Posted on 11/08/2017 1:40:48 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Christmas Music Can Harm Your Mental Health, Psychologist Says
November 8, 2017 2:45 PM
CBS Local — Are you one of those people that can’t stand hearing Christmas songs months before the holiday actually arrives? Does hearing festive carols weeks before Thanksgiving only make you upset that you haven’t eaten your turkey yet? A psychologist in Great Britain says your reactions don’t make you a Grinch because too much Christmas music is actually bad for your mental health.
Clinical psychologist Linda Blair claims the constant barrage of Christmas tunes too early in the season forces people to remember all the things they have to do before the holiday. Blair says the songs are a reminder to buy presents, cater parties, organize travel, and all the more stressful chores during Christmas.
“You’re simply spending all of your energy trying not to hear what you’re hearing,” Blair tells Sky News.
The psychologist added that store workers are most at risk for being worn down by the catchy beats. She states that hearing the same songs over and over each day make workers struggle to “tune it out” and they become “unable to focus on anything else.”
“Christmas music is likely to irritate people if it’s played too loudly and too early,” Blair explained to reporters.
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Another adult taking Christmas away from kids like Halloween.
Where do they find these nutballs ,Oh wait she has a website ,LOL
Christmas was just fine before the likes of Bruce Springsteen sang Christmas Carols.
I agree. It is not 2 1\2 months of Christmas.
I lose it with Burl Ives: “it’s a holly jolly Christmas”. I was in a work environment that played that song in rotation with others, 8+ hours a day, 6 weeks before Christmas. It’s almost enough to make you go psycho.
What a bunch of Bull_hit. I love to hear Christmas music. Not in October, thou...after Thanksgiving, yes!
In moderation, it can be joyous. If you have to listen to it over and over again, it can be injurious to mental health. I think that they use a similar technique to convince prisoners at Gitmo to be more compliant.
“Christmas was just fine before the likes of Bruce Springsteen sang Christmas Carols”.
Oh God....my side is hurtin from laughin.
Nothing is worse than the Christmas Shoes for Mama dirge - although the rum pum pum pum is a close runner up.
Yes, listening to Christmas music at any time of year is bad for my sanity, but then I don’t spend too much time doing it.
This post of yours made me go on YouTube and listen to it. I think my brain melted. I hate you! :-)
“You’re simply spending all of your energy trying not to hear what you’re hearing,”
This is why, if you look inside a shopping mall, you’ll see most people passed out on the floor and a few deaf people walking around.
Me too.
One local radio station starts 24/7 on Christmas music right before Thanksgiving.
And it’s the same dang 50 songs played over and over and over.
And if I hear Mariah or Whitney screech out one more Christmas Song - I will go ballistic.
Not to mention a Chipmunks song.
‘I lose it with Burl Ives: “it’s a holly jolly Christmas”.’
bad, yeah, but not as nauseating as ‘Sleigh Ride’, with the phony horse neighing at the end...
A. Not Christian.
B. A big liberal.
C. Pissed off at the world because she has her own unresolved issues she's still dealing with from her childhood.
D. All of the above.
huh. I’m a procrastinating Christmas eve shopper who knows that Christmas is not about stinking santa. I was playing some Christmas tunes today and my most recent favorite???
JOY TO THE WORLD
Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
let earth receive her King!
LOL they are going to be surprised when He comes as warrior king and His enemies are wiped out, eh?
Anyway, shopping music is mixed as power music to get you to buy more and it is played over and over and over in every store every stinking normal day. Ross used to play one song that drove me nuts. I have very sensitive hearing and this one pitch (like the boom bass in some idiots car) made me want to break the system. Otherwise, I didn’t even hear it. Just that one song. (I worked there)
Now that being said. I bet the hymns drive Satan’s children mad since they can’t leave the way the demons can when they hear His praises. LOL or should I say...bbbbwwwahahahahaha!
You need to hear Momma’s New Shoes.
The shmaltz us thick with that one.
#45 Your choice to replace is:
Barking Dogs - Jingle Bells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xam01uaj6Vg
or
Cats sing Jingle Bells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyMFd__hUac
Blair is full of shit.
Dang. you beat me by 20 minutes.
I always tell people that Jesus is the name of her gardener who Mama is dating.
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