I am only able to express myself through music

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I am curious if anybody else on these forums can only do this. It seems describing emotions is nearly impossible, as is understanding emapthy through the eyes of others.

I recently had a crush and since then I've had a lot of songs played on bass very lovey-sounding and a lot of truly deep lyrics about relationships, but I just can't show true emotion as readily as most. Is this just an issue of not placing context? She said she just wants to be friends and see where it goes, but it feels like the conversations should be more "deep," whatever that is like to most people.

But I realise that this is true of anger, sadness, everything. Nothing can truly bring emotion out of me outside of music and the rare art piece. Is it extreme obsession or normal?

Not had such luck with music, but stories are a field I feel almost NT when I occupy myself with it.

I think it's perfectly normal, in the "inside the ballpark" sense. Other persons have found that only through other fine arts, such as dance, can they reliably draw emotion or feeling out of themselves: “If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it.”--Isadora Duncan. I myself wonder if making music or composing songs can be a way to draw some of my own emotions--especially the ones that you're not supposed to share--out of my self. I plan on starting on some music therapy next month in order to find out.

Writing is indeed a good vehicle for thought.

I wouldn't call it obsession, but I'd say that it has a lot to do with your interests.

If you are into art, I guess, you probably will be able to express emotions through paintings. Or literature. It happened to me several times that I felt drawn to book characters because their minds seemed appealing to me.

I can't produce deep conversations. It's as if there was a barrier. I know what I should say, but it does not feel right to me. It's not really a happy state to be in. Because emotions can be very aggressive and you don't know what to do with them. I can't even interpret my own emotions because they seem so out of place.


That makes a lot of sense to me. You can express emotions in various ways. Music is a very emotional process, so naturally you will feel some of that in the result. You can express emotions in painting differently than in music. I sometimes wonder whether something I am trying to write would be more effective on screen. Because every medium has its limitations. Art is basically about constructing emotions and making them universal, I guess. And you can do that in different ways.

I like your insight TheHouseholdCat, it is important to look at the mediums. Sometimes guitar does it better for me and other times bass, sometimes singing etc. All have limitations.

I couldn't even say what instruments seem most appealing to me. I think electric guitar to me is my preferred... medium.

But then again, I have listened to a lot of Thomas Newman the last weeks... With him, it's mostly about violin and piano for me. And some of his electronics.