Entertainment of All Forms

[Shoshana]

I gave up TV and music years ago. When I would watch TV or listen to music, I would become extremely depressed. I find no reason for it in my life. Everything regarding worldly TV and music is satanic in my opinion, and I cannot stand Hollyweird. I Feel that if I am around anybody or accidentally see/hear something that I shouldn’t It will be no good. It all leads straight to hell. I really can’t get into modern Christian music either. I just don’t care for it. I loved the music in the Catholic Church growing up.

I find that I like reading E-books better. I am really careful what books that I read because a lot of the books are nothing but garbage. In the warmer months I like sitting outside in nature. In the colder months, I do a lot of genealogy research. This is basically what I do every day in and out besides the obvious taking care of my home. These are the only things that I feel called to do. I have zero interest in learning anything else or doing any of the other things that used to interest me. Things don’t really seem to be worth spending the time on anymore so I keep it very simple.

Anyone else experienced this or do these things as well?

 

[HomeschoolDad]

I gave up TV and music years ago. When I would watch TV or listen to music, I would become extremely depressed. I find no reason for it in my life. Everything regarding worldly TV and music is satanic in my opinion, and I cannot stand Hollyweird. I Feel that if I am around anybody or accidentally see/hear something that I shouldn’t It will be no good. It all leads straight to hell. I really can’t get into modern Christian music either. I just don’t care for it. I loved the music in the Catholic Church growing up.

I find that I like reading E-books better. I am really careful what books that I read because a lot of the books are nothing but garbage. In the warmer months I like sitting outside in nature. In the colder months, I do a lot of genealogy research. This is basically what I do every day in and out besides the obvious taking care of my home. These are the only things that I feel called to do. I have zero interest in learning anything else or doing any of the other things that used to interest me. Things don’t really seem to be worth spending the time on anymore so I keep it very simple.

Anyone else experienced this or do these things as well?

I listen to a lot of classical music, about an hour a day. I also listen to Gregorian chant now and then. There's an abundance of both on YouTube. There's also TuneIn, which is free in its basic version, I usually listen to Classical WETA from Washington, or KUSC from Los Angeles. KUSC has an outstanding spiritual music program on Sunday mornings, which I often listen to on my way to Mass on Sundays, the Traditional Latin Mass, 35 miles away but well worth it. That's the Mass I go to 95% of the time.

 

[po18guy]

It almost sounds like a mild form of anhedonia: the inability to enjoy music is a form of that condition. Although I greatly enjoy music, I have become far more selective than in times past. I have always been somewhat aloof and tend toward the anti-social, but social gatherings do not bother me. I simply do not seek them out.