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Addicted To Music? I don't know what to do

Choronzon333

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So i don't know where else to post this. I know music isn't like a drug but I think i have a music problem? As funny as it sounds this is NOT a joke. Please take this seriously. I have always been a music lover and played at least 1 instrument semi seriously for a majority of my life now. I have always liked listening to music too but lately I feel like I have to listen to alot and find sometimes I have a difficult time stopping once I've started. Also I feel like once I start listening I want to give it my full attention so it is keeping me from doing other things I like or need to do sometimes.

For instance Sometimes although less rare I will get stuck listening to music even though I want to go out and party or hang out with friends. Or when I have something important to get done like a paper or studying I will say I'm gonna listen to one song and hours will go by delicately listening to whatever. I like jazz and technical metal, especially death metal and brutal death metal... and I also like classical, various kinds of electronic and countless other genres. I don't know if there is something wrong with me or what. Like, I enjoy every minute of it like sex or drugs. Its like having my ears carressed and at times its feels on par with sexual stimulation albeit in a different way. Everytime I listen I feel like i'm going on a journey and I would say I have a very sensitive sense of sound perception/cognition so I can almost see the environment of the recordings, like how big the rooms they were recorded in are etc... and different images for different types of manipulation of the sound like with reverb, gain, compression etc... It is hard to describe and I can go into almost a trance state listening for hours without realizing how much time has gone by. Mainly the listening addiction centers around either technical metal, jazz/jazz fusion or classical. Sometimes this happens with playing/making music too.

I wouldn't mind doing it if I had more time on my hands but enjoying listening so much and not stopping is having a bit of a negative effect on my life sense I give so much attention to the music and it takes my attention away from other important things. I don't know what the deal is or if there is something wrong with me or what to do because if I don't listen for at least a devoted hour I feel very deprived and kinda depressed or yearning it.

Any thoughts or advice. ANything is much appreciated and please be serious as I am entirely serious about this.
 
plz help someone. This is super serious. I really wanna know whats going on and with me and figured maybe someone else had gone throught this or new something about it on here bc there are so many smart ppl.
 
Dude there is nothing wrong with you. I love music myself but I love it so much Ive become sort of an eliteist/snob..........just keep enhoying music because its music
 
I'm pretty sure I've read some studies showing that music gives the brain pleasure on par with sex or drugs. As in, your reward centers are linked to whatever cognitive area processes music. Maybe the connection is just exceptionally strong in your case.
 
Music is definately on of mans greatest creations.. i love music too.. i can listen for hours on end... but i think this is a healthier addiction than most...

not too sure where this should go.. not really BDD material, but i'll leave it for now until i can find a suitable place for it...
 
Maybe you should take this intense love of music and turn it into something creative. Start a band? Take a course in music production / theory / technology etc?
This is the only thing I can think of.
See if you can go without music for a while too. You may find that the problem isn't as bad as you feel it to be (not that I'm downplaying this). :)
 
theres nothing wrong with you tbh. i love music... spent far too much time exploring my favorite types, recently for example proper hip hop, stuff dj premier has produced is fucking incredible. spent hours and hours looking into his beats etc
 
Maybe you should take this intense love of music and turn it into something creative. Start a band? Take a course in music production / theory / technology etc?
This is the only thing I can think of.
See if you can go without music for a while too. You may find that the problem isn't as bad as you feel it to be (not that I'm downplaying this). :)

I do play music too. I try to start bands but lots of people are flakey... although I record my own stuff when i get a chance. I don't have room in my class schedule to take music classes though. I've gone with outmusic for several weeks in the past month because of technological crises and not being able to access it. Problem is as bad as ever. I mean at least I enjoy it and listen at a healthy volume so its not like a crack addiction or something but like I said it has started to get in the way of other things I would like to or NEED to do...
 
This seems to be like a healthy form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I find myself listening to alot of music, and getting frustrated when I cannot find songs that suit my mood. I have also been late for work/class so that I could finish listening to a song.

But compared to other things, it is a healthy "addiction", but if you really find it to be a problem then maybe goto places where you cannot listen to music. Lately I have been rollerblading since it is nice out. I skate down some semi-busy roads to get to secluded areas around the mountains (im at school in upstate NY by the Adirondacks). I don't bring an ipod or anything since it isn't safe to be skating where having music blasting in your ears prevents you from hearing a car coming from behind. This has helped me become less dependent on music.
 
This seems to be like a healthy form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I find myself listening to alot of music, and getting frustrated when I cannot find songs that suit my mood. I have also been late for work/class so that I could finish listening to a song.
Yeh this is exactly what i have felt!
 
If you're taking a bunch of psychedelics, these kinds of things happen. If you like it, cool. If you don't, stop tripping so much.
 
Hey, at least you don't have to smoke music or inject it into your veins!
 
im extremely addicted to music. i download cds and songs everyday. try other types of music to find new ideas i like.
 
Buy an Ipod. You now have Music Maintenance Therapy (MMT).

No seriously, I agree that you should try to turn this into something positive for you.
 
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