Ever have that feeling that if you gave yourself over to the music totally you would never come back?

You know B4, I have only had that experience during my teens and only in certain books I read. I was terribly unhappy and I daydreamed my way into certain books, made my own character and part in the story and then went there for hours at a time and re-lived my daydreams repeatedly. I'd come back and find hours had gone by. One day I heard something inside of me say, "If you don't get out of here, one day you will want to come out and not be able to." I honestly feel somehow it was a God Moment. I wasn't a believer then, but that thought impressed me so strongly that I began to draw back from my own imagination and never allowed myself to go there again. It was a defense mechanism that worked too well!

Music can affect my mood, but it never had the same power as what you describe. As a friend, of sorts, I give you the same warning: Don't go too far. It will never be far enough to really do what you need. It may be just too far to come back from.

Just how high are you? I just read your Q/A,Be careful dude,you have given a lot of good advice.I`d like to say I`m a "survivor "too, but I find that term laughable,all you can do is deal with the trash you grow up with.I`m worried, cause of those antidepressants you`re going off,I`ve had to get off Paxil & Cymbalta, It can MESS your head up really bad, it can take up to a year to get your brain back into it`s normal state.so be patient, Know that this too shall pass.TC O. K. I do this all the time, I believe it`s called disassociating,It`s real common in people who have been abused-we pick it up as a defence mechanism.I`ve gone to sleep doing this, just relax next time & you`ll just go to sleep.No problem, You do feel like you going somewhere, it`s just to sleep lol

As part of an arts grant, I used to professionally tape record choirs in gospel churches in Oakland Ca. for free airplay. There was one Pentacostal church of 12 members which met 7 days/week and 10 hours on Saturday! I did a series of recordings at this church. It was in a desperately poor neighborhood. The church members, who were all family, would get totally lost in the music to the point of rolling on the floor, screaming and speaking in tongues. It was a totally safe environment to do so because they were surrounded by loving family members. I have never known a more mentally healthy group of people! They were able to relieve the stresses of everyday existence by becoming TOTALLY lost in the music as a religious experience. Under these circumstances, I believe it is a very good thing and a very healing thing. One night, they stood around me in a circle holding hands and started a meditative chant. They wanted me to get as lost in the music as they did, as a religious experience, because "we want you to have as much fun praising the Lord as we do." Of course, being the uptight person I am, I could not go there at that time, but I appreciated their heartfelt and totally sincere attempt. I paid them back by getting some very good airplay for their beautiful music. I guess my answer is, I think it can be a very healing experience under the right circumstances.

Back for another memory. As I was on my way to a concert of "new music" which was being put on by a friend of mine at a local college, I started chanting a musical yoga chant I had learned in Kundalini yoga. I did this for about 1/2 hour. I was outside. I started feeling like I was hallucinating and feeling very "stoned" but I had not taken any drugs or smoked anything. By the time I got to the concert, still chanting, I was very "out there". The concert was the most beautiful and mystical musical/film experiences I have ever sat through, and I could tell the other audience members felt the same way. There was such a sense of hushed reverence in the air that night. One of the tunes was titled "Seed Ring for Organic Fence". I'll never forget it. The concert by itself was incredible, but the chanting set the stage. Have you tried yoga chanting? It can get you very out there but is very healing and relaxing. Another time I did a musical yoga chant for 1 hour between 3 and 4 a.m. I was at an ashram with a yoga group. I had my eyes closed and a women's face appeared to me as bright and plain as day. It startled me and as soon as my calm was broken, the face disappeared. That was pretty intense!

Definitely

Yes

yes it does it to me but unfortunately i come back