Hi, just a small query, well, um, can it?
Specifically, with regards to depression. People joke about slit-your-wrists Radiohead, but is there some truth behind it worsening things? For instance, listening to 'Creep', when i were feeling down (for very similiar reasons to what the song was about), I felt physical pain all over my body thinking more and more about me being a loser, there's a question, is it normal to feel pain when upset, physically? It usually just starts out as a few shivers but then slowly becomes an ache, very hard to explain! I'm just curious, because I don't really hear people talking about it...
I mean, does it fuel things like REM? (not the band... but the very fact they named themselves after that maybe says something?), I mean, you feel pain because of the song, but maybe don't act on it? Thats what causes REM, correctumundo?
Also, are there any other things music can do to us, positive or negative?
Sorry, I'm not studying it or anything, its just something that popped up in my mind...
Any replies most appreciated!