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What Music / Song Do You Listen To When PTSD Is In Full Effect?

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When I'm needing to calm down and/or be distracted, any music will do as long as it drowns everything else out. If it isn't going to work, it isn't because of the song that's playing. That being said, I have a playlist of songs that I generally don't want to "skip" when I'm using music for this purpose. If I hit skip, it comes off this particular list:

Beam Me Up - P!nk
Better Days - Goo Goo Dolls
Bigger - Backstreet Boys
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - P!nk
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Boys (Lesson One) - Jars of Clay
Breath Me - Sia
Bridge to Nowhere - Sam Roberts
Broadway - Goo Goo Dolls
Cleaning Out My Closet - Eminem
Concrete Angel - Martina McBride
Crawling - Linkin Park
Cry - Reba McEntire
Crystal Ball - P!nk
Dance with Me - Johnny Reid
Daughters - John Meyer
Dead Man - Jars of Clay
Defying Gravity - Glee Cast
Ever After - Marianas Trench
Everybody's Fool - Evanescence
F**kin' Perfect - P!nk (Yes, iTunes lists it that way!)
Fallen Leaves - Billy Talent
Fallout - Marianas Trench
Feel - Matchbox Twenty
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
Flood - Jars of Clay
Funhouse - P!nk
Glitter in the Air - P!nk
Going Under - Evanescence
Gone Without Goodbye - Brian Littrell
Good Monsters - Jars of Clay
Goodbye to the Circus - Aqua
Graveyard Shift - Sam Roberts
He Didn't Have to Be - Brad Paisley
Heart-Shaped Glasses - Marilyn Manson
Here Is Gone - Goo Goo Dolls
Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel
How It Ends - DeVotchKa
How to Save a Life - The Fray
Hurt - Johnny Cash (I prefer this version)
I'm OK - Christina Aguilera
I'm Still Here - John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls)
I Am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
I Don't Believe You - P!nk
If Everyone Cared - Nickelback
If I Were a Boy - Reba McEntire (I prefer this version)
I'll Be Your Crying Shoulder - Edwin McCain
In The End - Linkin Park
In The Glass - OK Go
In Too Deep - Sum 41
Incomplete - Backstreet Boys
Inconsolable - Backstreet Boys
Independence Day - Martina McBride
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Kristy, Are You Doing Okay? - The Offspring
Just Give Me a Reason - P!nk & Nate Ruess
Landslide - Dixie Chicks
Last Leaf - OK Go
Leader of Men - Nickelback
Letters from Home - John Michael Montgomery
Lie to Me - Howie D
The Life of a Rover - Will Millar
Light Gives Heat - Jars of Clay
Lithium - Evanescence
The Little Girl - John Michael Montgomery
Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men
Lose it All - Backstreet Boys
Lose Yourself - Eminem
Love the Way You Lie - Eminem & Rihanna
Mad World - Gary Jules & Michael Andrews
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
Mean - P!nk
My Immortal - Evanescence
My Old Friend - Johnny Reid
Needing / Getting - OK Go
Never Gone - Backstreet Boys
No Light, No Light - Florence + The Machine
No Sleep - Sam Roberts
Nobody Drinks Alone - Keith Urban
Not Afraid - Eminem
Not Ready to Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
Numb - Linkin Park
Oh My God - Jars of Clay
Old Enough - Nickelback
One Foot Wrong - P!nk
One in a Million - Backstreet Boys
Only if For a Night - Florence + The Machine
Over My Head - Brian Littrell
Perfect - Hedley
Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson
A Pittance of Time - Terry Kelly
Please Don't Leave Me - P!nk
Porcelain - Marianas Trench
Praise You In This Storm - Casting Crowns
Raise Your Glass - P!nk
Reach You - Carolyn Dawn Johnson
The Rest of My Life - Less Than Jake
River Below - Billy Talent
Rolling in the Deep - Adele
Rule the World - Take That
Run - P!nk
Run Rabbit Run - Eminem
Rusted from the Rain - Billy Talent
S.O.S. - Kiros
Sæglópur - Sigur Rós
Safe to Land - Jars of Clay
Safest Place to Hide - Backstreet Boys
Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine
Shatterproof - Howie D
Shelter - Jars of Clay
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely - Backstreet Boys
The Show Must Go On - Moulin Rouge Cast
Siberia - Backstreet Boys
Sing for the Moment - Eminem
Skyscrapers - OK Go
Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
Slow and Steady - Of Monsters and Men
Smile - Lonestar
Sober - P!nk
Soul - Matchbox Twenty
Sound the Bugle - Brian Adams
The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garkfunkel
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Stan - Eminem (ft. Dido)
Stars - Switchfoot
Stupid Boy - Keith Urban
Surprise - Jars of Clay
Sympathy - Goo Goo Dolls
Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson
Take Me Away - Avril Lavigne
Talking to the Moon - Bruno Mars
Thank You - Dido
There is a River - Jars of Clay
This Too Shall Pass - OK Go
Till We Meet Again - Johnny Reid
Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World - Johnny Reid
Together - Avril Lavigne
Tonight I Wanna Cry - Keith Urban
Travelling Soldier - Dixie Chicks
Try - P!nk
Unwell - Matchbox Twenty
Vaka - Sigur Rós
Vincent - Don McLean
Viva Forever - Spice Girls
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
Walking Her Home - Mark Schultz
Welcome to My Life - Simple Plan
When I Get Where I'm Going - Brad Paisley
Whenever You Come Back to Me - David Ball
While You Were Asleep - OK Go
Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley
Wide Awake - Katy Perry
Wish - Brian Littrell
Work - Jars of Clay
Yellow - Coldplay
Yellow Light - Of Monsters andMen
You Can Let Go - Backstreet Boys
You Haven't Seen the Last of Me - Cher
You Never Let Go - Matt Redman
Your Bones - Of Monsters and Men
Young & Stupid - Hedley
2 In the Morning - New Kids on the Block
26 Cents - The Wilkinsons
 
Placebo-Meds (the album)
Tori Amos-Jupiter
Kate Bush-running up that hill
Kate Bush-Love and Anger
Snow Patrol-Take back the city
Snow Patrol-Please just take this photo
these are just some.
 
Al Green. He has been a staple of the singers I listen to when things aren't going well for me. Use to worry an old boyfriend of mine every time he would come upon me listening to Al Green.
 
I'd love to get a CD of water sounds - something like the ocean or maybe water falling over rocks. Something to do with nature and water sounds very soothing.
 
Marilyn Manson, the Agonist, Black Veil Brides, Linkin Park, Crown the Empire, Florence and the Machine- Breath of Life, Icon for Hire- Get Well.
 
Song: I Take My Chances
Artist: Mary Chapin Carpenter

I took a walk in the rain one day on the wrong side of the tracks
I stood on the rails till I saw that train
Just to see how my heart would react
Now some people say that you shouldn't tempt fate
And for them I would not disagree
But I never learned nothing from playing it safe
I say fate should not tempt me

I take my chances, I don't mind working without a net
I take my chances, I take my chances every chance I get

I sat alone in the dark one night, tuning in by remote
I found a preacher who spoke of the light but there was brimstone in his throat
He'd show me the way according to him in return for my personal check
I flipped my channel back to CNN and I lit another cigarette

I take my chances, forgiveness doesn't come with a debt
I take my chances, I take my chances every chance I get

I've crossed lines of words and wire and both have cut me deep
I've been frozen out and I've been on fire and the tears are mine to weep
Now I can cry until I laugh and laugh until I cry
So cut the deck right in half, I'll play from either side

I take my chances, I pay my dollar and I place my bet
I take my chances, I take my chances every chance I get
I take my chances, I don't cling to remorse or regret
I take my chances, I take my chances every chance I get
I take my chances

I take my chances
 
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