Level 3, by DVA. From the soundtrack to Botanicula.

I had a pretty rough night yesterday. Having a relatively conflict-free life, it can be easy to forget that my brain doesn’t work too well. I need to be careful when it comes to moaning about this - would it be that the lives of others were as peaceful - but what it does mean is that when conflict and problems arise, I’m not well-equipped to deal with it. My anxiety goes through the roof. I start to panic, but over things that I shouldn’t be panicking about. It’s not all me - things have to be pretty bad for me to plummet so dramatically, and usually it’s a person or people instigating that bad atmosphere, but without the ability to excise those bad elements blame only gets you so far.

My point here is that the thing that’s stabilising my mood when stuff like this happens is music like the track above - semi-ambient, upbeat stuff that forces you to smile before you’ve even noticed it. I’d forgotten music’s power to be a mood enhancer. It’s nice to get it back.