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While at home and/or in the car, I listen to either talk-radio or music. I've done this my entire adult life without giving it a second thought... At times - if there's a commentator giving his/her opinion - I'll mentally respond with my own viewpoint and thoughts on the issue. While I let off steam this way, I also may end up in knots from the stressful news. With music, I frequently sing or hum right along when I hear a song I like (it always drove my kids nuts if we were in the car and I'd up and start singing) <giggle> Sometimes I'll even kick up my heels and execute a few dance steps! <smile> With the advent of instantaneous world-wide news and "sensationalist" reporting, we have events like the deaths of individuals of world-wide prominence such Princess Diana and Mother Teresa, along with our breakfast and dinner. That, plus the daily blitzkrieg of extremely negative news coming out of Iraq and other troubled nations, as well as the "Presidential Sexual Brouhaha," <BORRRRRRing>, I've found that not only are my EMOTIONS manipulated by the media, but ALSO my PD symptoms are! When there's a daily blitzkrieg of really bad news in the media, it's a terrible downer! I strongly feel that between the constant negative news bombardment and the rest of "life's negatives," my PD symptoms are exacerbated. I get the REVERSE... no... I get MORE than the reverse of these negative and physical reactions whenever I listen to music. Whatever music I listen to gives me an positive, "UP" feeling, and with THAT, somehow the PD symptoms aren't as distressing and mentally I feel more relaxed and at ease. Excluding the possibility of a true national emergency, I wonder how it would be to just NOT listen to the news on the radio or TV. Would I somehow be a lesser person because of this? What if I just continued browsing the daily newspaper (omitting the sports section!) <wee smirk> and cut out the electronic media completely? Would my body feel better without it's daily blitzkrieg of negative, even frightening, world news? How do YOU feel when you listen to or watch the daily electronic news? And how about when you're listening to music... maybe even conducting the orchestra or singing along as you go about your daily business? Your thoughts on this subject would be appreciated.... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] I wonder how I'd feel inside if I listened to even more music than I already do? Kinda get myself into the HABIT of SEEKING that which makes me feel good? <humming along with Garth Brools as she types> Have any of YOU noticed your PD symptoms become more noticeable when you're listening to the news and what about how ya feel when you're listening to music?