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Though there is definitely something to be said about how music is practically required competence anymore - this is a relatively new thing amongst humans - why abstain from certain emotions? Do you not see their worth?
I must agree, I am a slightly different creature depending on what I have been listening to, so I guess you could say that I use music as a conditional stimulant, but if anything I feel rather liberated by this, not like it's causing me to feel a certain way, but that it's merely retracted everything holding me back from my feeling how I really want to.
But I, too, go through rather extensive periods of silence as conditioning as well, don't get me wrong. I guess I kind of 'burn out' on sounds, and would rather everything be still and quiet just to blow all of the bad crap out of my head. But this happens maybe once every 2 years or so, and never because of anything in specific happening (so far as I can tell at least).
But it always comes back, I never have to force it. I actually think I like music more after those little periods.
I can definitely see how you could become burnt out on dance music though. Holy shit is it an inspid form of music in too large of doses.
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