Everyone likes music, but what kind of music pleases your heart depends to a large extent on your personality. Most people like to listen to sad songs or should we say painful songs. Especially when a person is alone, he likes to listen to sad songs.
If we look closely, many of us have some sad songs in our list of favourite songs. Even though such songs have nothing to do with their actual situation, people like such songs very much. In such a situation, have you ever wondered why it happens that everything is going well in life, but still you like sad songs? If not, then let us tell you the real reason behind this.
We talked to Agra's psychologist Dr. AjitaVerma about this and are sharing the information received from her with you here. Our health expert Dr. AjitaVerma says that attachment towards a song or a particular thing largely depends on the mental state of the person. But if most people are interested in only one thing, then to know the reason, we have to understand the effect of that particular thing. For example, due to the special experience a person gets by listening to sad songs, such songs can lead to addiction.
DrAjitaVerma further explains that to know the reason behind liking sad songs, you have to understand the effect of sad songs on the mind and brain.
Has a deep impact on the mind and brain
The lyrics and music of sad songs are usually quite effective. You must have noticed that the lyrics of such songs are so heart-touching that upon listening to them, they have a deep impact on your mind and brain and you forget the rest of the world. This isolation from the rest of the world feels better and you like to listen to such songs again and again.
Feel connected to old memories
Sad songs or painful songs make people feel connected to old memories. As soon as you listen to such songs, you may remember a special person or a special event. Whatever may be the experience associated with it, that memory makes you feel close and you like this closeness.
Evoke feelings of emptiness
Every person has some unfulfilled desires or attachment towards a particular person which makes them feel empty. But a person surrounded by worldliness and responsibilities is living ignoring this emptiness. In such a situation, when suddenly you get to listen to sad songs, then this feeling of emptiness arises. This feeling makes you feel attached to the song.
Feeling the joy of expression
Many people have many types of feelings and thoughts going on in their hearts, that they are never able to express even if they want to. In such a situation, when these thoughts come forward in the form of lyrics of a song, people feel the joy of expression. This joy of expression becomes the reason for liking that particular song.
Apart from this, if seen from the point of view of science, attachment towards sad songs is actually due to hormonal changes in the body. When a person listens to a sad song, a hormone called prolactin is released in the body. This hormone stimulates the brain to give a compensatory response to mental stress, which makes the person feel good.
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