[Medz514]

Hello everyone, each time I go through a depression I no longer
Can listen to music anymore for some reason. I am an avid hip hop
Enthusiast and while manic try and pursue actually being a rapper.
I find when I’m depressed it is more difficult to enjoy music like I used to.
This has happened to me before but not as bad as now, can you guys let me
Know if any of you have went through this and what do you listen to when
Your down.

Bi Polar 2
Lithium
Zopiclone
Medicinal marijuana

[Agent Misty]

Well it's not the first post I've seen like this. Losing interest in things that are important to you, hobbies, even friends, etc. can happen when you go through depression.

I listen to alt stuff but I don't listen to music when I'm going through an extra low time I end up just sleeping mostly.

Originally Posted by Medz514

Hello everyone, each time I go through a depression I no longer
Can listen to music anymore for some reason. I am an avid hip hop
Enthusiast and while manic try and pursue actually being a rapper.
I find when I’m depressed it is more difficult to enjoy music like I used to.
This has happened to me before but not as bad as now, can you guys let me
Know if any of you have went through this and what do you listen to when
Your down.

Bi Polar 2
Lithium
Zopiclone
Medicinal marijuana

I love to constantly discover new music.

a good thing about my taste is that it's varied, and their's very little I won't actually listen to (opera, jazz, blues)

it helps me stay interested in music if I can always find something new and exciting.

my problem is that I overplay a song and get tired of it really easily

Falling into depression goes along with the loss of interest in things we normally get a great deal of joy from.

Art and Creativity are talents a good number of mentally ill people have. Often our elevated moods result in this creativity bursting at the seems. We tend to have a thurst for it, we are greatly inspired. I've heard others refer to their hypo/manic creativity as just falling out of them.

I am likening your interest in your music - and need to perform during periods of elevated moods - to the Art and Creativity I speak of. When you are hypo/manic I am assuming it is wonderous for you.

When we are depressed, it does something to our ability to create which makes us feel all the more down. It is really hard to motivate ourselves to create as the enjoyment factor just isn't the same. What we do manage to do lacks inspiration.

My advice though is to still make yourself create. Allow it to become an exercise or rehersal for the real thing when the time returns. Go ahead and set aside time to listen to the music. Let it become a habit.

I go on YouTube and listen to talks about overcoming depression and anxiety. Motivational talks, ted talks. I have no idea what they say; I fall asleep after a few minutes, but I know one of them said to go outside for a walk.

I hope that they send me messages that sink in while I sleep.

[Krow]

I can relate. Where music can become rather irritating at times, I sometimes opt for ambience tracks instead.

[Fuzzybear]

[Sunflower123]

I don’t do that with music but I’m an avid reader (3-4 books a week) and when I’m depressed I just can’t read. It’s discouraging that I can’t do the thing that would help me out.

[losthiker]

Originally Posted by Medz514

Hello everyone, each time I go through a depression I no longer
Can listen to music anymore for some reason. I am an avid hip hop
Enthusiast and while manic try and pursue actually being a rapper.
I find when I’m depressed it is more difficult to enjoy music like I used to.
This has happened to me before but not as bad as now, can you guys let me
Know if any of you have went through this and what do you listen to when
Your down.

Bi Polar 2
Lithium
Zopiclone
Medicinal marijuana

I feel you. I lost my musicas well. Can't listen to any of my music I once loved.

It's one of the strangest parts of all of this. I still can listen to instrumental music, but all songs with lyrics just seem to make me feel worse.

Hope you find some piece my friend.

I can't listen to music, read, or watch movies anymore. When I was kid these were restricted. I cannot engage with art. It feels like a burden.

That's one change I need to make, maybe the most important.

Glad you are talking about this because people don't understand the significance of losing art. It's dire.

Music and art are social currency. Don't exclude yourself from it.

[mugwort2]

I can relate Medz514 in the fact that when I am most depressed I tend to lose interest in virtually everything on TV since I think to myself they're doing much better than me. As for music I grew up in a musical family. My dad was a guitarist, trombonist and keyboardist. Speaking of Hip Hop. Most of the riffs of "Jump Around" is my dad's music. Trust me its true.