Mental Health
Music for the Mind: Researchers Develop Brain-Computer Interface That Matches Music to Your Mood
Happy playlists, sad playlists, party playlists—any music fan knows that when it comes to setting the mood, there’s no better way than with a killer soundtrack. Now, a pair of researchers from Germany and Singapore are taking this tenet to the next level with a brain-computer interface (BCI) that matches music to a user’s mood in real time. Ultimately, their goal is to teach listeners experiencing mental illness how to regulate and control their own emotions, they described in a recent interview. Stefan Ehrlich from the Technische Universität München and Kat Agres from the National University of Singapore have developed a brain-computer interface for music-based emotion mediation. PLOS ONE According to Dr. Stefan Ehrlich, the technology uses neurofeedback to set...
Ask Dr. Mike: Making Mental Health Your New Year’s Resolution
Supplementing the Going There with Dr. Mike podcast presented by Consequence and Sound Mind Live, the monthly “Ask Dr. Mike” column is here to answer listeners’ questions. As we come up on the New Year, Dr. Mike is here to help us set intention with our resolutions to take care of our mental health. Right now, many of us are looking ahead towards the New Year as a time to make change in our lives. We think about who we are at this moment, and who we want to be at the end of the upcoming year. We craft goals in the form of New Year’s resolutions that we hope will help us attain our life’s vision. It can be a very exciting time, full of promise and hope that we can improve the quality of our lives. Over the past year on the Going There with Dr. Mike podcast, we have...
Mura Masa Opens Up About Mental Health and Music Production In Candid Reddit AMA
In a candid Reddit AMA (“ask me anything”), Mura Masa has opened up about his mental health journey. After a fan asked him about noteworthy achievements that have helped his creative process and anything that’s helped his mental wellbeing, Masa said he started going to therapy, fixed his sleep, and started eating healthier and more regularly. “But to be honest after all that I was still feeling mentally exhausted and ended up getting on Anti-depressants and that’s really changed my life,” he explained. “Anxiety was basically dictating all my descisions/movements [sic]. I can only say to anybody reading, if you’re feeling like things aren’t going right for you mentally then do reach out and make some changes. I had no...
Elohim Drops Candid “Journey to the Center of Myself, Vol. 3” EP: Listen
Earlier this year Elohim announced her four-part EP series titled Journey to the Center of Myself, a result of setting up a home studio during lockdown. After releasing the first two parts in 2021, she’s now capping off a huge year with the series’ third volume. The self-released, five-track EP offers insights into the inner workings of Elohim’s brilliant mind. As someone who has openly struggled with mental health issues, her lyrics explore anxiety, depression, and dissociation in a way that’s relatable and healing. “this EP is for the emotions,” she said in an Instagram post. Recommended Articles Kicking things off on the EP is “Little Idiot,” which explores self-loathing and self-sabotage with guitar licks and electropop flair. On the same topic of...
Ask Dr. Mike: The Big Lie We Tell Ourselves About Substance Abuse
Supplementing the Going There with Dr. Mike podcast presented by Consequence and Sound Mind Live, the monthly “Ask Dr. Mike” column is here to answer listeners’ questions about their mental health. This past month’s episodes focused on Substance Abuse, and with the holiday season rife with reasons to turn to unhealthy behavior, Dr. Mike is here to help demystify the reasons why we often turn to such bad habits. The holiday season is upon us once again. For many people, this can be a wonderful time in our lives filled with holiday parties, seeing family and friends, and exchanging gifts and gratitude. It’s also the time where we often find ourselves engaging in a range of unhealthy behaviors that are intended to be celebratory in nature. Those behaviors may range from bi...
A Fifth of Musicians Are Considering a Career Change Due to Lack of Income: Study
Instead of sweet music, musicians are hearing a death knell in the wake of the pandemic. According to a study by Help Musicians, one-fifth of musicians have considered a career change because they’re unable to make ends meet financially through music, among other factors. Other artists have done quite well on platforms like Spotify. Help Musicians interviewed nearly 1,000 musicians to gather insight and data on how the pandemic continues to affect working musicians. One-third of the surveyed musicians noted that they were still earning nothing after the pandemic. Nine in 10 musicians are earning less than £1,000 (about $1,338) per month. Peter F Recommended Articles “Whilst much of the economy is gradually getting back to normal, it will be a long time before musicia...
Underoath’s Aaron Gillespie Unmasks His Struggle with Mental Health
Anyone who has struggled with mental health issues can point to a moment when someone told them that what they’re feeling isn’t real. Aaron Gillespie—drummer and vocalist for the Grammy-nominated metal band Underoath, as well as the touring drummer for Paramore and founder of the band The Almost— recalls a time when the people around him said that his generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) could be addressed with something as simple as forgetting about the affliction. “My whole life the coping I received from anyone was, ‘If you feel it, ignore it because it isn’t real it’s in you mind,’” he says the latest installment of Sound Mind Unmasked, a video series featuring artists sharing their mental health journey and opening up about the toll touring and recording can take. Unmasked is focu...
How UPSAHL Coped with Breakup Anxiety
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS It’s common to struggle with anxiety following a difficult breakup, something UPSAHL knows all too well. She joined Dr. Mike Friedman on the Going There podcast to discuss how she dealt with being in her feelings. Advertisement Related Video One of the things that is so difficult about breakups is how central our relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be in our lives. Thus when we have a split, it can feel like our whole being has been undermined. UPSAHL talks about feeling like her sense of self was so rattled that she was having an “identity crisis.” In this episode of Going There, she reveals h...
Ask Dr. Mike: Helping a Family Member Cope with Bipolar Disorder
Spinning off from the Going There with Dr. Mike podcast, our monthly “Ask Dr. Mike” column here to help listeners cope with the various struggles of mental health. Sponsored by AbbVee’s GettingHereToThere.com, a safe online space for the bipolar 1 community to find inspiration through music and first-hand stories, this month’s episodes focus on bipolar disorder. Today, Dr. Mike Friedman is here with some tips to help family members cope with the intense mood swings of this affliction. Living with a mental illness such as bipolar disorder can be a struggle on many levels. We may swing from manic episodes of euphoria, agitation, and anger to depressive episodes of sadness, pleasure loss, and low energy and concentration. Feeling like we cannot control our moods may lead us to enga...
rationale.’s Dan Lambton on Managing Bipolar Disorder
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS This week on Going There, pop punk musician and mental health advocate Dan Lambton opens up about managing his bipolar disorder. Advertisement Related Video Many of you may know Dan from his work with the pop punk band Real Friends, and he’s currently a member of rationale. Throughout his career, Lambton has taken on the topic of mental health in his music, including Real Friends songs such as “From the Outside” and “Smiling on the Surface.” Even with rationale., the topics continue on tracks like “Same Old” off their upcoming The Problem Persists LP, due out early next year via Smartpunk Records. Off record, ...
Celebrate World Mental Health Day with Our BOGO Flower Lab CBD Sale
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How Mary Lambert Makes Mental Health More “Legible”
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Musician Mary Lambert shares her struggle with bipolar disorder on the latest episode of Going There with Dr. Mike. Advertisement Related Video The Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter speaks with Dr. Mike Friedman about how she experienced both manic episodes — in which she seemed more elated, energized or grandiose — and depressive episodes where she had no energy and was unable to do even basic tasks. These episodes often felt like they come out of nowhere, leaving her feeling trapped by a biological process over which she had no control. Lambert explained that during her manic episodes, she felt at ris...
