Some storms don’t happen outside. They happen quietly inside us. The only thing that can silence my mind is music.
What’s the best way to deal with negative thoughts?
Have you ever noticed something?
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Negative thoughts don’t arrive with loud footsteps.
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They quietly slip into your mind… find a comfortable corner… and before you realise it, they’ve started paying emotional rent.
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You change your place.
You keep yourself busy.
You scroll.
You cook.
You clean.
You tell yourself,
“Bas… enough. I’m not thinking about this anymore.”
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Your brain smiles.
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“Okay… but what if we think about it one last time?”
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One last time…
Turns into fifty.
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And that’s the strange thing about negative thoughts.
The more you chase them away…
the tighter they hold your heart.
I’ve realised something over the years.
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When thoughts reach the mind, logic can sometimes help.
But when they sink into the heart…
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logic loses.
Advice loses.
Distraction loses.
Only music knows the way in.
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A familiar song doesn’t ask what happened.
It doesn’t judge.
It doesn’t interrupt.
It simply wraps itself around your heart until the noise inside begins to soften.
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Slowly…
the breathing becomes easier.
The chest doesn’t feel as heavy.
The thoughts don’t disappear overnight…
they simply stop controlling you.
That’s the magic of music.
It doesn’t erase pain.
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It creates a little space between you and your pain.
Sometimes that tiny space is enough to breathe again.
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So these days, when my mind starts writing stories that reality never wrote…
I don’t argue with it anymore.
I put on my headphones.
Close my eyes.
And let the music do what words never could.
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Because some medicines aren’t found in pharmacies…
They’re hiding inside a favourite song. ❤️🎧
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Keep listening… sometimes music says what words cannot.
With love,
—Rajeshwari 🧿💕
© Nihshabd by Rajeshwari