When you are feeling down do you like to listen to sad or happy music?

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I can see how either would help. I mean, happy music might make you feel a bit better but, sad music might describe how you feel.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    Actually, I tend to crave certain forms of music. Most of my music is '70s-'80s-'90s music, with some recent and top 40's mixed in, and I believe I have a song for just about every mood I have known myself to be in because I went through a phase where I would research and download a song to fit each individual mood.

    It's not as technical as it sounds. Usually I will listen to an emo song to compliment my mood, and slowly upgrade the music to a lighter tone, or if I am driving, set it to a very down song before I set out, put it on shuffle, and sing every song I know. Singing usually helps me feel better.

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    • Xal
      11 years ago

      Singing always makes me feel good! No matter how sad or upset I am, singing always cheers me up somewhat, even if its only temporarily. I love driving by myself or being home alone so I can sing at the top of my lungs. However, my car windows are barely tinted so I probably look like a lunatic to everyone I drive by...especially at stop lights

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      • NeuroNeptunian
        11 years ago

        No more ridiculous than those weirdos that have angry conversations on their bluetooths in the car. My car is a 1995 with a tape deck so it's mp3 compatible which is a blessing because I love being able to listen to my music in the car.

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    It's difficult to know what to listen to. Music is a bit like a drug and when you're already emotional, you're not sure what affect it's going to have on you. But I would say that happy music is best for neutral moods and when I'm down, I go with angry or sad.

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  • bananaface
    11 years ago

    Most of my music would be described as sad anyway, and I usually listen to really chilled songs which would probably be considered depressing by others. Although they don't make me sad.

    If I listen to happy music when I'm sad, it just makes me angry.

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  • Terranaut
    11 years ago

    I guess I have to pick 'other.'

    Music with emotional power directed any which way seems to do the trick for me. Mellow tunes such as "Us & Them" by Pink Floyd, Angry tunes such as "Angel of Death" by Slayer, happy tunes such as "Backwards Down the Number Line" by Phish (which happens to be the happiest song ever, if you haven't heard it), ect...

    It helps to have very eclectic tastes I guess.

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    It depends. I usually try to listen to a song in which the lyrics match what I am going through. That way, it feels like someone understands me.

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  • beachgirl1210
    10 years ago

    Other-Christian Rock..it's very empowering music and you can find songs with sadder feels to them as well as songs with happiness. But either way, the songs deal with daily struggles and things to remember. I like Plumb and Relient K.

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  • nAt2017
    11 years ago

    Sad. Happy music just seems ironic.

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  • dalmationUntoyourSoul
    11 years ago

    i usually listen to something for the catharsis and have a good crying breakdown, then i'll work up to more positive music, or at least neutral realism or stuff with buddhist ideas. if it's too fake happy it makes me wanna kill myself.

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  • Lookatmenow!
    11 years ago

    Sad because if I feel sad I want to cry, I would just listen to a sad song and start crying my eyeballs out. It makes my sadness go away.

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  • Lynxikat
    11 years ago

    I crank out the ol' Evanescene CDs when I start feeling sad and depressed.

    Naturally, it doesn't really help much.

    But I distinctly remember between the ages of 11-15 when I was periodically depressed for no good reason, I would always listen to their first album. Evanescence was pretty much my life when I became sad or depressed. I was such a dork back.

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  • Cheshir3cat
    11 years ago

    I normally go with music to match the mood I'm in, then gradually the music goes in a gradient from sad to happy. That way, I get rid of the sadness and make myself feel better :P

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  • disthing
    11 years ago

    I listen to sad music but do sometimes feel as though I'm simply wallowing in depression rather than seeking to climb out of it with some positivity.

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  • Dizzee
    11 years ago

    i listen to sad music so I can get even more depressed.

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  • HoneysweetFish
    11 years ago

    Sad music makes me feel better sometimes, right because it describes my feelings.

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  • myboyfriendsbitch
    11 years ago

    I listen to the same things I'd listen to if i weren't down, but they tend to have more meaning when i'm emotional. Mostly incubus. They are awesome no matter what mood i'm in.

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  • Justsomejerk
    11 years ago

    Happy Pantera.....LOUD.

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago

      Drag the waters some more with a vulgar display of power........because i'm a cowboy from hell that has become far beyond driven by the great southern trendkill to reinvent the steel.

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      • Justsomejerk
        11 years ago

        I choose to ignore the glam metal offerings from the eighties as well.

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        • [Old Memory]
          11 years ago

          It's the only time you'll ever see every Pantera album in one sentence. Glam is poo, Winger can suck my balls. I like 80's metal, but not the overly glam stuff like Kiss....i prefer moterhead, that sort of thing.

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  • howaminotmyself
    11 years ago

    It varies on how deeply I'm feeling the emotion. Sometimes sad music will make it worse, but sometimes it's exactly what I need to feel better.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    I'm barely happy or sad, but the things I like to listen or watch to never change. Sometimes I like something, then I'll go to something completely different after that. At the moment I am watching this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRlYqjcdL68

    Mass Effect 3 fan trailer. It's pretty good.

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  • dirtybirdy
    11 years ago

    Some sad music first then some real angry stuff

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