Does anyone avoid their favorite music to listen to because of OCD? I've been dealing with strong intrusive thoughts from trauma and I tried listening to one of my favorite songs just to clear my mind only for it to remind me of the situation..now I've been avoiding not just music, but anything nostalgic that puts me at ease because I don't want it to be associated with the new memories. It's been eating me for months to be quite honest. I don't know if it's just me.

It’s not just you, that was bothering me a lot this past summer and I would avoid the songs I liked because I didn’t want to be reminded of bad things every time I hear it and ruin the song. But after a while it was too hard and I forced myself to still listen to that music and now those songs rarely (if ever) remind me of those terrible thoughts.

Thank you so much, I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I thought I was going crazy.

Ik how hard that is and I’m really sorry you’re dealing with that right now :( it will get better and I hope you know how strong you are. You’re not alone in this

Thank you once again. This really brightened my mood.

When I’m bad I don’t listen to my favourite music either. I find I ruminate more while it’s playing. I don’t know if this is normal - should I be pushing through and making myself listen to it?

Yeah, I honestly don't know if it's normal either. I knew that it at least has something to do with my OCD. Normally, I would listen to new music and make good memories from that.

I used to like music a lot, now I cannot listen to anything...