Already feeling like I was there against my will, without a car, and 45 minutes away from my home, it began. My friend, and ride, and host was in some weird Sunday afternoon hole where all he could do was lie on his couch in a waking state and listen
(more) to that song on repeat. I tried to convince him to get up, or change the song, but on that day I was sentenced to two and a half hours of Tracy Chapman's "The Promise"on repeat.
He had never seemed depressed to me before, and I'd already known him for over a decade. On that day, though he was depressed, and how else are you going to feel with that song on repeat? There was a feedback loop happening, and suggesting that anything else take place brought out an anger in him--I had seen that side before.
If it is possible to experience mild PTSD, or if there is a separate disorder for post severely annoyed people, well then, I definitely experience that anytime I hear that song, and thankfully, that is almost never.
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