I'm pretty sure I will be one of those people with moderate hearing loss by the time I'm 40.... I always listen to my iPod way too loud. It's not just that I like loud music. It's that I like the feeling of escape I can get from the music- escape from my thoughts.
I always listen to my iPod while walking to and from school. I usually turn it on even when I don't want to. I've realized that the reason I do this is because the times when I am walking to or from school are the times I have to really think about things. I've got about a 20 minute walk, with nothing else to do but cycle through my various thoughts. Why would this be a bad thing?
I'm not really sure the answer to this question. What I do know is that nearly every time I turn on my iPod, I actually think to myself, "Now I can escape from my own thoughts." Over the past week or two I've been a little upset because of some things going on, but instead of thinking through it, apparently I would rather escape by blasting my favorite tunes at top volume. Surely this isn't healthy.
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I think we all have some type of similar coping (or rather not-coping) mechanism, whether it's an ipod, t.v., books, or movies. I think it is healthy, to an extent. We all need a little break now and then; but you're right that we do eventually need to work through our thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI just thought of this today, actually. How my hearing is probably going to be terrible, along with a lot of other people of my generation. Plus, why did they have to make the headphones so that they jam right up in your ear? Its like, lets get it as close to your eardrum as possible and blast it. Ridiculous.
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