I find that I am listening to music all the time and wonder if there is any correlation to Schizophrenia and music.
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In my own experience, I often have and still do have delusions of reference and metaphoric “listening” while hearing music. My brain interprets the lyrics to be the speech of a greater being (the nature of which I won’t get into here). It adds a new dimension to music, and I can’t really hear lyrics without my brain “going there” or listening in that way. I think it makes the music better, but the idea of it being the speech of a higher being would be classed as delusion.
I think there could be a connection in that I think many people with psychosis perceive hidden meanings in music (along with many other things).
Running away to musicland is what I call it. It’s an excellent form of escape for we szs.
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Our Brains are like Child’s brain, I mean most of our brains don’t work so naturally we enjoy music.
In my view the best music I always loved is
InuYasha’s Wind Symphonic theme but I no longer experience pleasure and I know longer like music or movies or games or anything, dopamine problems — pleasure problems.
I listen to music still dont get as much pleasure from it as before sz. It is what it is.
Sometimes when I can’t even talk right I can hear clips of lyrics.