on something sad and wistful to move a little in that direction, or sad and angry to shift a little that way, depending on my current needs.
Like, this is sad and wistful, with a touch of determination:
This is sad and angry:
This helps avoid wallowing in the pure sad feeling, which I don’t really like.
All the time. In general, the music I listen to always matches my mood. I listen to happy music when I’m happy and sad music when I’m sad. It’s like a form of catharsis.
Listening to happy things when you’re sad can feel like the music invalidates your feelings, and that can make you feel worse. Sad music serves exactly the purpose you describe: to cry, even when you have no tears left, and let go of all the bad stuff inside you.
If the music helps you process the emotion then generally you’ll feel better afterword. That’s just how it works.
Yes. Blues exists for pretty much that reason.
I fucking love the blues. Grew up in austin Texas with it. I often run into a barriers getting people to listen to it out in California. Like some people might need some modernization of it. For that, check out Bad Luck City - RL Burnside
Man, I’m always up for some Burnside. Blues is remarkable for its ability to draw together diverse people. There was this small blues bar in Copenhagen called Mojo. Tiny place - could seat maybe twenty, max capacity perhaps twice that. Always packed. Live gigs every evening of the week, something like five dollars admission at the door - God only know how they managed to pull that off. Some of the best live music I’ve experienced and in good company ranging all the way from teenagers to people in their eighties, all having a good time together.
Edit: And while we’re on the topic of modernized Burnside: Someday Baby (feat. Lyrics Born)
More like dark music
Every once in a while I need a good cry session just to get it out of my system and feel better. I have a playlist titled “Cry Baby”.
After I wash my face, I’ll listen to some dance and techno while I have my frozen gel mask over my swollen eyes.
Like most people, music moves me…
I tried doing that when my first girlfriend broke up with me back in the day and it had mixed results… It felt a tad performative and it kinda took me out of it, lol. But my wife does it! I guess it’s always better to process the emotion and music helps?
This exact feeling, I think, is the entire plot of Inside Out. Feeling sad is often the best way to express what’s in you.
