The amount of times I hear people online say some artist is the reason they're still alive. Smells like bullshit to me 99% of the time. It's kinda insulting
27clubBRIAN
im a mk ultra victim
- Jul 27, 2022
- 116
Yeah I feel like that's more of a overplayed phrase people just started saying when they really admire an artist
Insomniac
𝔄 𝔲 𝔱 𝔦 𝔰 𝔪
- May 21, 2021
- 1,357
It's not just one artist. It's just entertainment in general. The internet, social medias, videos, movies, music, animes..
without it all I'd be long gone. Now nothing works to numb the pain anyway so
without it all I'd be long gone. Now nothing works to numb the pain anyway so
Music to me is for happy people and if music can save someone, they didn't have far to go to be saved, imo.
hellispink
poisonous
- May 26, 2022
- 1,231
Music can be soothing and a life saver. Everyone's different and if an artist music and art makes them feel alive, I think it is totally valid and understandable. I do think though that there should be a line between being inspired to stay due to their music and being obsessed or dependent on what they do (I think that is extreme sort of).
It all depends on your outlook. Music for me is my life and pride and joy and I'm nothing wo it (hence why I'm here on SS).
My favourite artists didnt just keep me alive, they are the reason I was who I was.
One album that changed my life is god in audio form to me and I only know a few other people who feel the same way about that album.
The people I listened to help me condition a certain mindset and outlook into life and allow me to understand myself better.
You might have not found your favourite artist yet n maybe that's a reason to live
My favourite artists didnt just keep me alive, they are the reason I was who I was.
One album that changed my life is god in audio form to me and I only know a few other people who feel the same way about that album.
The people I listened to help me condition a certain mindset and outlook into life and allow me to understand myself better.
You might have not found your favourite artist yet n maybe that's a reason to live
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Seiba
Arcanist
- Jun 13, 2021
- 490
No. As for other people, I believe they needed any reason to live. People will cling to many things ranging from becoming born again in their religion or being delusional that the random phone call they received on the bridge was a sign from the universe and not random chance.
I don't think they are being dishonest to themselves intentionally, they just don't understand they saved themselves and would have found something else.
We may see their response about an artist saving their life as exaggerated while the true disagreement is simply the emotional essence of making it one day was different. Making it another day is just seen as the clock ticking or survival instinct getting in the way because of the nature of this forum.
I don't think they are being dishonest to themselves intentionally, they just don't understand they saved themselves and would have found something else.
In a certain sense this is true as well. Any escapism or simply taking a nap instead of killing yourself when you desire it is "saving" yourself in someway.
We may see their response about an artist saving their life as exaggerated while the true disagreement is simply the emotional essence of making it one day was different. Making it another day is just seen as the clock ticking or survival instinct getting in the way because of the nature of this forum.
Mr2005
Don't shoot the messenger, give me the gun
- Sep 25, 2018
- 3,622
I wouldn't still be here were it not for Hope Sandoval. When I saw her perform live, I crossed another thing off my bucket list. I saw my favorite artist perform…now I can rest easy.
lofticries
obedear
- Feb 27, 2021
- 1,470
I actually don't mind if ppl say or even mean such things. However lines are crossed when ppl try to pretend they know that artist on a personal lvl.
Celerity
shape without form, shade without colour
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2,733
I got a lot out of Charles Bukowski.
Most of his fans seem to be misogynist edge lords, but his poems really spoke to me.
He is one of those writers who gets a lot of mileage out of his words. His prose is descriptively simple. When you read a million dollar vocab word in his works, you better bet that is the perfect word for that situation. My man did not lean on a thesaurus.
He is the first writer I have read who really seemed to "get" what depression is all about.
These are some nice renditions of his poems:
Most of his fans seem to be misogynist edge lords, but his poems really spoke to me.
He is one of those writers who gets a lot of mileage out of his words. His prose is descriptively simple. When you read a million dollar vocab word in his works, you better bet that is the perfect word for that situation. My man did not lean on a thesaurus.
He is the first writer I have read who really seemed to "get" what depression is all about.
These are some nice renditions of his poems:
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nembutal
everything will be okay in the end
- Jul 14, 2022
- 334
Dead Ghost
Mestre del Temps
- May 6, 2022
- 1,338
When I was given citalopram in 2005 and all of a sudden I couldn't walk fast, or ride bikes, or play video games, or draw... I was very upset because I was supposed to helping ended up ruining my life... but I didn't really care either because at the same time I was pretty anhedonic about everything.
It also bothered my eyesight, but I could still read and became fond of reading. And I was lucky enough to do a weekly collection of books by author Terry Pratchett. It didn't save my life, but it did help me, and a lot, to move on. Especially because in their books they spoke with humor about life, death, injustices... everything was of interest to me, they didn't talk about banal things, they talked about human miseries from a very optimistic, critical point of view and at the same time conciliatory.
For me, Terry Pratchett is a very important part of my life.
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Quan em van donar el citalopram el 2005 i de cop i volta no podía caminar depressa, ni fer servir bibicletes, ni jugar a videojocs, ni dibuixar... em va gafar un fort malestar perquè se suposava que allò que m'havía d'ajudar em va acabar de destrossar la vida... però tampoc m'importava gaire perqué alhora estava bastant anhedònic amb tot.
També em va fotre la vista, però encara podía llegir i em vaig aficionar a la lectura. I vaig tenir la sort de fer un colecció setmanal de llibres de l'autor Terry Pratchett. No em va salvar la vida però si em va ajudar, i molt, a seguir endavant. Sobretot perquè en els seus llibres es parlava amb humor de la vida, de la mort, de les injustícies... tot era del meu interés, no parlaven de coses banals, parlaven de les miseries humanes des un punt de vista molt optimista, crític i alhora conciliador.
Per mi Terry Pratchett és un punt i apart molt important en la meva vida.
It also bothered my eyesight, but I could still read and became fond of reading. And I was lucky enough to do a weekly collection of books by author Terry Pratchett. It didn't save my life, but it did help me, and a lot, to move on. Especially because in their books they spoke with humor about life, death, injustices... everything was of interest to me, they didn't talk about banal things, they talked about human miseries from a very optimistic, critical point of view and at the same time conciliatory.
For me, Terry Pratchett is a very important part of my life.
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Quan em van donar el citalopram el 2005 i de cop i volta no podía caminar depressa, ni fer servir bibicletes, ni jugar a videojocs, ni dibuixar... em va gafar un fort malestar perquè se suposava que allò que m'havía d'ajudar em va acabar de destrossar la vida... però tampoc m'importava gaire perqué alhora estava bastant anhedònic amb tot.
També em va fotre la vista, però encara podía llegir i em vaig aficionar a la lectura. I vaig tenir la sort de fer un colecció setmanal de llibres de l'autor Terry Pratchett. No em va salvar la vida però si em va ajudar, i molt, a seguir endavant. Sobretot perquè en els seus llibres es parlava amb humor de la vida, de la mort, de les injustícies... tot era del meu interés, no parlaven de coses banals, parlaven de les miseries humanes des un punt de vista molt optimista, crític i alhora conciliador.
Per mi Terry Pratchett és un punt i apart molt important en la meva vida.
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