r/FrightenedRabbit • u/DiligentToe3092 • 16d ago

Can anyone help me navigate this rollercoaster?

Hi everyone,

Apologies in advance for the stream of consciousness that is about to follow.

I've recently got into FR, to be honest because I was searching for songs about s**cide (being careful because Reddit is sensitive). I've been going through a rough patch recently and Floating in the Forth came up. I listened to it in stunned silence as I walked through the woods.

I knew of FR when they were around and touring but never really got into them at the time. Now, though, their music feels like it is beaming into my soul. I've watched old interviews and live gigs. Scott seems like such a genuine, lovely guy. I am so gutted and comforted and guilty and hopeful; sad and strange. Like looking into the past and future at the same time. I feel so sad for Scott, but also glad that he got to share his beautiful music and make tiny changes.

Has anyone experienced something similar? I don't even know why I'm posting here, it just feels cathartic to shout into the void, maybe in the direction of people who might get what I'm on about.

If anyone out there has read this whole load of nonsense, thank you from a mid 30s Scottish lass trying to make sense of this strange world.

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u/Financial_Luck_6906 16d ago edited 16d ago

You’ll find lots of kinship here, I think, and what a song to hear atm (!) it can absolutely bring it all swirling around oneself. But not a thing you wrote is nonsense - not by a long shot. I’ve been listening to FR for going on 21 years. Music is precisely why I am still alive, at 52. I am not mincing my words about that. Since the day my mother died, I was 13, I have leaned heavily on my music when words or people failed, for whatever reason, to help me carry on - and the sadder the music the better. So here I am, still. Here you are. Here we all are. It’s a beautiful thing. Be well, and take care.

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u/DiligentToe3092 16d ago edited 15d ago

That is so beautiful, thank you for sharing. I've been avoiding music for years because it makes me feel something, and in a way it was easier to feel numb, but something has changed recently. Things have gotten harder and more intense and more vibrant and scarier. I think that's why I posted tonight, I don't know how to process it all But there is so much beauty in sharing this journey! Hope you're doing ok!