How do I learn to chill?
by admin on Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 | 7 Comments
I absolutely hate piano, but I’m forced to do it by my parents. Everytime I touch it or try to learn a new song or even play scales, my stress level rises so high, and I cry because i can’t do it. I hate to show my parents that I hate it enough to cry my eyes out. They have invested so much and I have tried to quit, but it is not an option. Are there anyways to contain the anger and frustration? I try to take deep breathes, but I end up crying even more. And for being 12, i can’t handle stress. Thank you!
I don’t want to quit, I want to become succesful in piano, I just don’t want to have to take medication or anything because of it.
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hey, I am 12 too! Dont worry about “not” being able to do it, try to think of how great you will become if you practice! I am sure you can do it, just try not to think of that, and think about the beautiful music you will be playing if you keep on trying. I hope this helps alot!
Do deep breathing exercises before, during and after practice. While you play imagine you are at your favorite place, such as the beach. See the images as you play.
i think you should really tell your parents how this is affecting you, and if you tried and they still want you to do it, then accept the situation, and stop trying to fight it mentally and physically, because you will make yourself ill if you dont decide to come to grips with your situation. Just take a breath and choose to excel at this situation, i know you can do it. Unfortunately life is filled with stuff we dont want to do, but we still do them… try to stay positive even when it hard.lol
Mind over matter.
What i mean by this is that if you think negative thoughts you will attract them and then the more you will hate them. So in other words, if you attract good thoughts you’ll attract them and will feel good about them. You will therefore change your personality. It is the law of attraction.
dont take medications, they just make you feel worse. do it like baby steps, give it time, if you dont feel right, tell your parents how you feel!
Try to find music that appeals to you, then you are more apt to enjoy the piano rather than dread it. You say you absolutely hate it then in your P.S. say that you want to be successfull at it and don’t want to quit. You need to relax by taking some deep breaths, tell yourself that you can do this then start a journal to reduce your stress. If, at some point, you don’t want to do the piano anymore, give the journal to your parents to read so they can find out just how stressed out you are because of the piano.
im bipolar and i have to take medicine because of extreme mania but it is not the best answer to it. i play piano as well and because of my medicine, my hands always shake and it takes a lot to focus enough to hit the right keys and still move fast enough because of the meds. if its piano you want, definitely DO NOT turn to medicine.
what helps me do better is just playing whatever i feel like on piano without the notes. i figured out the notes to some zelda songs and final fantasy songs on my own because its more relaxing. it helps your mind by still solving the song according to what you think sounds best and it relaxes. well for me at least.
its almost like reading. no one ever likes assigned novels but if you read on your own time and you pick the book, you may end up actually liking it.