Pink. Desperately in love. Hopeless romantic. Dreams of sweet
sixteens’ and dream weddings. Shops from places like Hollister and Abercrombie,
and frets about losing weight to be liked. Insecure. Girly. NOT ME.
These words describe your average, every day teenager. But
these words don’t describe me. I’m NOT that girl. Instead I’m the girl who
listens to rock and alternative music, whose iPods ‘most played’ songs freak
people out at times. The girl who plans her dream ‘underage’ club, for teenage
kids to use as a retreat and dance like crazy. The girl who wishes to interview bands, and help out in setting
up and planning underground concerts. The girl who wishes to change lives, have
a voice and KICK BUTT!
Today I am guest posting for the pretty awesome owner of Seductive Mania, Becky! And I thought I’d write a small guide to drugs for you
guys... ;)
Wait! Don’t run away yet! Let me explain. The ‘drugs’ I’m
mentioning is really just a reference to music! Music does give you a kind of
high. Only the right kind. (hehe).
Today, I’m going to let you guys in on what I do to feel KICK ASS and ALIVE!
Everyone has setbacks, big and small. Everyone starts to
feel insecure about themselves, and EVERYONE (even the tall, gorgeous popular
girl and the rebellious confident bad boy) feel bad about themselves at times,
feel like they are good for nothing, worthless and that their passions and
dreams are stupid and a waste of time( or they have controlling parents over
their heads constantly making them believe so). Everyone has experienced
depression, including me. But you know what? I learnt how to get back on my
feet, move on with my life, be strong and kick serious butt!
Everyone has their own ways for feeling alive and awesome.
One thing I do is create play lists. I create play lists of songs that motivate
me and make me feel good, I create play lists of songs that describe my life.. i
even create playlists for other people! To reassure people who have problems
with their appearance, to comfort those who have lost a loved one. There are
songs out there that adhere to EVERY SINGLE possible situation you might be in,
or have experienced. You just have to look
for them, search for the people who have gone through the same thing as you, so
that you KNOW that you are not alone!
Another thing I do is that I go outside to a public place,
like a mall, a park, or heck even the drive way outside my house, and listen to
music with my earphones on, and look around. You can walk, run, skip, hike,
whatever you want with a selected play list on, and just be alone with your
self and your thoughts. Something about the surroundings and the music playing
in the back ground energizes you and helps you make self realizations. Also,
you feel like you’re the main character in a movie with all the back ground music
and emo talk!
Other things I do to
feel alive and happy include watching action packed adrenaline boosting movies,
like the Fast and Furious series, and pretending like I’m in the movie kicking
butt and performing dangerous stunts; dressing up in my nicest clothes, doing
my hair and makeup, and then dancing to music like a crazy mad woman; sitting
on my off white couch named Burt and talking to him and doing things people say
i cannot do!!
I hope this post helps you guys realize just how awesome you
can be, that music can help you more than you realized, that it’s okay to be
different and weird, and how it’s completely
NORMAL to name your couch and talk to him..right?
My current playlist:
xoxo Mana
Thanks for posting Maham! If you are interesting in guest posting or sponsoring Seductive Mania (for free!), shoot me an email here!
