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July 20, 2014 at 11:48 am #61314KTParticipant
This is going to sound weird, but just give it a chance 🙂 A few years ago, I discovered a Taiwanese singer; Rainie Yang. I discovered her through a Youtuber who was Chinese. She mentioned her and briefly played a bit of one of her songs and even though I didn’t understand Taiwanese, I was instantly memorized by the music. The most beautiful ballad ever, in my opinion. I instantly looked her up and was so infatuated with her songs. For a brief time, due to complications in my personal life I stopped listening to music. These problems that arose in my personal life had me so depressed. I could barely function correctly. It seemed life was just terrible all around and in my head, I was “the most miserable person on Earth” which is just a ridiculous thought. You are never the most miserable person on Earth! One night, I was sitting in my room and feeling particularly hopeless. It was midnight and I was contemplating having a nervous breakdown (In my household, I’m not allowed to breakdown.) when I suddenly remembered the first I’d ever heard by Rainie Yang. It had been a long time since I’d listened to it. My fingers danced across the keyboard as I went to Youtube and looked it up.
“Ai Mei” by Rainie Yang. This was the first song I’d ever heard by her. I didn’t understand Taiwanese at all (any other language for that matter) but I’d looked up the lyrics. It didn’t matter that I didn’t understand her, the music and her voice was powerful. It had a lasting impact. Since then, every time I’m sad or upset I’ll listen to a Chinese ballad. There’s something so beautiful about the language, something so calming about a Chinese ballad. Soft and quiet. Beautiful and hopeful. Maybe this sounds weird? Maybe no one else feels like this? So far, I’ve yet to find someone who feels this way. There are many Chinese singers out there who sing beautiful, heart-warming ballads but I will always prefer Rainie. <3My point being, maybe you should give it a try? Take a listen and see if you feel lighter, more hopeful, more happy. 🙂 And if not, you’ll soon find something that helps you through those tough times.
July 20, 2014 at 10:15 pm #61364Abraham RodríguezParticipantHey! nice to hear of someone who also uses music to get trough tough times n.n
I think I can relate to the fact that sometimes I need to stop listening to some songs because they bring back bad memories and therefore make me depressed and anxious to the point of breaking down :cI can’t certainly say that a ballad would make me feel better (I’m more of a punk, easycore person, because these genres have uplifting melodies, are fast paced which makes me feel adrenalin to break trough my problems and very powerful and motivating lyrics) but I will definitely listen a bit of them to try something new 😉
P.S: I find it strange that you’re not allowed to break down :c it is so harmful not to be able to do so. If you accept my suggestion, sometimes I just put a big pillow in my mouth and scream as loud as I can, or do energy consuming activities like drumming, cleaning or something of the sorts. It actually worries me for your health
Anyway I send you a big hug!
🙂July 21, 2014 at 2:10 pm #61428KTParticipantMusic is a life-saver in my case! 😀 Hmm…Well, I have a family that loves to breakdown. All of them. Haha one breakdown a week at least. For some reason, they think I’m supposed to be the one to help them when they breakdown and they don’t want the responsibility of helping me. So I think I’ve actually had maybe one or two really good breakdowns and those were dealt with alone. For them, I have to be the super strong one. I can’t say I dislike having that position. There are times when I’d love to just cry and throw away responsibilities for a day or so but most of the time, I can stay pretty strong. In my opinion, I don’t think I need anyone to help me when I get super upset…I like to handle it myself 🙂 I like the pillow idea, I bet that would help relieve a lot of stress and tension! I’ll try that, I think it’ll come in handy considering all of the super-stressful things coming up in my life real soon. Thanks for replying!
A big hug for you too! 🙂
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