Hi J, J P (hey that's a great name for a band.... JJP and the Pet) sorry...I know... please humour my silliness here and any future silliness you may come across on conversing with me, I need to make things a little silly at times otherwise I can bring myself down. 😔
Anyhow (serious face here) I find that some songs I've collected along the way that are attached to certain events or periods in my life are not well received if I'm not in a good place at that point in time (force field down?). This is another sign to me that I'm not quite balanced, and there's potential for a pet-wobble if I don't nip this in the bud (bring out the MH toolkit!).
For example, the song by U2 With or Without You, if I'm not in a good place, can take me back to Brut-boyfriend (drowned himself in the aftershave 'Brut' and was unfortunately a brut by nature, especially to me, both physically and mentally) the radio or other, is shutdown immediately. However, when I'm in a good place, I can sing along to this song, recognising it as a musical masterpiece, and not wasting the 3 or so minutes thinking about that brut!
Of course the flip side to this is that there are so many songs that are attached to good times and good people in my life, and these take pride of place in my 'Upbeat playlist' which I listen to often, to avoid the potential for a pet-wobble! If you haven't already noticed I give pet names to the not-so-nice things and attach these to my nickname because if these things are to be a part of me, I'm going to take ownership in the hope I have control. Avoiding the reverse if I can. Does this make sense?
Music is so powerful.
Pet 😊 xx
