Do you find music so very emotionally powerful?

[Handcreamqueen]

I love music, adore most genres of music.

My mum always had the radio playing as I was growing up and I always have the radio playing in the background wherever I am.
I flick between various stations and in particular stations playing music from my younger years (70’s and 80’s). I also adore Jazz, Classical and Country.

I’ll admit to being an emotional/sensitive person but music really does something to me.

It can drive me insane and make me angry (especially heavy metal which is not my thing), totally relax me (I listen to relaxing Jazz or Country at night) but can also have me is tears, uncontrollable tears.

I am currently listening to Classic FM and they’ve played a John Barry piece (as they often do), I have no idea why his music affects me so much but I literally have tears rolling down my face every time I listen to his music. No idea why that is, but it truly sets something off in me and it’s not because they make me depressed but it triggers off something within me.

Does anyone else adore music and is emotionally charged by certain songs or pieces of music?

I get it op! I can literally get shivers from music that I love, even if it's the first time I've ever heard it - particularly classical/opera.

But I like most music, even heavy metal

You are aware there are people with sensitive personalities walking this planet, right? We’re not some urban myth, we do exist you know.
Why on earth would you be suspicious of anyone who claims to be sensitive - that’s makes zero sense.

You'll like this story OP. I work with pre school kids and a few years ago I did a little study where I played music to the kids and asked them how it made them feel, using emojis for less articulate kids. It was not successful as most were too young to understand the questions but one girls response stayed with me: I played Air on a G string and she paused for a while before saying 'happy sad'. When I asked her why she said the music made her feel sad but it was so beautiful that it made her happy so she felt both together.

There is a huge field of research for using music for emotional regulation. I'd love to study it someday

I certainly use it do that.

Music massively effects me but unlike you I can't have it on 24/7. Some days I'll listen to music but i actually find it too overwhelming sometimes - not like you'd notice, I'm not weeping but I really feel it.

I remember the being really carefully to only listen to the Four Tet album Rounds when I was really happy as i loved it but I felt if I ever associated it with sad times I'd never be able to enjoy it properly again, as it's quite moody.

Music is an absolute essential part of my life, either listening to it or playing it, as a very keen amateur.
When I was 5, my parents took me to see a pipe band and asked after 'did you enjoy that?' and they remembered my response - I said 'yes, it makes me feel good inside'. It still does.
I definitely use it for emotional regulation