SADNESS is an emotion
we usually try to avoid. So why do we choose to listen to sad music?
Musicologists and
philosophers have wondered about this. Sad music can induce intense emotions,
yet the type of sadness evoked by music also seems pleasing in its own way.
Why? Aristotle famously suggested the idea of catharsis: that by overwhelming us with an undesirable emotion, music (or drama)
somehow purges us of it….woman in general are classified as emotional creatures,
I personally believe this is false I think it’s all part of “Gender Appropriate”
stuff, it’s not biologically accurate. People say “women overreact, and they
start crying and what not” and I’m like, what do you call it when guys start
beating on each other? I call that overreacting too lol! Or when they’re cheering
or booing a sports team like their life depended on that…… They both express
emotion differently. I recently read an article stating that children ages 3-5
would talk about their emotions equally, as the boys grew-up talking about
emotions wasn’t part of the itinerary. BUT some woman have it bad too,
expressing emotions now in days is a crime, it’s a symbol of weakness, I have
been tainted with this hype, so what helps?
Listening
to sad music: When you’re in the middle of a heartbreak, right at the
epicenter of the pain you can’t think of a solution, you simply CAN’T, your
ears are super-hot, your hands are cold like ice… you don’t know if your heart
is still inside your chest or it decided to commit suicide from the pressure it
feels. You brace yourself, you force yourself to breath because honestly it
feels like your body has giving up on you, your body is hollow, it breaks your
nights with sorrow. Here the emotion is induced directly, however when
listening to sad music it helps you remember those events in an entire
different perspective , and this time around you actually feel like a solution is
possible, you tell yourself tomorrow still holds out its hands to you, and you
decide to stand and fight…. You refuse to share your uncertainty with others,
your pain might overwhelm them and you might be classified as a wacko, better yet
EMOTIONAL person hahaha, or simply that conversation can’t be held at that
particular moment… so its nice to have a musical confidant who somehow feels exactly
like you do!
I often purge myself
with music.
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