When I was going through high school, I made a point not to let myself listen to music unless it's triumphant; or if it is sad, it would have to be about sad things happening to someone and them dealing with it as opposed to being about the totality of someone's life being sad.

These days, when I get emotional, I'll just turn up the most powerful music I know about being dirt or a failure or flawed or doomed to misery.

... When I put it that way, it really doesn't come off as the best way to handle things... Thoughts?