In popular culture depression has become a thing that is seemingly almost sought after. A lot of youth use depression to have an edge or some kind of thing that makes them different. I feel like this ideology invalidates people with real mental illness and diagnosed depression. I say this but have also fallen victim to this aesthetic or aura that a lot of people portray.
Although hard to define, depression can basically be summed up to be the lack of hope or courage pertaining to your life. It causes severe symptoms that affect how you feel, think, and handle your daily life. A problem associated with treating depression is the variety and levels of it. There is no blanket method to cure all people suffering from depression. Five
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I will admit that some people do like to relate to this music because the band “gets them” and they do not feel alone but it still has a sad message or aura it. Expression through music helps a lot of people work through things but can all keep them stuck in the same mindset. It is almost like a cyclic type of thing of having a negative energy surround you. The hard part surrounding this is that one cannot invalidate someone else’s feelings. I do not think it is fair to tell someone that they are alright when I have no real idea of what they are going through. This idea in a way conflicts with my idea of the negative energy surrounding the darker music genre. These type of mental illness problems are never black and white because everyone is different going through a myriad of things no one else can relate to completely.
An example of this depressing, melodramatic music would be the band Evanescence. The band could be categorized as gothic rock or metal and usually has the same theme of some sort of suffering or sadness that someone is facing. The song titled “Bring me to Life” is basically about how the singer has nothing in their life worth living for and they are shrouded in the dark. The line “call my name and save me from the dark” is seeking for something to help get past this darkness that is consuming them. The thing is that there is no resolve by the end of the song. Nothing to bring some light to the problem presented. The lack of resolution goes against the
Has it ever occurred to you that this generation tries to search for the next best thing? Is it like a business man try to look for the next best thing that everyone is buying? I mean if other people do it and there perfectly fine doing it we assume that we could do it and we think we will be just fine as well. Take those examples and try to use it with music. Do you think that what we listen to can affect us in any way or not? Maybe and maybe not, but some of us tend to get influenced by what they put into their heads. Not everything that we see or do can import negative thought or feelings, but listening is a part of that category as well. Therefore, what these artists are trying to do is trying to use a rhetorical device to tell us that
When it comes to singers, rappers, country artists, or anyone who makes music they are usually about historical events that have happened in the past or are just happening me right now. In country music a lot of the time they talk about things that are happening in their lives like break ups, deaths in the family or just about what they are going through. Rappers are usually talking about another rapper, but some times it is about the difficult times they are going through. When it comes to hard core metal music or as people call it death metal they do talk about their lives and how they are hard, but in some peoples mind it is hard to understand. All the music that people make has a meaning to them in some way that only they understand, or you have to listen to the lyrics very carefully to understand what they are talking about.
Another Example of a song that covers a mental issue is “Hold on till may” by Pierce the Veil, In the song it's a third person perspective of two people,a guy and a girl; after the situation dialogue between the guy and the girl is revealed and the guy is trying to convince the girl to make it through the hard times she's going through and that it will be okay. In the song the guy says “If I were you I'd put that away See, you're just wasted,And thinking 'bout the past again, Darling, you'll be okay” and in response the girl says "If you were me, you'd do the
Have you ever felt that a song is sad? Billie Eilish is not a bad influence for me, as well as teens across the world. This is valid because, other singers have sad songs but you only notice that Billie Eilish sings them?She is an influential woman, she sets a great example for young girls and boys with her relationship with her brother, and lastly she writes songs for her fans that are not about her but songs that she thinks people can relate to. I know it is a concern that Billie Eilish promotes being depressed and sad with her song lyrics. “Eilish’s music normalizes depression and makes being sad desirable”.
Music means many different things to many different people. To a listener, a song is sometimes for four simple minutes of entertainment, but sometimes it is much more. Sometimes, a song is a message from the artist. This is much the same way from the opposite end of the spectrum. An artists message can get so complex that it is completely lost on the listener.
The most widespread stereotypical opinion is that all metal songs are about the devil and hell. One more stereotypical opinion is that all metal songs are just pointless screaming. All these stereotypes are wrong because metal music has a very wide range of lyrical themes and, next to usual loud songs, there are also some very nice and emotional ballads. Only problem with metal music is the fact that this kind of music is often associated with drugs, alcohol and violence. It is true that some metal fans consume drugs and alcohol, but that does not mean that all fans of metal music should be categorized as drug addicts and alcoholics because those people’s addiction is a result of their bad choices and it has nothing to do with the music they listen to.
In this article, I believe Kawakami, Furukawa, and Okanoya are trying to target any person whose emotions are effected by listening to sad music. The audience that the authors’ are specifically targeting are the people whose emotions are evoked when they listen to sad music. The people that are affected by sad music typically know what its like to have their moods and emotions shifted just by listening to certain songs that are perceived as sad. When people perceive songs as being sad, it does not necessarily mean that the person feels sad emotions but they can recognize that the song itself is sad based off of cues, as stated in the article, “cues such as key, tempo, or volume. (Kawakami, Furukawa,
Almost everyone in the world can suffer from the horrible feeling known as depression. Depression causes a deep sadness to a person and can have major effects on a human being’s life. As humans know life is sacred and no one wants to live life in a depressed state. In some cases depression can be repressed and even cured. Certain treatments like therapy and antidepressants are viable solutions for depression. About nine percent of Americans suffer from some form of depression. The different types of depressions include: dysthymia, postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder, bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression. This paper will focus on the main types of depression, the role that antidepressants play on the regression of depression, and the effects hypnotherapy and cognitive therapy can have on depression.
Don't listen to the ones that talk about cutting its not a fun time but it fits in with poe pretty well for modern time (it’s pretty hard to find songs on one's journey to sadness because when you do find one it's really just screeching that is impossible to decipher). Side note. After listening to these and more I think that i'm damaged inside, but mostly my ears.
For example in the text it states, “When song lyrics focus on death and suicide, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry warns that it can make suicide seem like a good solution to problems. According to an article published by the journal "Pediatrics," "Heavy metal and some rock music have been associated in some studies with an increased risk of suicide." However, a more recent study published by the "Journal of Youth and Adolescence," states, "It seems that listening to music to express uncomfortable emotions could be a rather effective coping mechanism for girls since it reduces the risk for suicidal behaviors." (https://www.livestrong.com/article/1000832-can-music-bad-influence-kids-teens/ ). This is saying that in many cases that the things that we listen to have a bigger effect on us than we realize and that we should start to pay more attention to the lyrics that are in the song rather than what the backround music is.It can sometimes help people increase the way people feel and then they go on to do many irrational things that cause many issues that don’t solve problems but create
When people visit museums and examine the art of painters, they are able to understand that there is a story or theme behind the painting. Humans have the ability to know the symbolism behind the strokes of paint. They can comprehend the emotional turmoil of Van Gogh while he was painting, or see Salvador Dali’s imagination through his work. Music has the same ability to establish a story or theme. There are countless albums that achieve this. One of which is The Dark Side Of The Moon. Pink Floyds album criticizes the people who place values on worldly objects such as money, wars, and time, as well as trying to show listeners that mental illnesses should be taken seriously and not just cut out parts of their brain immediately.
Music can impact society in many ways whether it is in positive or negative way such as, emotionally, morally, or even physically. Emotionally, music can make society feel like they’re not alone. It may even make someone feel as if that song exactly spoke about how that person was feeling at the time they heard it or when they were going through a certain situation. Songs have a way of connecting to us, us referring to us as human race, in very emotional ways that we directly connect with especially when someone is in a vulnerable state. This article states “Music has the
Music is one of the many tools people use to express themselves. No matter the genre, the year or the artist, if the song contained lyrics that someone could vibe to or relate to, it was playing its part right. Some people say music has healing properties, I agree. When I listen to music, the depth of the lyrics and the beat are what touches a piece of my soul, then I feel at ease. I’m sure many of us have a song that can put a smile on our faces even if we are feeling down. Music plays a huge role in our lives, more than we would like to admit. If the founding fathers of hip hop, rap or music in general never paved the way, we would never know what joy music could bring us. If music was taken from us, then we would feel just how much we didn’t realize what music meant to us.
There are all kinds of “emo” type of music/songs. Adults would think that emo music is the cause for all the suicides, depression, self-harm, homicide and what not, but it is not completely true. Emo music is must more than adults bargain for. Emo music have real deep meanings in their lyrics, they may have some “dark” language in their music, but some bands don 't mean for it to influence others. Emo music helps those who need to escape from reality and enter the world of music. Emo music may not be rap, hip hop, or classical, but emo music is like a therapist; trying to help those who needs salvation or who lends a shoulder to those who are misunderstood. Adults would think that emo music is like a sinister cult, worshiper to the devil,
When listening to music, often times the listener would want the song or album to relate in some way. Knowing that a specific artist has the same problem or is going through the same predicament makes it more special and establishes a connection between the listener and the artist, but when there is no message, it is just words