I’ve read about people who
are so severely troubled or have experienced grave psychological trauma that
renders then unable to speak. Adults,
teens, tweens and young children can be affected.
Sometimes we think of a
disability such as this as a “mental block”; and possibly this is a basic “truism”.
Writers of prose or poetry, composers of music, painters and visual artists,
renowned performers and even those who sing only in the shower sometimes find
themselves totally stuck! And I am one –
never a singer extraordinaire by any means to be sure – but one day my throat
closed and I can barely hum a tune now let alone sing, though I love all kinds
of music.
Professional therapists now
know that the benefits of music in many forms and variety can be truly
beneficial to many patients. Speech pathologists with their many skills can aid
and assist in the development of vocalizing words – yet sometimes still, even an everyday person can find themselves unable
to “get it out” or find the words they’re seeking to express what they want to
say.
Recently, when I attended a
concert band performance which included a wide array of musical selections and
styles, my eyes filled with tears several times so that I had to blink quickly
to not open the floodgates! No humming
allowed, and certainly a bleat would have been unseemly – but I almost felt
like that ever-restricting knot in my throat may not always be so tight.
When you feel like you’re
strangling for lack of “something” – take a break and wrap some music around
you – it’s a relief when words fail.
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