My taste in music has changed dramatically because of schizophrenia. For one thing, music is a lot duller and less vibrant/rich. But my preferences are also just different. I don’t like the same songs or artists in the same way. My taste in music used to be much better.
Has your taste in music changed because of schizophrenia? How?
Not so much , i did listen more video game music cuz i play video games more
Maturity has really changed mine.
For me music causes me to hear voices, causes intrusive thoughts.
So I don’t hear it.
i use to listen to more music like metallica, system of a down and korn but the music i listen to now is different i like fall out boy and queen a lot more than i use too.
I agree music doesnt seem as rich anymore… Though I was high basically all day everyday for 2 years leading up to my psychotic break… so could just be the lack of marijuana use.
My taste has gone from pop to EDM and back to pop again.
Hmmm… Might just be change in environment for me but I do think SZ has part to do with it. Mostly listened to r&b, hip hop and rap when I lived on my own, since I moved back in with my parents/SZ hit I’d say I enjoy classic rock just as much.
I don’t listen to rap with bad language anymore. I listen to more mellow instrumental playlists now as well. I still have a rock playlist that I love though. But I really like relaxing background music, it helps me quiet a bit.
no more metal loud noisy music, more mainstream stuff nowdays
I listen mostly to Christian contemporary , found it hard to listen to other types of music as I would find unwanted meaning directed at me in the songs. So I like instrumental to . Especially when phsycotic. Can listen to anything now but stick to Christian.
Yeah I use to love ABBA?!?
If I am struggling cognitively or overstimulated or have a lot on my mind or it’s been a busy day, I ask my husband to not play music and have them turn it off in the car. Sometimes I enjoy music
I stopped listening to music.
Before being dx’d, I always had music on 24/7.
I love listening to music everyday. My taste in music hasn’t changed. I used to perceive that songs had special meaning for me. I still get that occasionally. I will hear a lyric in a song and think it was for my benefit but not nearly as much as I did a year ago. Usually, it is just me listening to regular music and enjoying it.
I find that as time goes on I listen to music with actual lyrics less and less. I used to listen to grunge and metal and hip hop, but now I mostly listen to stuff like Aphex Twin and The Prodigy. I think my brain gets hung up listening to the lyrics to songs and I am able to just chill out more listening to this stuff.
I listen to pop music more often!
My tastes haven’t changed really, I listen to a lot of the same stuff I did as a teenager. But under certain meds music didn’t give me the same feeling it usually does.
I have barely listened to music since my diagnosis. In my car the radio is always off. No music at my house. I have some mp3’s pop music that I sometimes listen to.
I use to love Christian/gospel music but not anymore. One of my favourite gospel rock bands was Petra. I still have some of their cd’s but I never listen to them. So yes my taste have changed and also my frequency that I listen to music.
What about relaxing instrumental music?