I'm dependent on a song for sanity

It used to be an addiction to a song - fairly innocent.

Now I think it's some kind of psychological dependency issue. Once my mp3 player ran out of battery when I was at university and I started hyperventilating because I wouldn't be able to listen to this song. One time I left my mp3 player at home intentionally to try and break the addiction and I almost started crying at school, I am not joking. I was with my friend and I was stressing out. She calmed me down a little, but I still think this is a little strange.

I listen to this song a lot, about 50x per day or more. I can stop myself from listening to it, but if I don't have the option of listening to it at any given moment (ie. mp3 player is not with me) then I start to panic. Is this normal?

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Based on 68 votes (15 yes)
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  • la_la_la_la

    Hiya,

    I have a cd that I call my magic cd because just holding it & knowing I’m about to put it on cheers me up. Unless I pointed it out nobody would know it was there because it looks so plain.

    If the wrong song comes on, or I hear it being sung, it really affects me. I'm disabled & it seems a lot of people who are have this problem. If you really do listen to the same song 50x a day, you'll end up never wanting to hear it ever again – problem solved. So play it until you hate it.

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  • samalander

    Me too;)

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  • Wolfie

    Its ok if it happens again why dont you just sing the song to yourself in your head or somethinG And dont worry i always walk around with my ipod :)

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  • TheTodd11

    you want the life that the song protrays

    Which you're not happy with your own life, I would see a doctor

    nothing wrong with it, everyone has their thing, its just that you're relying on it as a coping mechinism and thats not healthy

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    • spyderr

      The song doesn't portray a life at all.

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  • NopeNotNormal

    depends on the song.

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  • It sounds like you have become a "song addicit" I have heard of this before but it is not normal. It can be caused by two things, one is if you ever had a drinking/smoking ect. Problem and the song helped you through it you may have become physically attached to it so you have replaced your previous problem with a song. You depend on it like a smoker depends on their cigs. But you may also have never had a problem but still this song has become your addiction. In my previous example it was like this. You-your previous addiction= love for song. Now it could be you+song=addiction. Both can be cured though, just listen to it less and less until you only need to about once a day.

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  • songs keep u from being who u really are i mean i love music as much as the next guy but without the depressing music to make u feel bad or shit u wud b able to deal with it instead of feelin sorry for urself and instead of rock punk screamo cus ur angryt u wud take ur anger out on wat ur angry at etc etc

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  • almostnormal

    I also rely on music for sanity, i often have to wrestle my friends earphones from them if i forget my ipod D;

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  • stonecoldbabe00

    i personally think your suffering with anxiety attcks which is what i suffer from and this song is a comfort to you.
    for me my comfort is having someone i know with me or having a bottle of drink with me.
    it is a normal thing that a lot of people suffer with but i think you need to go to your doctors and tell them how your feeling because they can put you on medication for it im on medication and it does help alot. i hope this helps

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