Relient K What's Your Therapy Contest

Add a Comment

Comment by Hannah Greene 4 hours ago

concerts are my therapy.
after enduring the days and nights of riding this roller coaster that we call life, as the weeks go by, i get stressed out, or tired of doing pretty much the same thing every day. sometimes i don't have anything to look forward to in my day, so i don't really want to roll my self out of my bed.

but not even a year ago, i went to my first concert. that changed everything. it was amazing. the adrenalin rush was awesome. and of course, having fun and listening to and meeting bands that i love is fantastic all in itself. but in addition to all of that, it brought something new in my life. a reason to get up in the morning. a reason to look forward to the week ahead of me. a reason to save up my money. it's also given me a new way to spend time with people close to me, and people who i don't know, but obviously have something in common with. it's great to be in a place where you don't have to worry about people fighting or hating on others, because everybody is there for the same reason: to enjoy the live talent of a band or bands that you love.

in addition to all of this, for me, concerts have provided an escape from my everyday life to go do something that i actually love to do. and provided a form of therapy that you can't put a price on: a once in a lifetime experience that you'll cherish forever, that you're guaranteed to enjoy, and something that will definitely make you feel better after a rough/stressful/straight up awful week.

my collage is made up of a medley of pictures that i have taken at concerts that i've been to over the past (almost) year. they've documented memorable moments, talented people i look up to, and drawings that i've made for some of the bands that i've gone to see. :)

Comment by Makaila Hepburn 23 hours ago

If it werent for those bands above, I'd probably wouldnt be here today. I was bullied everyday since 5th grade in school and in church. I remember this one girl who everyday told me that i was ugly. for two years. and that really damaged my self esteem. By time i got to high school, i was so focused on what people thought of me that, i didnt try anything new. Sophomore year was the worst year for me ever. I almost committed suicide because of everything that happened. and all because of one class. I told my mom but at the time i dont think she understood fully what was going on and the schools policy is a sort of if i dont see, cant do nothing about it. So i started focusing more on music. I felt so alone. My family couldnt help me, my teachers couldnt help me, my friends couldnt help me so i focused music. Every lyric i could relate to, the drums, the guitars, the basses, the screaming/singing vocalng that i was too afraid to do. Every time i put on my headphones, i drifted away to another place where i was wanted.
After that year things started to get better and are getting better every day. I’m turning 19 in 2 months and I still have trust issues, I have issues with letting people in. I found a new church and am going to miss them when I move to Seattle. I still go to my old church because I help out with the children and not everyone is there who made of me. Two years ago, I wouldn’t be able to have walked though the place like I do now, because I was afraid of what the teens would say about me. I knew that not how Christians should act. But now, it hurts but I don’t give a crap what people say about me now. I cant change for other people and I’m not going to change because others want me too. I refuse to be all the stereotypes. I love me and I wouldn’t change anything for the world. Hopefully one day, a guy will see me and love me for me too. I’m currently looking for a bass guitar or a drum set so I can teach myself how to play both. And I wanna learn how to skateboard too  Now writing this, I know that music has really saved my life. God, music, family & friends keep me going every day. So now that I am realizing this, I’m gonna start saying thank you too all the bands I’ve listened to since middle school. So thank Fall Out Boy, Skillet, Forever The Sickest Kids, Nickelback, Mudvayne, Good Charlotte and all the other bands I’ve listened. Whether it was one song or a whole entire album. You guys kept me going and helped me realized that I should focus on what people say about me. I still have those tendencies and I don’t think that they will ever go away. I’m just really glad that I didn’t commit suicide. And I did it all by myself. I’m probably gonna need therapy but why pay $2,000 a session when I can just put on my headphones for way less? 

Comment by AFrigginViking on November 18, 2009 at 3:30pm

Music is my help. I am afraid I might loose my hearing b/c I already have really bad hearing. If that ever happens, i would lay down and die.

These bands in this pic is just awesome, and I will always be greatful cuz they have written, sung and played the words I feel.

love AFrigginViking

Comment by Isabella on November 17, 2009 at 4:32pm

never been good with words actually

Comment by Isabella on November 17, 2009 at 4:32pm

my therapy? any kinds of art, mostly the ones without words i think is better express with images and sounds than words is like i don't need to really think of what i'm doing and just relax and all it's the best...at least in my life

Comment by Jordan Troi Hendricks on November 16, 2009 at 7:23pm

Music is my therapy because it is like my escape. I don't have the best home life, and I don't have a lot of REAL friends because all of them just love o gossip about me literally right behind my back. However, when I pop in my favorite tunes, I can relax and forget all of my troubles. Certain songs make me really happy and hyper, and others just fix my mood. When I'm pissed off or angry, I listen to certain kinds of music and it makes me feel better.

I really love Relient K's lyrics "Jesus gets us through the good and bad times. And lets us know that everything will be just fine." Those lyrics really helped me get through some tought stuff. Music is my therapy because people sing with passion, and the deeper they are, the more they mean. Some songs make me wanna dance, some make me wanna sing and scream, and others even make me want to cry. But that's the beauty of it all :)

A lot of Nickasaur!'s songs are really cute and the lyrics just makes me smile, no matter what mood I'm in. I don't know what it is, but a lot of Hollywood Undead's music makes me crazy :) It's like it speaks right to my soul. I don't know what it is. I think it's Deuce's voice, cuz he's my favv.

Music is the only way I can be me. My parents don't let me express myself the way I want to. This music releases what feels like a tight grip on the leash my parents have tied to me. It feels so good to just kick back and feel my self be unleashed for a while. You have no idea what music has done for me. Some people think I'm crazy, because I ALWAYS have my iPod and I can't live without my music, but I know it's just the way I am. And if they can't accept it, who cares? My music will console me if they ever get me upset.

With love,
Jordan

Comment by buriedunder33 on November 15, 2009 at 8:05pm

It's funny how this contest made me see how far I am from the girl I used to be. 3 years ago I quited school because I couldn't get to one class without crying and beeing scared. I had social anxiety and I stayed at home for a year not wanting to get out of my room. Since I can remember... I was bullied at school and a lot and things weren't great at home either through my childhood. So this ''mental poison'' took everything from me exept one thing... Music!

While doing this little art for this contest I had to listen to songs I was listening when I didn't felt well and geez this felt sooo weird. I remember listening to some screamo songs while walking to school and I remember how at that time it felt good... but it was never enough. I remember being in my room at 3-4 AM listening to something that would give me strenght to keep up. When I locked myself up in my room for a year I remember that the only thing that kept me sane was music....

When I was trying so hard to make me believe that I wasn't worth a thing... I was still believing that someday I'll be on a stage saving people like me who deserves to live too.

That's what kept me alive....

Today It's my second year in a adult school and I have music courses everyday for 4 hours... we do shows... we record our stuff... and I sing for a band and I have a boyfriend =) hehe And I'm getting pretty good in playing guitar too... though I have a hard time with B and F my fingers are not strong enough to hold all the strings. But I'm getting there.... if that music school wasn't there... I don't know if I would of continue school. Music saved me... and it still saves me eveyday!!!

ps sorry for my english!

Stephanie

Comment by The Boogyman on November 15, 2009 at 7:08pm

My therapy...hmm..my therapy would have to be sitting on the beach with my 4 best friends, watching the sun come up, jamming to my favorite old school tunes. Feeling the start of the day begin is so exhilarating. Knowing anything and everything can happen after this point. The sun's warmth is therapy enough. Just knowing blood flows through me is inspiration enough.

Comment by Ana Ramirez on November 15, 2009 at 3:44pm

First off, I'd like to say thank you for at least reading this. My name is Ana. When you ask what my therapy is, it's easy to say, music. It's been my therapy forever, but it might as well be my religion. Specific music that speaks to me is the music of Panic! At The Disco. It may just be Brendon's voice that makes my day get way better. No matter if it's one of their original songs or a cover, it brings a smile to my face. My life isn't going to well right now. I was recently put into foster care, and my sister, and I are split up. I'm not asking for pity, but for someone to understand. I can't tell my therapist everything. I can't tell her that I saw my mother get beat everyday by my sister's father, I was molested by my baby sitter, or that I was around drugs all the time. Music is all that understands me, the only thing I can turn to without being stabbed in the back. Thank you Brendon, so much for making life worth living. I've actually been suicidal, but your music speaks to my soul.

Comment by isabella maria degrasse on November 15, 2009 at 1:00pm

its hard to say what my threapy is.some times it family sometimes its just having fun with my friends.but most of the time is the music.the songs just read out to you.by music you can express how you feel if your sad,happy,angry.it just says it all.in hey monday's song josey it about a girl letting the the party scene get her.by like getting wasted all the time and cant stop it but eventually it will stop.and in paramore's song ignorance it like we use to be so close and now where just so different.we use to be best friends and now your just ignroante.i can express my self in many ways i love to just scream songs when in sad or angry.i just listen to them and sing along when im happy.right now my theme song is stuttering by the friday night boys because i when im around him i just act different and mess everything up. and my other song is haven can wait by we the kings because its saying lets be together before we go to heaven.lets just go do random things.many songs have a lot of meaning but so just jump out to you.i have many song i listen to when im dapressed or happy or angry.every one can relate to music if your old young or in between.music will always be apart of everyone life.if you like rock,rap,oldies,pop,r&b music it will alwasy be around no matter what even if the everyone in the world turns into robots.hopefully that dont happen but even if it does music will be my therapy.

• First
• Previous
• Next
• Last