c/depression·Posted by u/daniel_cho·1h ago

Does music sound flat and far away for anyone else, even songs you used to love?

I put on the playlist I used to drive to last summer, the one with the long stretches of guitar I knew by heart, and it sounded like it was playing in another room even with the volume up. I was sitting on the floor next to the speaker. I could list the lyrics. I could not feel the thing in my ribs that used to show up by the second chorus. I skipped three songs thinking it was a bad mix, then I realized it was all of them. That playlist used to make the car feel bigger. Last summer I would take the long way home just to finish a track. Last night I turned it off and sat in the quiet because the quiet was at least honest. I miss the songs more than I miss being in a good mood, which sounds strange when I write it down. Is this a volume problem in my head, or do other people get this too?

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