areas of #special interest as a prn?

[DeFunkCat]

When distressed, overloaded, possibly headed for a meltdown I now go to my one of my special interests. Music practice. Scales, arpeggios, crawling exercises. It’s so soothing. I have to force myself. Walk into the music room, plug in and strap on a bass, turn on an amp and play. My distress immediately begins to decrease. Don’t know why my Psych has not suggested it. Seems so obvious to me now.

 

[Jumpinbare]

Crawling exercises?

 

[DeFunkCat]

Crawling exercises?

Crawling exercises are note patterns and rhythms which move up and down the fretboard one semitone / half tone at a time. I do this to learn where the notes are in relation to one another. It also improves speed and dexterity. These excercises are particularly good for fretless bass.

 

[foliodoe]

I've been glued to my guitars for the last couple years. It's more reliable than anything or anyone else.

 

[DeFunkCat]

Soothing, calming. It’s fantastic. I find all the tension, anxiety and anguish melts away. All that is real is instrument and your focus. SO GOOD!

 

[tree]

Pro re nata is a Latin phrase meaning "in the circumstances" or "as the circumstance arises" (literally "for the thing born"). In medical terminology, it is often abbreviated PRN or P.R.N. and refers to the administration of prescribed medication as the situation calls for it.

Pro re nata - Wikipedia

 

[TBRS1]

When distressed, overloaded, possibly headed for a meltdown I now go to my one of my special interests. Music practice. Scales, arpeggios, crawling exercises. It’s so soothing. I have to force myself. Walk into the music room, plug in and strap on a bass, turn on an amp and play. My distress immediately begins to decrease. Don’t know why my Psych has not suggested it. Seems so obvious to me now.

I do this with my harp.

I think the repetitive hand motions are soothing, as well as the forced need to focus in a very specific way (different from focusing on a book, movie, conversation, etc.).

I suspect that chronic knitters get that too.

But music also has the benefit of the sound, which is so tightly tied to emotions and mental states. It feels like magic, sometimes.

 

[Celestine]

This is interesting, because recently I've been doing something similar. I'm not very good, but I play the piano. And I didn't know what the correct term was, but now I do--I play arpeggios with the left hand and one of a few songs I know or have written and I feel like an enormous emotional release from my heart. I start rocking back and forth with the arpeggios and sometimes I'll become so overwhelmed with the flow and "minor" of the music that I just start crying.

 

[RemyZee]

I understand what you are saying. There are times with music I find myself crying or laughing just because I love the music so much.

 

[Xinyta]

I get the same thing from cleaning. Doing it helps me level out. Ironic that I am not a germaphobe, considering.

I am litterally one step short of slipping into a maid dress and cleaning for wages. Though IDK if it would be something I'd do as a full time thing. Or for pay either.

 

[RemyZee]

I have that too! When I'm cleaning I get into a rhythm and it's like a time to get lost in my thoughts--you would think it was weird to enjoy waxing the floors so much. I've worked as a house keeper in the past at times I needed to do something to get by--lol it paid more than my professional jobs, and the people I worked with were much more bearable.

 

[DeFunkCat]

work and historic realisation! What really makes you happy? Took me ages to find out. For me it’s writing Not all that stressful corporate stuff that made me crash! It’s actually kinda boring repetitive work too. Wished I’d left that boring stuff for the neuro typicals.

 

[RemyZee]

Never too late to start trying to do what you want to. It can be a huge risk though. But to follow what you want to because it makes you happy--given also the need to pay the bills and eat--takes a lot of serious creativity. And to break from professional life ( if you can) and do what you feel a calling to....that is a really happy thing.

 

[Dagan]

I've ramped up a whole new album of songs to release, so I've been playing like crazy, as well. I think I let myself get too, too OCD this time around, oops, haha.

Music is my best coping mechanism / go-to / happy place / et. al. Anything I want to feel...there's a genre that reaches that place, and often times it's the only path to said feeling.

I rediscovered the dice game for guitar riffs, as well. Andrew Baena on youtube has about the best video explaining it. His take on it is for metal genres, but it should get your algorithm set to show you other genres that can use the same tricks.