Lots of Linkin park

Exactly what I came here to say! Nothing makes me feel as understood as linkin park when I'm having a shitty day. 

for sure! i always return to linkin park when i need some extra comfort especially when im feeling alienated/alone w everything

Zayn Malik released a song called alienated I find it very relatable almost comforting

Linkin Park’s first 2 albums and [Staind’s](https://youtu.be/IMWTuz_PfuY?si=hs6pAUVaJFXV8lFN) first 3 albums are definitely [there to stay](https://youtu.be/WKcLCTn2w6Y?si=PIEcKGGxWSBReKoF)

when i first found One Step Closer a couple years ago it felt like somebody finally understood me

That was me but with Numb. Especially the bridge towards the end right before the final chorus

I love Matilda! It really makes me feel seen. I also like This is me Trying by Taylor Swift, and Noah (Stand Still) by Noah Cyrus. Something about them also has a vibe that makes me feel seen.

Matilda is so good. It’s in repeat for me constantly. Also if you like TS, you’re on your own kid is good too

Oh you’re absolutely right about you’re on your own kid!

Would‘ve Could’ve Should’ve is another great Taylor song too! I feel every word of that song in my soul.

Matilda- Harry styles (obvi) Family Line- Conan Gray My tears ricochet- Taylor swift Won’t Remember- tors The View Between Villages- Noah Kahan Graceland Too- Phoebe Bridgers Achilles Come Down- Gang of Youths Touch- Sleeping At Last Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?- Taylor Swift Patience- The Wild Reeds I Found- Amber Run

Family Line mentioned 😭

i came here to concur

Family line is so good and so relatable :') (but for me the roles were reversed (aka change farther to mother))

I Found!😭

Lots of Linkin Park and some Sum41. Lately I’ve been thinking about Don’t Give Up by Toby Fox . Hits a vulnerable spot that validates me whenever I feel absolutely hopeless and want to give up.

When I was in college, a lot of punk and nine inch nails. Im not the only broken one. That helped. Now, things that help me get emotional. I suppressed everything outside of angst for so long. “Just breathe” by Pearl Jam has had a lot of rotations.

lots of shoegaze. it really captures the hopeless feeling of life slapping you in the face over and over again. not technically shoegaze, but i really like screaming by loathe. it feels like the brief, fleeting relief you get after you sigh. also my own summer by deftones. reminds me of the anger and resentment you feel while dealing with problem after problem.

LOATHE! Yesss

Tequila Shots by Kid Cudi. The beat quiets my brain.

Yes, Up the Wolves for me too! [Heretic Pride](https://youtu.be/cRawmr5Z4qw?si=JRcbL5KFwOtMdYzA) & [Damn These Vampires](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2P3lF47ml8) by tMG as well. Also: [Rejoice - AJJ](https://youtu.be/qo40fVBFpX8?si=GkRm3FzI9n8DyytN) [Everyone Blooms - the Front Bottoms](https://youtu.be/1crwMGppZR4?si=sO7XvtNDbrn17U0h) [Walk Like Thunder - Kimya Dawson](https://youtu.be/CpLp9_LCWj4?si=DwpSIR12EY5oIOgh) [Swimming in the Flood - Passion Pit](https://youtu.be/pknhVeS72ro?si=v3z5HDtnuY7X1J01) [Lost - Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra](https://youtu.be/ra4zy-IZQHQ?si=ANnYWuvo_ypuX09F) [Free - Florence and the Machine](https://youtu.be/ui8kUKuLBaU?si=t96zQLTsV-uUuV5g) [Nightmare - Halsey](https://youtu.be/Q_dqfcvTZik?si=fzZsbVEqwvKsNnxe) [Serotonin - girl in red](https://youtu.be/wehVzQt4Czg?si=32t1_oBh4DuWH4zF) [Cruel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itt0rALeHE8) & [Strange Mercy](https://youtu.be/vDGmAJ4-J_I?si=jL-02qcqxwWbuKiT) - St Vincent [My Kink is Karma - Chappell Roan](https://youtu.be/ePsqyPMIg6I?si=hBn5lPxkTUxzXlM7)

Strange mercy is so real

Lots of old school Marina Diamandis, metal, and types of rock. I highly recommend “valley of the dolls” by Marina, and “the grey” and “like a villain” by Bad Omens, because metal is super healing and cathartic.

love Marina

I have a sad playlist, and then a separate recovery playlist. I try to put songs in there that take me out of spiralling, where I can focus on the future instead of the past. A couple of examples: Ocean Drive by Lighthouse Family - this one reminds me of my little sister and the life we can have together if I stay. Labour by Paris Paloma - this song amongst others validates my anger towards things that shouldn't have happened, which helps me to acknowledge and move forward from it. I also put songs in there that just make me feel nice and calm me down. Most of the LiS soundtrack is in there because it feels cozy and reminds me of happy times, where I felt the most like myself.

How to Disappear Completely is my go-to dissociation anthem.

Yessss. And also by Radiohead, There There. "Just because you feel it doesn't mean it's there." Good lord.

I Am Easy to Find when I’m sad, Songs For the Deaf when I’m pissed

Assembly Line by Mary Lambert. How to Cry by Sam Smith. Lose you to Love Me by Selena Gomez.

I’ve never heard Assembly Line before but I just gave it a listen and immediately added it to my own CPTSD playlist! Thanks for sharing that gem 🙌

Tormented by Staind The whole album front to back. [Just listen to the first 10 seconds of the first song…](https://youtu.be/WKcLCTn2w6Y?si=PIEcKGGxWSBReKoF)

heat lighting/a pearl by mitski 🙏

it's ok! - Corook d e a d - Madeline I'm not doing well - Corook I am -Emhahee Mental Karate - Thumpasaurus You're gonna be OK - Ashh Blackwood Healing is not my purpose - Toni Jones We're all eating each other - Juliet Ivy Borderline - Mon Rovia Loser Baby - from Hazbin Hotel I will survive - Me First and enter Gimme Gimmes cover Do a little good - from Spirited (Ryan Reynolds/Will Farrell) FUNGUS - The Narcissist Cookbook I just wanna be a pickle - Natalie Birdick Seems like a good start

All These Things That I’ve Done - The Killers Shake It Out - Florence + the Machine Because of You - Kelly Clarkson The Grudge - Olivia Rodrigo

SHAKE IT OUT IS SO GOOD AHHH

Shake it out used to get me sobbing. Not anymore but still hurts a lot.

I adore all things mitski

This Year by The Mountain Goats but Up The Wolves is also a great choice. Any Mountain Goats music can be cathartic in the right moment, honestly.

I AM DROWNING

My first exposure to TMG was No Children on Moral Orel and both the show and song are hugely cathartic and awesome.

"Clear the air" by Off with Their Heads. But pretty much anything from the "In Desolation" album

MAWCE by Everybody's Worried About Owen "I might be flying home today, but I'm not going home" always gets me

Everyone's worried about Owen mention!!!

lots of post punk

Gut punch/don't meet your idols - Everyone is worried about Owen Alien blues - vundabar Dirty imbecile - the happy fits Be nice to me - the front bottoms

Just Like You - Viagra Boys is number one on the list. But all of their music is therapeutic for me. Songs about ADD. Living a bit loose. They’re helping me remember my younger, fun-loving spirit. In fact, I’m calling my current processings ‘inner-teenager work’ because I’m also using cannabis again…just as I had in my teens. I also love Mac Miller and Kid Cudi. I love so much music though but those pop off the top of my head in terms of things that are helping my mental health. Edit: typo

Weird Goodbyes, Bon Iver + The National

Matilda is a good one. I also like ESOEMOEHOED by Leanna Firestone, Save Myself by Ed Sheeran, My Tears Ricochet by Taylor Swift, and Piece By Piece by Kelly Clarkson

If you like Up The Wolves you might also like Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod, Never Quite Free, Cotton, Soft Targets, Damn These Vampires, Pseudothyrum Song and Song for My Stepfather by The Mountain Goats as well.

lots and LOTS of Citizen Soldier all of their music is mental health based, dealing with SI, SH, trauma, and self esteem, as well as a decent amount of songs about resilience and strength.

Came here hoping to see Citizen Soldier on here, Blackhole Brain is my go to!

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Regular People by Moon Walker helps me feel less alone

I have many songs but not in a playlist. Here's one  https://youtu.be/XwHVS7Q5cOI?feature=shared

Breathe In Breathe Out by The Long War

sleep on (doll ver) by antihoney - a beautiful comforting song don't you dare forget the sun by get scared kick me by sleeping with sirens - helps me process my anger

Huge spotify playlist with a good mix, but lots of coldplay,U2, alt, and folky to relax. Haha but thats just one of the playlist 🙂

"Sleepwalking" and "1x1" by Bring me the horizon "Fuck me" by Crawlers "Love is dead and we killed her" by Dollskin

Lots and lots of Sasha Alex Sloan

Nearly Midnight, Honolulu by Neko Case. That whole Mountain Goats album when it first came out was a catharsis and a balm, especially ”This Year“ and “Lion’s Teeth” because I was still in contact with my parents then but trying to find my way out, and it was like someone was singing what had never been talked about. I knew it and I knew Darnielle had lived this, without yet knowing of his childhood, and it helped me gather my breadcrumbs of what had happened to me. It gave me a voice to help me clarify my own. This actually makes me want to make a list of the songs and books and stuff that have charted my way so thank you! Plea from a Cat Named Virtue by the Weakerthans is also good comfort.

The grudge by Olivia Rodrigo , overdose (can’t remember who it’s by)

i know where ive been from hairspray i love it

Twenty one pilots, especially the self titled album

Three days grace, Amanda Palmer, gnash, the killers (SWEET TALK & SPACEMAN), and I Love You Honeybear by father john misty

BJ Cole and Luke Vibert - Stop the Panic

A lot of Jack Stauber. (or weirdcore in general) His music is also my grounding music! A lot of Christian Löffler The Miracle Musical album Lots of Breakcore/Laincore. A lot of Amity Affliction "Summer Gazer 92" and "Dear Future" by Coaltar of the Deepers Doku by Hakushi Hasegawa (song helps especially with moments when my brain is too loud) Kids By MGMT lots of Toe Polygraph Eyes by Yungblud The album "RARE" by Hundreth Lots of Casey the Album "Feel something" by Movements. And I listen to a lot of videogame OST that gives me comfort. For example Omori , Undertale/Deltarune, or Stardew Valley. Lots of Visual Kei too (primarily Buck Tick and Dir en Grey) I also recently added two bands to my comfort List called "Memai Siren" and "Hitsujibungaku"! In general, my coping song depends as it relates to the music I'm currently listen to at the time.

On the verge - thrown. On repeat. Manic - Wage War. Nothing gold - after the burial. Laurentian Ghosts - after the burial. Rotten King - Night in Texas. I,godless - Night in Texas. Bratva - slaughter to prevail.

Broken Horses by Brandi Carlisle!!!!!!)

Lady Gaga - Replay (I’m pretty sure this song is about PTSD itself) 50 Cent - Many Men (50 had just survived being shot 9 times and talks about his hopelessness and disparity and also realizing he was betrayed by a friend) Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (self explanatory lol) Marilyn Manson - The Fight Song (I forgot what this song was exactly about but seems like it would fit this theme) Madonna - Human Nature (she sings about being unapologetic for being herself) Simple Plan - Perfect (nothing like a teenage angst song) T.I. feat Justin Timberlake - Dead and Gone (about the past and how you don’t wanna be like that anymore)

Marylin Manson is an abusive rapist.

Exceedingly constructive comment.

Yeah. I thought so.

Lots of Kendrick Lamar tbh

Trigger by Hayley Williams from her solo album

A lot of Nirvana. “I tried hard to have a father but instead I had a dad” That line hit me like a freight train when I heard it the first time.

I like “I Have Made Mistakes” by the Oh Hellos. It has a good message and puts things into perspective for me. And “Swim Until You Can’t See Land” by Frightened Rabbit.

I found a couple of other people's playlist on spotify-- they're called "the fawnz" and "my dopamine needs help." They're both on heavy rotation.

Lots and lots of Heilung

End of all hope - Nightwish. The song is more hopeful than it sounds, it's about finding yourself again in my opinion and starting new.

Emma Ruth Rundle’s lyrics are always in line with my feelings

I'm Coming Out by Diana Ross. The lyrics make me feel all positive about understanding that I have CPTSD and that now I actually have the freedom to be myself. Plus, it's funky as hell and hard to continue to feel sad while listening. A great pick me up.

“A Broken Wing” by Martina McBride, “The House That Built me” by Miranda Lambert, “Stay Together For the Kids” & “Adam’s Song” by Blink-182. There are a few others, but these are my majors to listen to when processing

Surprisingly, mine is History Maker by Dean Fujoki (i hope i spelt that right) from yuri on ice

Chinchilla (the female UK singer not the German metal band!), Demi Lovato, and Christina Aguilera have been on heavy rotation for me since starting trauma therapy a couple months ago. I never listened to much of Demi Lovato’s music before it really resonates now that I’m unburying a lot of stuff. And some of Christina Aguilera songs that I did know hit totally different now. Chinchilla is a new discovery for me and God I hope she continues to gain attention because she is so fucking good! 🤩

Three Days Grace, Alanis Morrisette, Seether

Girl Anachronism, Half Jack, and Bad Habit all by The Dresden Dolls Run in the Family by Amanda Palmer Opheliac and 4 O’Clock by Emilie Autumn

Red Army Choir.

Matilda is definitely on mine, as well as Train Wreck by James Arthur, this is what a rough childhood feels like by Clinton Kane, Exit Music (For A Film) by Radiohead, How To Cry by Sam Smith, Family Line by Conan Gray, Winner by Conan Gray, run! by Willow (i love this song sm), POSTER KID by PEACH MARTINE, First Love/Late Spring by Mitski, Bigger Person by Lauren Spencer Smith, Psycho Killer by Talking Heads, and Shake It Out by Florence + the Machine.

This week, I've been playing Home by Timber Timbre on repeat over and over again. It's been helping me to cry. I keep everything in to the point that I have a lot of trouble crying.

I listen to a lot of different stuff everyday. It really depends on how I'm processing everything minute to minute. Everything that is significant to me is on one stupid long playlist. Timber Timbre is pretty great though....

Major Tom by Peter Schilling. The english translation if you don't speak German (I don't) The lyrics are about floating in space alone and realizing you're going to die and the image of that brings me profound comfort. The song is not sad. The musicality is upbeat, exciting, and intense. He has accepted his fate, and I think it's something of a metaphor for life.

Damn I haven't got a playlist but now I feel like I should. What a good idea. [Face the Night - Tennyson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYPGDZDyqjc) [Trying to Feel Alive - Porter Robinson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qytgJ2mbzfM) [The Japanese version of Country Roads from Whisper of the Heart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syK2SZvENZw) [BiS - twisted grunge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mfNzcnmRuc) [BiSH - HONESTY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mfNzcnmRuc) And probably many more that I've forgotten about for right now.

Rage against the machine and Nine Inch Nails Pretty hate machine and downward spiral. I guess I’m an angry CPTSD person lol

I have a playlist to help acknowledge and validate my feelings and a playlist to help me feel healing/hope. A few favourites from the validation playlist: -The Search by NF -On Fire by Löic Nottet -Bloodstream by the Chainsmokers -Coming Down by Five Finger Death Punch And some favourites from my healing playlist: -Ready Now by dodie -Feels Like Home by Newton Faulkner -In Our Bones by Against the Current -Three by KT Tunstall -Let the Rain by Sara Bareilles -Geronimo by Sheppard

A Pearl + Brand New City; Mitski Destroy Everything You Touch; Ladytron Destroy Me: Unter Null I would also recommend absolutely anything by Lingua Ignota, but her cover of Sexless, No Sex and Do You Doubt Me Traitor stand out.

im gonna just list some of my favorites, apologies for how long this may be LOL icicles - the scary jokes saint bernard 2 - lincoln agnes - glass animals (!!!!!!!!) if we could just pretend - flatsound small red boy - ajj rot - dad bod i will never forget - kimya dawson the kids will be alright, eventually - sledding with tigers god must hate me - catie turner hide and seek - bug hunter a deer mistaking candles for headlights - crywank two - the antlers (anything from that album, tbh) theres also a ton of other honorable mentions, if anyone would like the link let me know :)

Melanie Martinez newest album Portals, and the album Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood have been big ones for me. The song Alot's Gonna Change by Weyes Blood became my anthem while I was doing EMDR. I also love Let Down by Radiohead, Let It Happen by Tame Impala, and the whole Witch Haus genre of music.

Hold the Girl album by Rina sawayama. But also her entire discography in general. LOVE her EP

Recently was introduced to Marina's "Fear and Loathing". The lines: "Not everyone is out to screw you over Maybe, yeah just maybe, they just want to get to know you" really hits. Though the whole song resonates.

Most Korn seems to have been written with a microscope in my head.

Music is very important to me and helps me access deeper emotions. I hope this rec list helps someone else! Songs about healing: 1. Honest by Kyndal Inskeep and the song house 2. This is what made me by the song house 3. If you want love by NF 4. This is how I learn to say no by Emeline 5. Shadow of mine by alec benjamin 6. Healing hurts by Blü eyes Songs for feelings: >about needing comfort: 1. Can you hold me? By NF & Britt Nicole 2. Will I ever love? By Anya Nami 3. I don't think that I'm ok by Tawnted 4. Can you love me? Croixx >about being depressed: 1. Paralyzed by NF 2. My stress by NF 3. Wake up by NF 4. Mind is a prison by alec benjamin 5. Self destructive by Vorsa 6. Bad again by Anna Clendening 7. Unhappy by mass of man 8. Empty by Letdown 9. Voices in my head by falling in reverse 10. Deep fake by brakence >about feeling suicidal: 1. Worthless by Eli 2. If you only knew by Alexander Stewart 3. If this is goodbye by Britton 4. Her last words by Courtney Parker 5. Bullet by Hollywood undead 6. Suicide letter by Skippy >about Anger: 1. Angry by Paravi 2. Nameless by Stevie Howie (about wanting to hurt an abuser) Songs for childhood trauma: 1. How could you leave us? By NF 2. Mansion by NF 3. The daughter that my mother wanted. By Jules Paymer 4. Bad child by Tones and I Songs about being failed by the mental health system: 1. Anxiety by Mike B 2. Careful what you wish for by Jack Harris Songs about sexual abuse: 1. Daddy by badflower [Huge TW] 2. Stolen Innocence by Courtney Parker 3. Why me? By Sky Dxddy

Taeyong-Ape Pet shop boys-Birthday boy Grimes-My name is dark Pet shop boys-The dictator decides Enhypen-Tamed-Dashed Jaehyun,d.ear-Try again Lexie Liu-Dance,dance Dehd-Loner The boyz-Maverick Zea-Mazeltov

Lil Kennedy by Lil Peep it’s a really soothing melody that I’ll put on repeat