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Originally Posted by avlady
i love music, play piano a little, tried flute and violin too. i did a paper in college about the elderly and music and how it makes them feel. the older music they really loved probably from the memories.
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Piano and viola for me
I can't remember any viola at all, but I still play piano occasionally. I zone out a lot when I play, and I worry my neighbours can hear me, so I don't do it often.
I love the paper you wrote! I used to work in the care industry, and regularly worked with alzheimers patients. One of the most popular and successful groups was a singing group - the alzheimers patients might spend the day in silence, confused, upset, in bed. But get them singing songs from the 40's and 50's - their faces lit up, you could see the joy, they remembered all the words, and it allowed a few moments of bonding and closeness with their spouses - just amazing to watch.
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Originally Posted by Mookster
Music is very much a part of my life, tho it has to be controlled at all times, We can't listen to the radio anymore. We have problems in stores that play music, other than this time of the year, because it's always Christmas music playing. I don't leave home without my headphones. And my iPhone, iPod and iPad only have music that *I* like, so there's no accidental triggering of anyone else. I have thought about taking some other music to my therapy sometime... Maybe we could make more progress on all this crap we are dealing with...
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This is me completely! Although I think you have more control than I do. I only just figured out a playlist I listened to was 117 minutes of trigger trigger trigger! Duhhhhhhhhhh.
I really hate Christmas, and so every shop, street, conversation is a trigger at the moment. The headphones do not leave my ears until January! Ive also thought about taking music in to T. I don't think I could do it though. I've become aware just how dramatic the changes are in me with different tracks - Id be too embarrassed for my T to witness that (at least, purposefully, sometimes I don't get a say in the matter!). He won't acknowledge I have DID, so I think its too soon to start introducing music. I have started controlling the music I listen to before T though... I realised a awhile ago there are some tracks that make me hate T, and some tracks that make me like T, so now I always listen to the 'like him' tracks before a t session.