Is it normal to feel really uncomfortable about this?

I listen to a lot of strange and complex music, including a lot of space rock, prog rock, psychedelic rock and art rock, and some of the bands I listen to used drugs to make the music, or sing about drugs at the very least. However, I do not do drugs. I never have, never will, and will not be convinced into doing them. I don't even know where to get them, not that I want to know.

I used to be okay with listening to this music, and I still listen to it of course, but recently I've realised just how many fans of this music do illegal drugs - millions of people, and it's getting me down because I feel so alienated. Now, whenever I listen to songs made on these drugs, or songs about drugs, I feel really uncomfortable and guilty inside, because I'm enjoying music that was made by people who used drugs that I myself have vowed never to try. For example, several Black Sabbath songs promote drug abuse, and now every time I listen to that band I feel ashamed of myself, because it's like the music is trying to convince me to turn to drugs. The fans of these bands (especially Sabbath and Floyd) also frequently discuss drugs, and if you say you don't do drugs they wonder why, as if fans of these kinds of music should be expected to do them by default. It's making it more and more difficult to enjoy such great music as a result.

I know it sounds weird but this is how I honestly feel, is it normal to feel this way? Because it's got to the stage where I can't get it off my mind. Really, I cannot stop thinking about it, and it's making me feel insecure and alienated, because I am in a minority. I am also frightened of what other people would think of me if I showed them my taste in music, because I am certain that they would instantly believe I do drugs if I told them I listen to bands like Porcupine Tree, Radiohead and Ozric Tentacles.

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Comments ( 19 )
  • Shackleford96

    I don't think you should feel bad about that. So what if they think you're a druggie. Fuck them. Anyone with any real sense would be able to tell pretty easily that your not into drugs just by knowing you for 5-10 minutes and that is regardless of your musical preferences.

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  • Shrunk

    People that do drugs tend to lack imagination without them, if you can enjoy things like this without drugs it probably just means you have deeper mind

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    • Shackleford96

      ^Best response right here.

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  • thr

    I think some people can have a tendency to worry about things in such a manner. I could also imagine people worrying about the religion or political views of an artist.

    I think you're worrying too much.

    In my opinion it would be a good idea for you to get a more relaxed attitude towards drugs. You seem to act as if drugs are the work of The Devil, and as if abstaining from drugs is a holy matter.

    Yes, drug use can have negative consequences, as can eating too many donuts. To me, doing drugs is not wrong (if they are produced responsibly). It is something that can get out of hand. Therefore I think you should not feel guilty about listening to drug related music, actually I find it a bit silly. (At the same time, I think I have been prone to doing the same sort of thing myself, earlier.)

    I think I can relate, when you talk about feeling alienated because you feel different from other people who enjoy the same music as you. I am quite sure, though, that there are many people who enjoy progressive/alternative music and don't use drugs, so you do fit in somewhere.

    If someone thinks you are a drug user because you listen to Porcupine Tree and Radiohead, then... I don't know, because I don't understand why you would think that anybody would think that.

    And are you sure, that the Black Sabbath songs you are referring to are not just promoting drug use, instead of drug abuse?

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  • Caryopteris

    Guilt for no good reason can ruin your life.

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  • J3553

    "Really, I cannot stop thinking about it, and it's making me feel insecure and alienated, because I am in a minority. I am also frightened of what other people would think of me if I showed them my taste in music, because I am certain that they would instantly believe I do drugs..."

    From this, you clearly care WAY too much what people think of you. Being in a "minority" makes you feel bad? Why? To me, it sounds like you are insecure about who you really are. Like you're afraid of being judged. If that's the case, you need to simply care less about what others think. If someone you were with told you that something you really love to do is "stupid" or "a waste of time" would you simply stop doing it in order to "fit in"? If so, you're too much of a sheep and not enough of a (wo)man.

    "...because it's like the music is trying to convince me to turn to drugs."

    If it was a person that was trying to convince you to turn to drugs, would you continue to hang out with them? If the music just makes you feel bad, then why listen to it?

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    • I listen to the music because I enjoy it, but I hate how it's connected with drug use, because drug use is connected with criminal activity, madness and death, and this makes me feel embarrassed to enjoy it. I will get over it soon I think.

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  • q1w2e3

    That's the normal reaction. Thank God there are still some thinking people left in this world.

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  • dirtybirdy

    Pry open your third eye. Or not. Meh.

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4krjE679dM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dn4krjE679dM

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    • I don't care if the artists who made the music did drugs. I honestly don't care. I just hate how the fanbases of all these artists follow suit, because I feel like the only person who DOESN'T and WON'T, because I know that if I did, I'd make myself ill. I just fucking know it.

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    • Shackleford96

      Lol

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    • dirtybirdy

      Today, a young man on acid realized...

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      • I'm not going to do drugs. You can't make me. I will never, ever do them. Ever.

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        • dirtybirdy

          Good for you. I'm not trying to make you do drugs. I was quoting other people is all. Settle down.

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  • 69

    jesus i dont know, try gospel?

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  • Tystick

    Black sabbath does not promote drugs. The song snowblind ozzy talks about using cocain but he doesnt promote it. The song hand of doom is an anti heroin song where the person dies from overdosing. The song sweet leaf is not a weed song but about an english brand of cigarettes that geezer butler smoked that were called sweet leaf.

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  • NotStrangeBird

    Become a Zappa fan.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    Yes it totally is.

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  • Phishy

    Ain't no one got time to read all dat.

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