When it comes to coping skills one of my absolute favorites is music. When I’m calm and feeling peaceful and quiet I like to listen to Simon and Garfunkel. When I’ve had a long day at work I’ve been known to blast some Taylor Swift and sing at the top of my lungs while I drive home! Icon for Hire is another great band for those long days! I have different playlists for cleaning, for dancing, for sadness and then there’s this one…
I made this playlist “out of the darkness” to reflect some of the darkest times in my life. Unfortunately I still have those days where everything just feels like too much and I’m not sure if I’ll make it through. On those days I’ll play this and remember that even though it’s dark right now it can and does get better. This list is definitely more on the rock/alt rock side of things. If that’s your type of music I bet you’ll love it! If it’s not then hopefully you’ll find something here you like.
Music can heal the wounds that medicine cannot touch.
Debasish Mridha
Supposed to Be (Icon for Hire, Still Can’t Kill Us)
Under the Knife (Icon for Hire, You Can’t Kill Us)
Crawling (Linkin Park, One More Light Live)
One More Light (Linkin Park, One More Light)
Monster (Imagine Dragons, Smoke + Mirrors)
Happy Hurts (Icon for Hire, You Can’t Kill Us)
Numb (Linkin Park, Meteora)
Demons (Imagine Dragons, Night Visions)
Heavy (feat. Kiiara) (Linkin Park, Kiiara, One More Light)
Get Well (Icon for Hire, Scripted)
Somewhere I Belong (Linkin Park, Minutes to Midnight)
Iodine (Icon for Hire, Scripted)
What I’ve Done (Linkin Park, Minutes to Midnight)
Hollow (Icon for Hire, Hollow)
There is power in both creating and sharing a playlist. If you’ve made one I’d love to see it! What’s your go-to playlist? Feel free to share in the comments! If you haven’t then I would challenge you to give it a try! There’s power and healing to be found in…
