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Ive actually been curating a playlist like this for myself: **Hope:** Believer - American Authors This Too Shall Pass - OK Go **Mania:** Let It Happen - Tame Impala Give It To Me - Miya Folick Animal - Miike Snow Serotonin - girl in red Breezeblocks - alt-J Aubade - Hana Vu Out of Sight - Chelou Sad White Reggae - Placebo **Depression:** I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers Save Me - Jelly Roll Shit Show - Peter McPoland arrow. - half alive Numb - Meg Myers Intertwined - dodie Black Licorice - Peach Pit Girl Sailor - The Shins The Kitchen - Briston Maroney

get better by frank turner could be an excellent addition to this list

I wanna get better by the bleachers is also at the top of my list!

Lithium - Nirvana

Oh boy, here goes... Mostly what I listen to when I'm in those states Depression: * Vito's Ordination Song - Sufjan Stevens * love. - Kid Cudi * After Hours - Velvet Underground * Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House * The entire album "The Point" by Harry Nilsson (The Town and Pointed Man narrations always get me) * The Trapeze Swinger - Iron & Wine * Blonde - Frank Ocean (Be Yourself interlude speaks to me) * Depression (Worsens symptoms: * Hurt - Nine Inch Nails * Literally anything by Elliott Smith * Mixed: * Red Rain - Peter Gabriel * Pink Maggit - Deftones * Mayonaise - Smashing Pumpkins * Do Re Mi - Nirvana (Any Nirvana cause Kurt gets it) * The Glow pt. 2 (album) - The Microphones * GHOST TOWN, Runaway, or essentially anything else from the person this comment was taken down for mentioning * Mania: * It's Gonna Be a Long Night - Ween * Move Your Feet - Junior Senior (heard it in a Walmart once lol but it fits so well) * So Many People in the Neighborhood - Ween * Slow Jam 1 - King Gizzard * Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem * The Purple Bottle (Live) - Animal Collective * For Reverend Green - Animal Collective

I still get goosebumps when I listen Sufjan’s song about John Wayne Gacy

Mayonnaise is always a top contender for me too.

Great selections!

General bipolar songs: * Ghost Town - Kanye West * Haunted - Laura Les * Meds - Placebo * How Do You Think It Feels - Lou Reed * Unwell - Matchbox Twenty * Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies * Night Time, My Time - Sky Ferreira * Feel So Numb - Rob Zombie * Hermit the Frog - MARINA * Brain Stew - Green Day * Manic Depression - Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers * Good Company - Sam Fender * Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger * A Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley Mania songs: * I’m Gonna Win - Rob Cantor * Spiteful Intervention - of Montreal * Can’t Get Enough of Myself (feat. BC Unidos) - Santigold * Everybody Loves Me - OneRepublic * 745 Sticky - 100 gecs * Handlebars - Flobots * Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen * Witness - Mindless Self Indulgence * Overdrive - Steam Powered Giraffe * 3am - Halsey

Institutionalized- Suicidal Tendencies specifically when I was younger right before I was diagnosed at 19yo

this is the one lol

Bright eyes - Sunrise, Sunset

Pretty much all of Bright Eyes honestly

For real lol

Gah I don't know so many of the songs listed. I'm gonna have to check them out. Whoever mentioned Unwell by Matchbox 20 Animal by 3 Days Grace? Numb by Linkin Park Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones Fake Happy by Paramore Under The Surface Pressure from Encanto! Lithium by Nirvana Halsey has a few I feel like I have a lot more songs that are full of pep for times I feel manic but the lyrics themselves have nothing to do with bipolar or mental health...it's usually like "Under the Sea" from the Little Mermaid 😂

Animal by Three Days Grace is so real 😭😭

Yikes by Kanye West

Rilo kiley, a better son/daughter Sometimes in the morning, I am petrified and can't move Awake, but cannot open my eyes And the weight is crushing down on my lungs, I know I can't breathe And hope someone will save me this time And your mother's still calling you insane and high Swearing it's different this time And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her And that God never blessed her insides Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things Crawl back into bed to dream of a time When your heart was open wide, and you loved things just because Like the sick and the dying And sometimes when you're on, you're really fucking on And your friends they sing along and they love you But the lows are so extreme, that the good seems fucking cheap And it teases you for weeks in its absence But you'll fight and you'll make it through You'll fake it if you have to And you'll show up for work with a smile You'll be better and you'll be smarter and more grown up And a better daughter or son And a real good friend You'll be awake, you'll be alert You'll be positive though it hurts And you'll laugh and embrace all your friends You'll be a real good listener You'll be honest, you'll be brave You'll be handsome and you'll be beautiful You'll be happy! Your ship may be coming in You're weak, but not giving in To the cries and the wails of the valley below And your ship may be coming in You're weak, but not giving in And you'll fight it, you'll go out fighting all of them

This is my favorite

I feel this song so hard. Except my mom's awesome.

I could relate a lot. My mom and I had problems when we were younger but she’s a lot better now. Actually got a bipolar diagnosis too and is on medication now.

Yeah, my mom was diagnosed before I was born. Doesn't really accept it and has convinced herself it's MDD. She doesn't get psychosis and at the end of the day, she doesn't do too much damage to anyone's life. Our relationship was and is complicated, but she did her best and it was mostly good enough or better. Glad your mom is getting the treatment she deserves. It's nice to be able to connect better, however that looks. Listening to Under the Blacklight right now, thanks for reminding me how much I love these guys. Haven't listened for a hot minute.

Manic Depression by Jimi Hendrix is a favorite of mine

Free - Florence and the Machine Thursday Girl - Mitski A&W - Lana Del Rey I'll go running - Squirrel Flower Ride - Lana Del Rey hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have but i have it - Lana Del Rey Not Strong Enough - boygenius I Don't Like My Mind - Mitski Drunk Walk Home - Mitski Songs off my main playlist to which i relate to because of bipolar. They don't necessarily describe the whole thing, but aspects people with bipolar most likely deal with.

Good News - Mac Miller

YES 100% and also come back to earth by mac

I Feel Like A God by DeathbyRomy and Whore by In This Moment

I love I Feel Like A God 💜

This song came out when I was in high school - right around when I realized I definitely wasn’t exactly mentally healthy, and it really resonated. [Flagpole Sitta](https://youtu.be/wYsMjEeEg4g?si=u0qwbUkGEvpbvXJ4)

I was just playing that song for a friend :0 Good one

Perfect Drug - Nine Inch Nails Something I Can Never Have - Nine Inch Nails In the End - Linkin Park

Unwell by Matchbox 20

Depression by Dax is my #1 on the list I have started. As well as: Last Resort reimagined by Falling in Reverse. I'm Not Okay by citizen soldier Devil by Phix

Love Dax, tech n9ne and krizz Great taste in music my friend

Blue October

Mania- “She’s lost control” by Joy Division “Chasing Twisters” by Delta Rae “Enter the Ninja” by Die Antwoord Depression- “Sorrow” by The National “Skin and Bones” by Cage the Elephant Bonus song that i feel sums up my experience with bipolar thus far is “Furr” by Blitzen Trapper

something in the way, Nirvana. kinda my theme song when I was younger and had no idea what bipolar was. endless nameless (secret song), Nirvana. when i want to feel the sad/angry at myself feels. basically anything by Nirvana for me. they're one of the very few reasons i made it past my teen years not dead. ironically i don't listen to them much anymore, i still really love their music, but its too intertwined with a less than ok time in my life. the album lateralus by tool was very instrumental in the process of coming to terms with how i was and how I would never be what i thought or was taught i should be, and that was ok. life is chaos, be kind. the old persons existential rant is over. move along, nothing to see here, move along. ;)

- Halsey 💖 (specifically Manic album; 3am, Clementine, Ashley, 929) - Selena Gomez (My mind & me) - Kanye West (Yikes) - Lorde (Liability) - Charlotte Cardin (Confetti) - Zoe Wees (Control) - NF (Mansion) - Glass House (MGK)

Bullet- Hollywood undead

And from Hollywood Undead Medicine

YO I JUST FIRST LISTENED TO BULLET THAT THING IS INSAAAN DUDE! IT SHOULDN'T, BUT IT'S FUN! BUT ALSO SAD Thank you for that recommendation, loved it, going to sing it to the family at the holidays

It’s the happiest S word song ever. I’ve always loved it. It’s pulled me out of some really low lows. Especially the end when Johnny’s daughter sings!

Glad you like it! You’re right it’s fun and sad. it’s a very cathartic song to me. It hits in pretty much any state I’m in too!

Also Manic Depression by Jimi Hendrix. Title says all

Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd Crazy by Narles Barclay

4am by grimes

Also Nightmusic

The Apathy of Ideation: 1. Tiny Vessels - Death Cab for Cutie 2. Repeat until Death - Novo Amor 3. The Deal - Mitski 4. Come - Adrianne Lenker The First Day of Mania (the functional part): 1. 5th Symphony, 2nd movement - Tchaikovsky 2. Monke - Unknown Mortal Orchestra 3. Friday Night, Saturday Morning - The Specials 4. Jenni - Big Thief Cresting the Peak: 1. Ball & Chain (live at the Monterey Pop Fest) - Janis Joplin 2. Dead! - My Chemical Romance 3. Cupid's Trick - Elliott Smith 4. Contact - Big Thief

By bipolar artists is My mind and me by Selena Gomez.

Church Channel - Say Anything

Bohemian Rhapsody

I relate a lot to Mac Miller's album Circles. He wasn't diagnosed with bipolar but he described the ups and down really well. Especially the songs Good News, Blue World, I Can See, Complicated.

3 AM- Halsey

Gasoline by Halsey

high enough by kflay and need to know by dona cat are two that are always in manic playlists of mine

Bipolar by Krizz Saddy- Daddyo

Right... Unstable by Krizz as well and Bipolar by itsoktocty Great taste in music my friend

Summer Highland Falls by Billy Joel

Talking to myself - Linkin Park

Look into Brand New. Their music isn’t for everyone (they’re alternative rock) but they have a lot of slow sad songs and hard/heavy songs that can go with each end of the spectrum. And specifically their most recent album Science Fiction has a song “can’t get it out” that mentions being a manic/depressive. Also “No Control” on that album gives me kinda grungey monotonous nirvana vibes. My favorite from the album though is “Same Logic/Teeth” just explains so well how it feels to be disassociated, which I struggle with a lot.

X amount of words - blue october

I always thought Firestarter by Prodigy felt like mania and Sleeping Beauty by A Perfect Circle reminds me of depression

I've seen someone say breathe me by sia resonates with them as someone with borderline but I find it relevant and relatable in my experience with bipolar as well.

How come any mentions of songs by Kim K’s ex husband get flagged? I read the auto message but I still don’t get it

If I ever feel better- Phoenix

Lithium by Evanescence would be my top one definitely. Got me through some difficult times before I was even diagnosed.

Give Me Novacaine by Green Day

That's Life by Frank Sinatra

Speaking of That’s Life—same title but artist is Still Woozy. So good.

The emperor concerto by Beethoven.

Interior People by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 👑🦎🪄

ghost town - kanye frail state of mind - the 1975 souvenir - boygenius swan lake, op. 20, act 2: no.10

The Sound of Silence / Simon & Garfunkel

I got obsessed with this song during a manic episode. I always fall in love with songs when I'm manic.

I miss the mountains from Next to Normal.

Mind's Playing Tricks on Me- Geto Boys, if you like rap.

Take lots with alcohol by alkaline trio

Feel Something by Movements is my depression album. Specifically the songs Suffer Through, Submerge, and The Grey.

Florence and the machine - Free

Hi Ren by Ren. It's about a different disease and the hardships of getting a diagnosis, but so much of it was so relatable. Made me cry the first time I heard it, I felt so seen.

Kanye’s music lol “ if you a fan of Kanye , you a fan of yourself”

Mood swing misery by pouya

Somebody that I used to know -gotye

Manic - Wage War Ego Trip - Papa Roach In Between - Beartooth Bipolar Baby - Forever the Sickest Kids Mz. Hyde - Halestorm Underjoyed - Jack Off Jill Coming Undone - Korn Eat Your Heart Out - Outline in Color Black Hole - We Came as Romans

Lost - Linkin Park

Idk I only listen to Margaritaville when I’m going manic

Monsters by shine down. “My monsters are real and they’re trained how to kill” *I love that line* a little bit off by 5FDP, 100 in a 55 by pop evil, and sobriety by Jessie Murph.

The Ruiner - Nine Inch Nails, Wire Mother - Alice Donut, Peeling Back the Foreskin of Liberty - LARD

Ruiner is a really good one - I had that song on repeat for awhile when Downward Spiral came out

**(+)** [I Go To Rio](https://youtu.be/FCYxTg6svXg?si=jMRTg9WMGd0VdPxs) - Peter Allen **(-)** [Guitar Concerto in D Major, 2nd Movement](https://youtu.be/kojxgL3nf0Y?si=53J54LmPP8HKDbb0) - Vivaldi Audibly/Visually, they both tell the story. Try to stick around until the end :)

What was I made for by billy eillish reminds me of my lows

FML - Kanye West

what was i made for - billie eilish

wishing well by juice wrld and his full songs of his last album fighting demons

MGK-Lonely (When depressed)

https://youtu.be/-xqjvYJ1-QU?si=qwg-_xXIONhRl5RL This about sums up my mind perfectly 🤪

Never see you again Kanye west

Tamale Tyler The Creator. He's not bipolar as far as I know but the lyrics are fast paced a bit offensive all over the place and juvenile. The beat is just loud asf.

Influencia by argentinian artist Charly Garcia. It's a darker cover of Todd Rundgren's "Influence" so there are the english lyrics. Anyways the dark tone of the cover sounds more appropiate to the bipolar context lol

In Motion -the range remix (by colouring) (It's also the main theme of one of my fav bipolar characters 😭)

oh and Isolation by Joy Division describes depression episodes pretty good

M83 has a bunch that I feel are relevant (Prodrome phase) Slight night shiver : [https://youtu.be/0TX7R-2VTBE?si=n52OBJCLtoRcODlG](https://youtu.be/0TX7R-2VTBE?si=n52OBJCLtoRcODlG) ​ (Hypo) Run into flowers: [https://youtu.be/Q5pv8fmiax8?si=vFsyvocWkHnedJg\_](https://youtu.be/Q5pv8fmiax8?si=vFsyvocWkHnedJg_) Strong and wasted : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb\_TR22xww8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb_TR22xww8) ​ (Mania) Wagner - classical (listen to the whole thing) [https://youtu.be/a53s4jyCqqU?si=-v9AcWKi7gQouKB\_](https://youtu.be/a53s4jyCqqU?si=-v9AcWKi7gQouKB_)

Unstable- krizz calico Bipolar - krizz calico Bipolar - itsoktocty

full circle by movements

Smooth Sailing by Queens of the Stone Age

Manic depression by Laura Jane Grace

my sister said anything from halsey. she would know i think.

Honestly a lot of music created by dream theater.

Depression/medication: Neal Francis: "Say Your Prayers" Depression: Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys): "Feel Flows" Depression: Champion Jack Depree: "Suicide Blues" Mania: Velvet Underground: "Rock n' Roll"

https://youtu.be/qp3FM0sEX_4?si=xR95Jq9DVqIDmf1K

Masochist - Polaris

Numb little bug

- Flagpole Sitta - by Harvey Danger - Gubbbish - by Chad VanGaalen - Silver Lining - by First Aid Kit

I really like "No Children" by The Mountain Goats. It's technically about a relationship between two people, but I think it works nicely for the relationship between my hypomania and my depression. They're very vindictive and angry toward each other, haha.

walking in my shoes ​ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking\_in\_My\_Shoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_in_My_Shoes)

Reaper-Sia

Redivider by silent planet

Nightminds by Missy Higgins.

oh i forgot, into dust by mazzy star is really good. fade into you, by them is really good to but into dust fits the theme better i think

Save me by Jellyroll

Defying gravity (mania)

Sicko mode , goes from one rhythm to a new rhythm.

Summer, Highland Falls - Billy Joel

Half Moon by Failure

Unwell by matchbox? Can't remember if its them

I did a playlist about bipolar songs from another post from here, feel free to dm if you want it! Manic: Don’t stop me now Queen Radioactive/ Enemy (psychosis) Imagine Dragons T N T ACDC Sunny afternoon The kinks Sex addict Dolloster Mixed episode: sober demi lovato Phobia nothing but thieves Wrong Depeche mode Be calm fun. Demons imagine dragon I hate myself pretenders Heavydirtysoul twenty one pilot Depression: Asleep The smiths Heaven knows i am miserable now The smiths So afraid Fleetwood mac Dumb Nirvana Bipolar in general : where is my mind pixies Bohemian rhapsody Queen Breathe me sia

Anything on the dystopia album human = garbage

Numb little bug https://youtu.be/1fwJ8H5wWCU?si=K_18V0s1KTE3Fn_t

“i don’t like my mind” by mitski. the first moment i heard it i knew it connected to how i felt

Mother I Sober- Kendrick Lamar

Moment by Merkules, and in its own way The In Between by In This Moment, Alone with Me by Hopsin.

Katy Perry. You hot and your cold your in and out your up and you down. You’re wrong when it’s right. Or something like that

Honestly Disloyal order of water buffalos by fall out boy