One of my "homework" assignments for therapy a few weeks ago was to make myself a recovery soundtrack, with songs that are relevant to my feelings about the ED and my path towards overcoming it. I managed to find some songs that really expressed a lot of the things I've felt at various stages of the ED, and I just wanted to share the list that I came up with. Some are more upbeat than others, the ones that hit home with me the most right now are mostly about recognizing problems and realizing that changes need to be made, that life is far too precious to waste in the disconnected, self-destructive daze. Please leave comments with any additional songs that have been meaningful to you!
- Changes by 3 Doors Down
- Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
- Wasted by Carrie Underwood
- Jumper by Third Eye Blind
- Girl America by Mat Kearney
- Can't Break Her Fall by Mat Kearney
- Bleed Like Me by Garbage
- The Voice Within by Christina Aguilera
- Beautiful by Christina Aguilera
- Baby Seat by Barenaked Ladies
- The Reckoning by Bryson VanCleve
- Mirror by Barlowgirl
- Baby Got Back by Sir Mix A Lot ;)
- Courage by Superchick
- Beauty from Pain by Superchick
- What a Scene by the Goo Goo Dolls
- Sympathy by the Goo Goo Dolls
- Just Like a Pill by Pink
- It's the Only One You've Got by 3 Doors Down
- We Are by Ana
- Ordinary by Train
- Feel by Matchbox Twenty
- Somebody I Once Knew by Dead Celebrity Status
- All in All by Lifehouse
- Unpretty by TLC
- It's My Life by Bon Jovi
- Be Good to Yourself by Journey
- Breaking the Habit by Linkin Park
- Something Better by true story
- January by Project 1.9
- Earth to Bella, Pt 2, by Incubus
- Did You by Hoobastank
4 comments:
I used to listen to Superchick all the time, especially when really down and in ED land.
I've always found U2's "Stuck in a moment you can't get out of" fitting for me/ED at times.
Great list!!
For me, I've always identified with:
Code of Silence by Billy Joel
Why? by Annie Lennox
This is the Time by Billy Joel
If I think of more, I'll let you know.
jeanne
Thank you for this list:
"Not a Pretty Girl" by Ani DiFranco
"We all Belong Here" by ?(ohcrapI'llgetbacktoyouonthat)
"Happy Birthday" by The Innocence Mission
"Inside my head" by Ellery
"Bipolar II" by Democratic Circus- This SONG MAKES ME HAPPIER THAN NO OTHER when I am trying to control everything and come to an eventual decision that control is not always the best of options.
I also think some songs just need to be listened to as comfort and happy triggers, some of them are hard to find but...
"Animal Crackers" by Melanie
"They're coming to take me away" by Dr.Dimento
"Hotel Song" by Regina Specktor
and "Paperplanes" by MIA.
(If you listen to "Paperplanes" look up the lyrics because they are surprisingly very very politically charged and you must dance to this song."
I love your list. I found Sara Groves "add to the beauty" CD to be essential to my healing, no exaggeration. In particular, "Just Showed Up for My own Life," "Add to the Beauty, and "Something Changed" shaped my recovery so much. There is a line in one of them that says "the glory of God is man fully alive." I know this is an English expression of the Latin gloria Deo homo vivens, which has significant meaning to Catholics (or so my Catholic professor taught us,) but I loved how she expressed it in the song. I'd recommend this cd so much. I could tell she had recently been through counseling (she states it) and this was her working through stuff.
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