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104 Songs To Help You Through Your Mental Illness

If there's on consistency of all mental illnesses, it's that music saves us.

Kelly Prososki

May 06, 2018

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104 Songs To Help You Through Your Mental Illness

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My battle with mental illness began when I was 12 and continued on to today. It is no secret that mental illness is a never-ending battle, whether it be depression, anxiety, ADHD/ADD, PTSD, bipolar disorder, or OCD. Each person experiences it differently, with their own symptoms and their own stories.

If there is one consistency across all of them though, it would be music.

Music is a coping mechanism that we all tend to flock to. It's soothing to know that there is someone out there who has been through what you are going through. I asked everyone I know what song helped them through their mental illnesses, and this is what they said.

1. Rise Up by Andra Day
2. Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara
3. Wash It All Away by Five Finger Death Punch
4. So Many Roads by Grateful Dead
5. Move Along by The All American Rejects
6. Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace
7. Goner by twenty one pilots
8. Fix You by Coldplay
9. Light of a Clear Blue Morning by Dolly Parton
10. Question Everything by Five Finger Death Punch
11. Roger Rabbit by Sleeping With Sirens
12. Touch of Grey by Grateful Dead
13. What A Catch, Donnie by Fall Out Boy
14. You'll Be Okay by A Great Big World
15. River Flows In You by Yiruma
16. Hurricane by Halsey
17. Hurt by Nine Inch Nails
18. Leave Out All The Rest by LINKIN PARK
19. 3% by Hobo Johnson
20. Hurricane by Ms Mr
21. 1-800-273-8255 by Logic
22. Row Jimmy by Grateful Dead
23. The Middle by Jimmy Eat World
24. Dear Agony by Breaking Benjamin
25. Hear Me by Imagine Dragons
26. Truce by twenty one pilots
27. Mama Said by Cat Clyde
28. Aloha Ke Akua by Nahok and Medicine for the People
29. Never Too Late by Three Days Grace
30. Fear Is a Liar by Zach Williams
31. Little One by Highly Suspect
32. Iridescent by LINKIN PARK
33. Have You Ever Seen The Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival
34. Soldier by Gavin DeGraw
35. Secret For The Mad by Dodie
36. Malfunction by Steam Powered Giraffe
37. The Fifth Day by The Airborne Toxic Event
38. Stand In The Rain by Superchick
39. Pre-Occupied by Jon Bellion
40. Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
41. Oceans by Seafret
42. Riptide by Vance Joy
43. Skinny Love by Bon Iver
44. Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men
45. Cough Syrup by Young The Giant
46. Vienna by Billy Joel
47. Addict With A Pen by twenty one pilots
48. Anything by nirvana
49. Take On Me by a-ha
50. 27 by Fall Out Boy
51. Cancer by My Chemical Romance
52. Only Ones Who Know by Arctic Monkeys
53. Bleed It Out by LINKIN PARK
54. So It Goes by Billy Joel
55. I Hate Everything About You by Three Days Grace
56. Pills by Chase Huglin
57. Cheer Up! by A Great Big World
58. Impossible Year by Panic! At The Disco
59. Stand Tall by Childish Gambino
60. Warrior by Demi Lovato
61. Migraine by twenty one pilots
62. Do U Dig U by Q-Tip
63. Medicine by Daughter
64. I Don't Care by Fall Out Boy
65. Happier by Ed Sheeran
66. Jet Black Heart by 5 Seconds of Summer
67. The Light Behind Your Eyes by My Chemical Romance
68. Nothing Left To Say Now by Imagine Dragons
69. One More Light by LINKIN PARK
70. Get Up by Kali Uchis
71. How To Save A Life by The Fray
72. Hope by Twista ft. Faith Evans
73. She Used To Be Mine by Sara Bareilles
74. Landslide by Oh Wonder
75. Lego House by Ed Sheeran
76. Tied Together With A Smile by Taylor Swift
77. Skyscraper by Demi Lovato
78. Praying by Kesha
79. Float On by Modest Mouse
80. Swim by Jack's Mannequin
81. Damn These Vampires by The Mountain Goats
82. Keep On Keeping On by Travis McCoy
83. Survivor by Destiny's Child
84. Heavy by LINKIN PARK
85. Clean by Taylor Swift
86. You by The 1975
87. Stealing from the Faulty Plan by Phish
88. When It Rains It Pours by Twiddle
89. Oxygen by Dirty Heads
90. Last Hope by Paramore
91. Everything is Alright by Motion City Soundtrack
92. Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
93. Invisible by 5 Seconds of Summer
94. The Last Night by Skillet
95. Screen by twenty one pilots
96. River by Leon Bridges
97. Me by The 1975
98. Fight Song by Rachel Platten
99. This Is My Now by Jordin Sparks
100. If You Could See Me Now by The Script
101. Sober by Kelly Clarkson
102. I Am by AWOLNATION
103. Talkin' 2 Myself by Eminem
104. Castle of Glass by LINKIN PARK

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The Best Lines from the Fab Four

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend

He say, "I know you, you know me", One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Oh please, say to me, You'll let me be your man. And please say to me, You'll let me hold your hand

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

All the lonely people, where do they all come from. All the lonely people, where do they all belong

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday

And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

Obviously the best superpower.

There have been many lessons learned.

1. The importance of traditions.

2. How to be thankful for family and friends.

3. How to give back.

4. What the word "community" really means.

5. That it isn't about the destination, but the journey.

6. The consequences of making bad choices.

7. To trust people, until you have a reason not to.

8. To be welcoming and accepting of everyone.

9. How to be my own, individual person.

10. How to work for what I want.

11. How to be great at giving directions.

12. How to be humble.

13. To be well-rounded.

14. How to be great at conflict resolution.

15. The beauty of getting outside and exploring.

16. To be prepared for anything.

17. That you don't always have to do it alone.

18. How to be creative.

19. To brush off gossip.

I have never been so thankful to know you.

Dealing with the inevitable realities of college life.

Don't freak out

Email the professor

Attend the first class

Keep attending class

Have a backup plan

Remember that everything works out at the end

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