Melomania: what is it and is it a disease?

Music has always attracted humanity with its magic of sounds. People dancing under it, fall in love and paint beautiful pictures. It is an inspiration factor for almost all of us and always carries a certain meaning. However, constant listening to melodies can only be afforded by those people who cannot do without extraneous noise, even the most beautiful. These individuals consider themselves music lovers. This type of hobby is not always as harmless as it seems at first glance.

There are people who enjoy various musical compositions. They need to hear and listen to them every minute. Surprisingly, they are happy to perceive a variety of musical works, from rock to classic.

Therefore, the term for this hobby corresponds to its meaning. Such a passion is called melanoma (“melos” - singing, song, “mann” - this is what attracts and attracts). This word came into our everyday life recently. At first, it was the name of those who were engaged in collecting records with records of famous singers and musicians. Then this concept expanded.

Now those people who don’t take their headphones out of their ears for days on end or listen to various hits at full volume through the speakers fall into this category. which, incidentally, greatly interferes with neighbors. However, it is necessary to divide music lovers into groups: there are those who love a certain style of performance and there are those who do not care what sounds in their ears. It is the last category of people that are rightly called music lovers.

You can be calm: melomania is not a disease. Those who constantly listen to music are simply very passionate about it. Perhaps this phenomenon indicates a certain habit.

However, many believe that the mania for listening to music is a mental disorder. At first glance, this may seem true. But if you reason and understand the issue, it turns out that you need to pay tribute to those who are constantly sitting in the headphones.

• These people are less active in relation to the environment. They do not care about the outside world. They have their own world: one that they like.
• This category of individuals almost never behaves aggressively towards other people. This is because they do not "connect" to the general negative background for obvious reasons, and therefore do not accumulate a large amount of internal aggression in the soul.
• If a person is passionate about something, then this suggests that he has a healthy psyche. He is not distracted by various negative factors, does not think about risks, which means that unnecessary worries do not threaten him.

We often observe the following picture: a man (woman, girl) rides in the bus, metro or tram with headphones in his ears. Such people always have positive emotions on their faces, emphasizing the good mood of the music lover. And this despite the fact that people around are crowding with empty looks and gray faces.

Mania for listening to music is not an obsession. A person who is fond of music is always interested in the surrounding society. He can show his knowledge: tell about the artist, choose the right piece or song, when necessary. Melomania is a pleasant companion for a person only when he has high intelligence and a light character. In other cases, melomania manifests its rather unpleasant side.

• Constant tinnitus in most cases leads to a person having hearing problems. And if you are a music lover and can not live without extraneous sounds, then you need to get expert advice in order to subsequently avoid health problems. Over time, everything becomes unusable, and the human auditory organ, under the influence of very strong loads, may stop working.
• Listening to uncontrolled music on the street is dangerous. When a person with headphones in his ears walks along the street, he is unable to recognize various sounds, including threatening ones. The music fan will not hear the approaching car, and it can injure him.
• People who listen to loud music while driving a car risk even more. They endanger their lives and those of others. The man in the headphones is simply not able to hear the warning signals of other drivers. Not only that, his attention is greatly scattered due to extraneous noise. Aggressive music is especially conducive to unsafe driving. A person falls under the influence of powerful rhythms and incorrectly assesses the situation that develops on the road. The result is an accident.
• Individuals who are accustomed to turn on loud speakers and put them on the street, cause hostility from others. Extraneous noise affects people's mood.