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Posted by arora on August 29, 2007, at 20:01:12
ok, maybe I'm weird-ing out here- but since I'm (still!) in-between Ts and it looks like it's going to be a LONG wait, I'm trying to do everything I can to try to get myself stable.
Had a really bad day today- don't even know why, really. Everything seemed to be a trigger. I'm turning more and more to 'alternative' type therapies, (which don't seem to be covered in the Alternatives forum... I'm confused by that one). I spent this entire day feeling bad, worthless, and miserable. No real reason- it just comes out of nowhere, and I was feeling shattered, unable to do anything for most of the day.
I'm reaching out more to new-age remedies, for lack of anything else... crystals, Bach flower remedies, shamanistic rituals: anything and everything that gets me through the day, really.
Probably because there have been several threads recently about our inner child, it gave me an idea for a kinda 'art therapy' project... I've started on a collage of images that I think relate to my inner kid. I'm going to hang it up somewhere where I can see it, and talk to her- decorate it with things I think she would like: sea shells and stuff like that.
While I was working on it tonight, I was listening to a CD, and a song came on that just seemed SO relevant... "Frozen" by Madonna. So many of the words were saying exactly how I felt;
"You waste your time with hate and regret"...
"Now there's no point in placing the blame-
And you should know I suffer the same,""Love is a bird she needs to fly-
let all the hurt inside of you die..." etc.I played it about 2 or 3 times, listening to the words over and over. Inner kid says she really likes it, (music never figured much when I was growing up- memories of little me trying to dance to advertising jingles on the radio for lack of anything better) and so I thought I'd try to play it when she is feeling anxiety triggers.
So was just curious- is there any music that helps any of you when things are bad? I find music sometimes works better than anything... I do wonder why. Does anyone's therapist recommend this? (there is art therapy- why not music therapy??) I'll shut up now.
arora
Posted by Happyflower 1 :-) on August 29, 2007, at 20:44:26
In reply to Song for my Inner Child (Long and Rambling), posted by arora on August 29, 2007, at 20:01:12
There is actually music therapy, you can get a degree in it. :-) Music is the beat of life, and can be very healing to perform or listen to. It doesn't matter what kind either, what ever you like. That sound sound great, I would like to hear the music with it, maybe I will search for it in a bit.
For me, music is where I can feel completely without surpression of emotions. Yay to music therapy!
Posted by DAisym on August 30, 2007, at 0:48:14
In reply to Re: Song for my Inner Child (Long and Rambling), posted by Happyflower 1 :-) on August 29, 2007, at 20:44:26
Music can influence mood like nothing else, I believe. There is this experiment that I used to do when I talked about music and labor (I taught childbirth classes). I'd have the partners rub the mom's back and I'd play different types of music. Then they would talk about which piece of music she thought he liked and which one he hated. Almost always the moms would get it right, they could tell through the touch the emotions that were being channeled.
I use music too. My youngest self likes Peter, Paul and Mary. I love Carol King's version of "All that's left is loving you forever." Most evenings we have the TV off and the Dehlila (sp?) show on the radio. She plays sappy love songs but it is familiar and soothing somehow.
...And I took an art therapy class three years ago and had a ball with it. It is so weird to see this posted tonight. I as going through my journal and found a conversation that I'd saved about some of the scribble art we'd done. The class taught me I'm way better with words than pictures.
Posted by muffled on August 30, 2007, at 8:48:15
In reply to Song for my Inner Child (Long and Rambling), posted by arora on August 29, 2007, at 20:01:12
Sorry you were having a bad day.
But glad you discovered music is a good thing for you.
Music is very powerful IMHO.
I sometimes listen to music alot, sometimes not so much.
Take care,
M
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