I personally generally prefer silence, but I feel like I'm in the minority. Sometimes in the car I put on classical music (because LA traffic can be aggravating, and often classical music can be soothing). What sort of music do you like to put on, and is it different in different circumstances?
It usually varies, but I just have different playlists filled with songs I have. I have a disassociation playlist because of my BPD. I’ll often listen to songs based on the interests of people around me and I’ll put those songs in that playlist. I’ll like those songs in the moment but it’s not songs I typically vibe with when I’m more like myself.
Most of my musical knowledge comes from friends, or movie soundtrack or songs I've heard used in TV shows, or sometimes from music classes (band and choir). I wish I knew better ways to stumble upon music; I feel like a lot of people follow artists or get really into discovering bands and things like that.
8-bit/videogame music lofi, alt. Rock, some EDM or hyperpop for when I need high energy but also won’t turn down some mainstream/pop to sing along to in the car (p!atd, Coldplay, Pink, Rihanna)
I haven’t listened to music in a long time; I honestly prefer quiet and sound from my games over music. if I did, my playlist would consist of video game soundtracks like FFX OST, individual anime theme songs like Ready Steady go by L’arc en ciel, a couple TM revolution songs, Iron Maiden, The Clash, Story of the Year, some Lostprophets, My Chemical Romance, 311, maybe some Enrique Iglesias depending on my mood. Just to name a handful of what’s on my ipod.
It really depends on what phase I'm in. There's a bunch of house music in there now, there's always a bit of jazz, there's always prog influence. I just make myself playlists of whichever music I'm fixating on.
