Ever wake up after a solid eight hours of sleep, have your coffee or breakfast, start being productive and still can’t shake the feeling of exhaustion?
There’s probably a reason you feel fatigued all the time. Maybe there’s something bothering you. Perhaps you’re not taking good care of yourself and need to take a walk or a bath, something to refresh you. It’s not always clear what causes fatigue and brain fog but I find that music can help me sometimes.
Being in a funk and always tired can really feel disheartening. There are a lot of things out of our control and we often can’t change the things that bother us. I know that I go through phases of pretty bad fatigue. I wake up after eight hours feeling like I need more sleep. If I do roll over and get a couple more hours, I feel like a boiled fish. Coffee sometimes helps as well as getting a mini workout in.
What I think honestly affects my mood the most sometimes is music. As I’ve said before in previous postings, I am very against boarding up and burying negative emotions and unresolved feelings. That being said, sometimes a funk is just a funk. I welcome an upbeat playlist when I’m in a funk but only to a certain extent.
A playlist to get me out of a funk needs more than high energy beats and upbeat melodies. I need lyrics with a twinge of sadness or some sort of whimsical distortions or effects. I like feeling like despite the fact that the music is happy, there is a part of the music that isn’t necessarily jumping for joy. Sad lyricism makes me feel more seen and like someone is genuinely trying to cheer me up and not just be happy in front of me.
The implementation of whimsy in a song tends to make me smile. It stands out against the rest of the song and even other songs on the playlist. Having a little something in a song that makes it special sometimes is just enough to get me back on track.
— dj dragonfly
