I enjoy listening to music but it often causes an immediate shift to a bad mood which lasts the entire day. It is music that I usually have no control over hearing whether I am listening to the radio, shopping in a store, watching commercials on TV. It sometime takes me back to unpleasant childhood memories and events in the past. For example, if I hear a 90s song, (it can be any random song) it can immediately make me sad which sometimes leading to crying spells. It is as if my brain automatically links the songs to specific time periods in my past that were unpleasant.

Sometimes I think it also has to do with the arrangement of the song--the instrument, the sharps the flats--I don't know. What I do know is that it is frustrating because there is nothing I can do. My husband has to walk on eggshells as he cant freely sing songs or listen to his music as he is afraid it can cause a mood swing. I have tried making my own playlist and carrying it with me eeeverywhere I go. That gets tiring after awhile. My only reprieve is whenever it happens just to wait it out until it passes, --whether it takes a day or days.

Does anyone else experience this or can anyone offer any advice?