I actually have a good idea for that! So playing the music helps, as well as listening to it... But it also is cool if you air-play your instruments while listening to the music.

Do you have any specific questions? I can be a friend if you need

Having a distraction 100% works. I try focusing on school. Or whatever I'm learning, I look at as a competition and that I'm going to be the best. Or maybe trying to learn something new, like a language.

It seems that playing music is a very nice way for you to escape to your own world, and that’s awesome! Hold onto that for sure. Something that’s helped me is songwriting as well, or just putting what I’m feeling into a not so literal form. Not a journal, but creating metaphors for that mean voice or bad feelings, an annoying bug, a rainy day, etc. It doesn’t necessarily have to be good, but at least putting it as a metaphor helps me see stuff better and more in perspective. It’s what actually helped me “conquer” the voice when I finally put it into a metaphor of something small, like a bug. Sure, it’s not a cure all, but it provides some comfort and some feeling of control even tho you don’t have much. Keep chuggin forward, and never let that voice convince you that you’re alone in this journey

I used to play my piano before my depression. Now I just can't seem to find any motivation to go over to it and play anything. I also used to paint. The same thing there. One good thing though. I just started going to the gym and doing yoga again. That has really been a big step.