Music used to be the thing I loved the most but I haven't really been able to enjoy it anymore. I skip most of the songs I like because listening to them doesn't feel enjoyable and/or I just feel too lazy to listen them. I'm sure it's not an issue of having to change music artists/styles because I already do listen to a lot of different stuff, look for new stuff a lot, and I know/can tell I still love them. I guess my depression could be the reason but it's so strange because when I used to enjoy music I was still depressed. I also don't feel like I relate to any songs, even if I could relate. You get me? It feels like there's a wall between me and music. It feels like I'm the only person in the world who can't be saved by music. Anyone else have a similar issue?

I get the same way when I'm in a depressive funk--it's hard to enjoy just about anything during those times.

Something that helps me is shaking it up a LOT by listening to something totally brand new to me. Tuvan throat singing, renditions of ancient music, bizarro indie groups, etc. Or covers with a twist--I thought this cover of Pumped-up Kicks in a medieval style was really neat, and gets stuck in my head lol.

If that doesn't work, I'll sometimes listen to deliberately very nostalgic stuff, like the musicians I listened to in middle school. If anything, it's sometimes good for a laugh--one song I used to think was pretty catchy/clever ended up being really condescending and unpleasant (in terms of lyrics), and my partner and I had a good laugh over making fun of it.

It also might help to just kind of passively have music going no matter what you're doing, just to kind of get back in the habit of listening to it. When I get depressed, I do have downs and ups, and I think having music playing in any ups you're feeling might help you associate music with a good emotion.

Thank you very much for your response.

Totally understandable. I can't say I could give up music as a whole but I just don't find myself listening to it as avidly as I once did. I can only listen to a song for like 1-2 minutes then I have to stop. I have to be in a VERY specific mood to sit through songs and actually listen.

....Since I can;t travel on the bus any more due to the weather and the world at large, that's probably what caused my shift in musical desire. I NEED music for travel because I don't do well around other people in public but no need to be out and about right now I guess it quelled my dependency? I hope that makes sense...

Thank you for the response. It's a relief to know I'm not the only one.

I'm not sure I've the same problem of you. My problem is I love listen to music, but I don't dare always to enjoy. I'm scared to be discover by some one who judge negative about me, because my music taste is not conform the rules and the conventions in the years I was still on school. I try to listen to the music genre at my schoolperiod which was proper with the rules. I try to listen on a way in the here and now, but I have failed again and again. Because I still get negative feelings about the past. And then it result I'm fed up about my self and my past...
There is nothing wrong about the music-genre on itself I still don't like. The rules from the pupils are wrong. It sucks because I really want to learn like more music genres, but by some kind of music I have only the feelings te be limitated and restricted by the rules and conventions. When I listen to that kind of music I don't feel energie or happyness, but more as I'm in a prison or so. Sometimes it will succeed to listen to music I really like. But most of the times I'll just keep silence.

I'm bullied as kid.

I'm really sorry you were bullied because you didn't listen to the same music as other people. Everyone is allowed to listen to the music they like. No one has the right to decide to anyone what to listen to. I know that's not easy to do, but please, try to listen to the music you like. Nothing is wrong with liking different music. The music I like is completely different from what most people in my country my age listen to.

Yeah you have right. I'm entirety agree with you. No one has the right to decide to anyone what to listen to. I can even learn better learn to listen to new music styles I didn't know those exists when some one just wants to share it with me, because it's his or her passion. I like that. Some unknown genres are really great to listen.

Yeah actually, I've been feeling this way a lot lately which sucks because I was always someone who lived and breathed music. I just feel like I don't discover enough interesting new music anymore and don't really know how I used to be so good at it. All the sites I used to find music on are gone, replaced with sites where algorithms keep me listening to the same old thing.

I feel the same way right now, pretty much since the pandemic started, lockdown happened etc. back in March, I've barely listened to music at all. I sort of find it reminds me too much of 'normal times' which quite often I don't really want to think about because I don't want to deal with it. However I have had the occasional day (I could count them on one hand tbf) where I've listened to my usual playlist, and it's been good, but also makes me cry as well - I guess sometimes you just have to be in the right place to want to access the emotions it can bring up. Though like Marcus said, I've also made a playlist of nostalgic ('cheesy' maybe) music from childhood which I listened to a bit, that was good for a little mood boost. The best thing I've found to 'replace' music during all of this, is podcasts. Comedy stuff primarily. So while I'm working from home I've got something to keep me focused at my desk and also sort of emulate what it was like to be in the office where there were conversations and 'life' going on in the background. If you're feeling like you need to fill that void with something, I'd say podcasts are a good thing to try.

I've been feeling kind of bored with most of my usual music lately too. I've been depressed a lot and when I'm feeling low, I just don't want to listen to anything that usually makes me happy because I think it reminds me that I was happy and now I'm not. But mostly, I think it's just that I haven't downloaded anything new in a very long time because I just haven't found anything new I like. I don't have a friend group anymore, which is where I normally got suggestions, riding in their cars and such and hearing something they liked...and I don't listen to the radio or any streaming station or anything...I also rarely watch tv, so I guess I'm just not sure how to go about finding new music either. This whole stupid year has been a real bitch.

Same. In regards to relating to it.