Our partner

Struggling to listen to a particular singer?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder message board, open discussion, and online support group.

Moderators: Snaga, catnaps

Struggling to listen to a particular singer?

Postby JDW » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:01 pm

I really got into a singer the other day and well the whole day I was surveying my mind, being consciously afraid of seeing anything online like a comment or something on the internet about the singer that might stick in my mind the next time I listen. I wanted to learn more about the singer so I did some research, watched interviews on YouTube and all that stuff. It was all going quite well and I was really excited that I had find someone who I absolutely loved and I had a lot of material to listen to. On that same day I spoke to someone and I said oh I think this person has got into my top 5 singers of all time and that person replied with a comment like "oh no that's my favorite singer and I know all their songs and have all their albums" So I reacted with intense anxiety that appeared straight away. I was hoping they would just be like oh that's good but that reply was the one thing that STUCK in my head.

Now I think whenever I've tried to listen to this singer's music which is about 3 times since this happened because I find it so difficult. To go from absolutely loving something so passionately and feeling like it's been taken away from you is horrible. I know it's silly, like why I'm I so bothered, well music at this time of my life is probably the most important thing, it's all I do in my spare time, is look for new music I haven't heard, collecting albums on iTunes etc. This singer connected with me like no one else has for many months now perhaps one other singer but I'm fine knowing that because I've got past that initial stage of anxiety I receive whenever I find someone new and I'm worried something "bad" will come into my mind and be connected FOREVER!! with that singer.

The problem is that I now feel like I can't feel the singer's music like I did prior to this incident, it's like every song now... belongs to that person, it's their music, their memories, their connections. I Do not want to say that but I have to in order to explain what thoughts are bothering me and that's them.

How do I go about listening to this singer's music without this anxiety, without this incident ruining my experience with the singer's music.

I really need your advice please.
JDW
Consumer 3
Consumer 3
 
Posts: 78
Joined: Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:52 am
Local time: Tue Aug 05, 2025 12:05 am
Blog: View Blog (0)


ADVERTISEMENT

Return to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Forum




  • Related articles
    Replies
    Views
    Last post

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 20 guests