Music and art has been in my life throughout my entire life. From being in high school where I played the clarinet in jazz band, marching band, and regular band. I was very fortunate enough to be around people who were vastly talented at being able to learn instruments on their own I have always loved music from classical to bubblegum pop. It took awhile for me to eventually love folk and country music just as much. Throughout my life I've meticulously followed the evolution of music unfold throughout the past ten years or so. I saw how Taylor Swift's music in the beginning of her career became the catalyst of country music becoming mainstream and how it evolved from techno pop blowing up the charts to folky music like passenger's let her go being played continuously on the radio. I've always unknowingly used music as therapy. Some examples include when I had a disagreement with my parents or had a particularly hard day at school. Those teenage years I repeatedly played Christina Aguilera's album Stripped on my CD player. When her than new album Back to Basics came out it influenced my thirst for wanting to know more than just mainstream artists but the musicians that came before them. So basically what I'm trying to get at is that music has been part of my life. So when my therapist suggested making a playlist to listen to or to remember the lyrics from a favorite song to help cope with stressful situations I was all for it. So I created a playlist with songs that I loved throughout the years that make me still feel something and I can remember what parts of my life that each of these songs helped get through some difficult parts in my life.
However, because I'm an avid music lover I thought about making a list of my favorite songs from each month and posting it on my tumblr for any of you who happen to love music too and are looking for new music to listen to. So yes music is a form of therapy but throughout the past few years I've picked up drawing and painting as a form of therapy for coping with my schizophrenic symptoms. I found using my hands and just creating something from my imagination is just so relaxing and peaceful that it can calm me down enough and being able to focus on reality while I experience these symptoms. So if you're looking for new coping skills I suggest creating music playlists while you paint or draw and see how much it relaxes and distresses you!
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