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Re: music better than meds?

Posted by JohnLA on February 22, 2012, at 17:14:48

In reply to Re: music better than meds?, posted by sigismund on February 22, 2012, at 16:40:44

> A lot of people cope with depression by listening to music.
>
> I have been doing it all my life. Classical, Leonard Cohen....too many to mention.

so very true sigi. i also taught music history for over 25 years. a true test of anhedonia is not 'feeling' the music you once loved. it's a double-edged sword for me. i also cry a lot more because music was my life in many ways and i cannot emotionally connect to it now. if i separate my lack of emotional response i find it absolutely bizarre that something that once touched me so very deeply makes me feel nothing except a longing that seems to have disappeared. i'm not crying due to the sadness, but due to the emptiness that has replaced something i loved so much.

i have read that it's not 'depression' unless you have anhedonia. well, i got it and it sucks.

john


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