Music Trigger?

Do certain types of music make you more anxious? does certain music help you relax? im sure most people will write that quiet, calming music helps them, but not me! the heavier and louder the rock, the less stress i feel! i sing along with it in the car (or yell as the case may be, lol)  and it seems to release all the pent up stress from work etc. i go to concerts and find the same stress release.. i also benefit from praise and worship music as well.

there are certain songs that remind me of a time and place- i.e my nervous breakdown when i was 15, and if a song from then comes on the radio, i have to change it straight away. i hate to be reminded of certain parts of the past. make sense?

...although listening to my dad's country and western sends me batty!   and i cant do heavy metal. that makes me so tense!

just curious about what type of music, or what artist helps you unwind. dont get me wrong, i totally enjoy much more relaxed stuff as well. im just not into 'dolphin sounds and gentle breezes' type stuff which my first PDoc recommended, i could never get used to it.

Hey there

Music has a powerful way of triggering emotions in us. Sometimes a song will remind us of people, places or events. Other times, the music itself (the key, tempo, style or lyrics) can make us feel a certain way. Some even say that listening to certain types of music (mainly classical) will make you smarter or more productive.

I see the original post about music has been bumped up.  Take a look at that thread, it is awesome.

My favorite driving song........"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree", KT Tunstall

Kitt

I still sing along to the spice girls..

Pity be on me

Meg

Yes! My husband used to play loud Dave Matthews on our long road trips early in the morning. The music to Don't Drink the Water would make me feel so anxious. It is supposed to be a bit of an ominous song and I just couldn't deal with it in the car at 6 am. Other music calms me down.

My dad used to sing somewhere over the rainbow to me when we were going to visit my mum in hopsital. That song gives me massive panic attack feel uneasy thinking about it. To be that song is masive trigger for me sort of wierd I know

One thing that I absolutely cannot listen to anymore that I used to find interesting if not enjoyable is free form jazz. I can still dig on be bop and stuff, thank God.

I find Bod Dylan and Johnny Cash are comforting voices when I'm anxious. Unless there's some other annoying sound that I need to drown out I generally prefer no music when anxious.

Occasionally I'll go for some Decemberists. Many think Colin Maloy's voice is irritating, but I find his lyrics to be so well crafted and full of imagery that they can take my mind to a different place.

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is good. That's a record you can really, really get deep into. I have to skip "Run Like (this site will censor if I type the word)", and the clocks at the beginning of "Time", though.

When I'm done with a high anxiety state and want something energetic, I'll go for Broken Social Scene's first record pretty often. There's a lot of energy in that. Arcade Fire. I'm a big indie rock fan and listen to that stuff anyway, but I particularly like the faster stuff when I'm coming off a period of being miserable. And I can't fail to mention Pixies, of course!