How has K-pop improved your mental health?

While being in fandoms and fandom politics/toxicity have diminished my mental health before…(that’s why I distanced myself from it all)

K-pop groups themselves have had an overall positive effect on my mental health.

I had a therapy appointment today and it was the first one in a few months since I fell off (and my mental health has gotten so bad)

So I listened to Get Up album on the drive there and I found that it was so much easier than I expected.

NewJeans may get slack for being too “chill” or whatever, but they’ve genuinely helped my anxiety.

Listening to their songs have helped improve my mood overall, especially when I have to do something challenging.

Whereas groups like Blackpink, Le Sserafim, Gidle, Aespa, Exo and BTS have such hype music and I listen to them a lot when I work out and it feels so great.

Set Me Free by Jimin is one of my faves for sprinting at the moment!

Working out in general helps me mentally and enjoying these amazing groups while exercising has helped me a lot.

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my work out playlist is exclusively kpop and dance music (jungle and tech house these days). and physical health is mental health so that counts

but before I learned to stop caring about people's internet opinions, I would argue that it stressed me out a little bit. Now I couldn't even try to take it seriously

Me too! I actually had a year long break from Kpop because of the toxicity associated with being in a fandom.

But I missed the music and stages and promised myself to just enjoy it and not focus too much on other people. It has helped immensely, hindsight is 20/20!

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I loved watching BTS run episodes when it was difficult to cope up with college stuff

I come across BTS’s Western interviews sometimes and I always watch them. They are all so hilarious and have a great dynamic.

I remember laughing especially hard at Jhope and Jin!

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Op you already have a driving license?

Yup! I’m a great driver too