Something important or close to you

Former Member

This thread is meant to be a space to share something important or close to you. You don't have to explain but you can if you'd like.

Personally, music. It's so simple but can provide so much safety and understanding.

Former Member

Books are really important to me. I've been a big reader since I was a child and they've always given me comfort. It's great to find a relatable character or to just escape into a fantasy world for a while

Amy22

For me the one thing that is important is my family as they are very helpful especially my mum who has helped me a lot especially last year too. I'm so grateful to have a family who are understanding and kind to me.

Former Member

@Amy22, I'm so happy that you have a healthy and good relationship with your mum!!

Former Member

@indieviolet, what's your favorite book?

spacedog

Music is so important to me - especially when listening to classical music for me, or playing in an orchestra you can just get so lost in the music, it's like another world (if the music is good, I've come across some very weird pieces before lol)

sinead276

Oooo I love this idea.

Gotta also agree on music being important - it's always helped me when i've gone through tough times

Former Member

I love how versatile music is. There's always a style for everyone

Former Member

i can never wrap my head around how music is just a bunch of sounds and words but it can have such a huge impact on us. i have this psychology book abt music idk what it's called (music on the brain or smth idek) and it's so so interesting

Former Member

mk1881 wrote: »

@indieviolet, what's your favorite book?

That's a really difficult question but if I had to pick it would be Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. It's got a beautiful fantasy world to escape to and characters that feel like friends to me. The Ghibli animation of it is really good as well, very visually pretty

Former Member

@indieviolet OH MY GOSH SHUT UP!! I love Howl's Moving Castle!! I want to be Sophie so baddd. Oh and Calcifier! Have you seen any other Studio Ghibli films or read their books?

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@Xee if you find out what the book is called let me know, sounds super interesting. I've thought about that too. I like that even if I was deaf I would still be able to feel the vibrations of music. The pretty sounds are wild man

ebyrne556

Aw what a cute thread idea also Studio Ghibli for the win!
Its hard to think of one thing but i think at the moment something thats important to me is podcasts.Im really in my podcast era at the minute lol

MatchaMia

@ebyrne556 I'm with you on that- Podcasts have really helped me to organise my thoughts, reflect from a distance and understand myself a bit more. Some are also really funny or interesting.

Reading and music are always comforting for me and they embodied a safe place when things were rough. I also recently re-discovered a liking to art- when I felt triggered I just found myself with a sketchpad and used drawing as a way to express the emotions I couldn't verbalise in my journal. I keep all of these things close to me!

JJLemon18

I absolutely agree with music! Sometimes music I like is enough to calm my brain down after something stressful or take my mind off of overwhelming thoughts. I feel like without music life would be so miserable. Movies and videogames would feel so dull and boring, concerts wouldn't exist and parties won't be parties anymore.

Former Member

@JJLemon18, you are so freaking right. I can't imagine a world where concerts didn't exist. Don't even get me started on parties without music. That's like peanut butter and jelly without the peanut butter. Who wants that?

JJLemon18

@mk1881 Err... I would totally eat peanut butter without jelly and vice versa... am I weird??

Former Member

@JJLemon18, not weird persay.. I just don't like jelly on its own. Peanut butter on the other hand, I could eat gallons of. As a going away present I was once gifted a pound of peanut butter lol

Former Member

ew I fucking hate peanut butter

Former Member

@Xee, Oh nooooo
What's your favorite snacky item then?

Amy22

JJLemon18 wrote: »

I absolutely agree with music! Sometimes music I like is enough to calm my brain down after something stressful or take my mind off of overwhelming thoughts. I feel like without music life would be so miserable. Movies and videogames would feel so dull and boring, concerts wouldn't exist and parties won't be parties anymore.

Omg life without music for me would be very hard, I absolutely love music so much including my free spotify eventhough I want premium lol but its so much xd so I use my web browser instead. I think music can be so helpful when it comes to taking your mind off things as well. I often that a lyric of a song can be helpful as well too

Amy22

ebyrne556 wrote: »

Aw what a cute thread idea also Studio Ghibli for the win!
Its hard to think of one thing but i think at the moment something thats important to me is podcasts.Im really in my podcast era at the minute lol

I love a good podcast even though I keep forgetting to listen to the ones I am on. I really love the Welcome to Night Vale podcast and The Rogues Podcast (eventhough The Rogues podcast does contain adult themes and adult humour including some dark moments too so I'd say tread with caution with that podcast ). But nightvale is very good as it's very surreal and talks a lot about existence plus extra randomness thrown into the mix too xd

JJLemon18

Amy22 wrote: »

JJLemon18 wrote: »

I absolutely agree with music! Sometimes music I like is enough to calm my brain down after something stressful or take my mind off of overwhelming thoughts. I feel like without music life would be so miserable. Movies and videogames would feel so dull and boring, concerts wouldn't exist and parties won't be parties anymore.

Omg life without music for me would be very hard, I absolutely love music so much including my free spotify eventhough I want premium lol but its so much xd so I use my web browser instead. I think music can be so helpful when it comes to taking your mind off things as well. I often that a lyric of a song can be helpful as well too

@Amy22 Spotify have a quite cheaper plan if you're a student, not sure if it could apply for you though, just wanted to mention

Former Member

@mk1881 JAFFA CAKES

Amy22

JJLemon18 wrote: »

Amy22 wrote: »

JJLemon18 wrote: »

I absolutely agree with music! Sometimes music I like is enough to calm my brain down after something stressful or take my mind off of overwhelming thoughts. I feel like without music life would be so miserable. Movies and videogames would feel so dull and boring, concerts wouldn't exist and parties won't be parties anymore.

Omg life without music for me would be very hard, I absolutely love music so much including my free spotify eventhough I want premium lol but its so much xd so I use my web browser instead. I think music can be so helpful when it comes to taking your mind off things as well. I often that a lyric of a song can be helpful as well too

@Amy22 Spotify have a quite cheaper plan if you're a student, not sure if it could apply for you though, just wanted to mention

Aw thank you so much that might be handy for me as I keep getting adverts now and then which is why I only use the browser version as on my phone I only have shuffle lol

Azziman

Definitely agree with the music - whether it's a mood you want to create, or you're already feeling a certain way, there's always a song that fits the situation. And playing instruments helps to feel even more engaged in the moment, it's a magical feeling

Also a fan of Ghibli films - I think the one I saw most recently was Whisper of the Heart, which was a good watch!

Former Member

Music and my dreams. I find it so interesting that most of us can agree to music being something important to us. After all, music is universal and evokes an otherworldly experience.

Former Member

@marcellus_beauregard what music do u like

Former Member

@Xee I like all sorts of genres because what matters for me is the overall bigger picture usually that consists of the essence, meaning, experience, effectiveness. But if I have to boil it down to what I commonly listen to I would say classical/orchestra and OSTs/soundtracks.

MatchaMia

@Xee you might hate peanut butter but I'm very allergic to it so its a no from me hahahah

Does everyone have a playlist for different moods / vibes rather than genre or is that just me?

JJLemon18

MatchaMia wrote: »

Does everyone have a playlist for different moods / vibes rather than genre or is that just me?

Ngl I've started to make a playlist for every mood but I have so many songs to go through that I kinda gave up haha. Maybe I'll finish it some day.