Music could help connect connect your brain...

Music helps you focus on your own thoughts, but only if you like it - The Washington Post

So there is a part of the brain called the DMN that apparently doesn't work entirely normally in people with sz----it helps you focus on either inner or outer things that are occuring. Anyway these guys didn't study sz but rather people's response to a favorite or well liked song. It helps activate the DMN area. It's interesting because I've listened to music more or less constantly over the last 3 years since getting sick and I feel it helps me immensely.

Do you guys feel like music helps you?

I voted yes....

I almost always have music playing, even when I'm not psychotic. It helps me immensely and I just love music.

I like music, and feel specially good listening to Bach....It is demonstrated that improves concentration......

Its interesting but this article is saying that you have to specifically like the music----it doesn't matter if it's classical or not---if I dig brittney spears then that's my Bach you know.

I'm (usually) quite passionate about music & truly believe there is a song very every mood/occasion.

Music helps with mild psychosis because it helps to take my mind off things a little & relax. I've no idea if it would help during an acute phase though... I said yes anyway.

connecting your inner world to your outer would via music - is that right?

For me, I have always loved music, but it's helped me more to feel connected to myself, than to the outer world. If I'm going through emotions/thoughts that I don't understand, the music helps me to think everything makes sense. It expresses what I can not seem to express. Also, it makes me feel understood and not alone, so maybe actually that is forming a connection to the outer world.

I know that if I am at a concert or a loud bar with strobe lights, I'll feel very disconnected. Maybe it's just too overwhelming for me, so I dissociate. Also, I sometimes hear very quiet music in the background that is not really there. So, that's an example in which I am not connected at all.

Am I making sense?

It's not that detailed yet----more like this part that determines inner vs outer lights up with music----same part has poor functionality in sz. But yes you are making sense. They just don't know what's going on to that extent but it makes me wonder if listening to music might help strengthen that part of the brain making it function better.

Music shuts up the noise inside.

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