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shanti

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49. That's my issue too, earworms

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 01:04 AM

Oct 2022

I've read that it is an OCD issue, fwiw. I avoided music too, but only vocal music in my language (English). I'm fine with world music or instrumentals.

It comes and it goes.

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Is there a word for the sub-track of my consciousness that's always playing music in my brain? [View all] Grasswire2 Oct 2022 OP

Happens to me all the time Walleye Oct 2022 #1

If there's a name, I don't know it.. luvs2sing Oct 2022 #2

That happens to me too, the random song I don't really like Merlot Oct 2022 #14

I have it to DUgosh Oct 2022 #3

Here's a suggestion for stopping whatever tune that's playing Another Jackalope Oct 2022 #4

Mine comes on in waves Shermann Oct 2022 #5

audiobooks Conjuay Oct 2022 #6

I have a non stop, ever changing soundtrack to my life. NewHendoLib Oct 2022 #7

Mine is currently overlayed Beausoleil Oct 2022 #10

Bwahahahaha!!! luvs2sing Oct 2022 #15

That's a hell of a mash-up! emulatorloo Oct 2022 #30

They are called earworms dclarston13 Oct 2022 #8

Ear worms keep me awake some nights mcar Oct 2022 #9

That's my issue too, earworms shanti Oct 2022 #49

I learned of a way to stop thinking completely - at least for short periods of time and it's great. Maraya1969 Oct 2022 #11

Musical Tinnitus or Musical Ear Syndrome Cheezoholic Oct 2022 #12

Very interesting -- I do have tinnitus that has worsened in the last couple of years. Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #24

.I have tinnitus too along with the continuous music Raine Oct 2022 #55

Looks like we're not alone! Lars39 Oct 2022 #13

Oliver Sacks, in his book "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and The Brain," KatyaR Oct 2022 #16

I got a really bad earworm as one of my earliest pregnancy symptoms. Crunchy Frog Oct 2022 #17

Are they earworms or auditory hallucinations? LisaM Oct 2022 #18

I marvel all the time about the brain's ability to store music and lyrics for many decades. Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #25

My brain turns everything into a song Blaukraut Oct 2022 #19

I do sometimes hear music in my head Meowmee Oct 2022 #20

When I was in neuroscience, we called it a phonological loop. Ilsa Oct 2022 #21

Involuntary Musical Imagery Sympthsical Oct 2022 #22

Semi-fake Hawaiian music is kinda harsh Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #23

hahaha. Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #26

That's a saw, and it's played, again, by Robert Armstrong Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #33

I have played a musical saw a couple of times years ago. Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #35

Robert Armstrong taught me the basics Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #38

yes, I think there's no point to written music at least for me. Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #39

Is that a reed organ I hear in the Cuckoo's Nest theme? nt Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #36

I don't know, and I grew up with one, but Jack Nitzsche was plugged into the Wrecking Crew, so.... Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #43

Great conversation you two are having.... panader0 Oct 2022 #45

Check out the Cheap Suits Serenaders on YouTube for some incredibly fun, yet eclectic music Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #47

Do you know, Brother Buzz, if Cheap Suit Serenaders were ever on Prairie Home Companion? Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #60

I believe they were on PHC in the seventies, before I met Bob Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #62

Damn, now I've got Sing Song Girl firmly planted in my head Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #57

veddy interesting nt Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #59

ooooh, look at that Victrola! Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #64

Looking out my back door Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #66

someone should have started a band "Dinosaur Victrola" nt Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #67

an unfortunate earworm the other day Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #27

I have similar but it is not ear worms. It seems to be 'original music' I've never heard before. emulatorloo Oct 2022 #28

wow, a new level. Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #31

Lol. If only there was some way to record it directly from my brain to my computer! emulatorloo Oct 2022 #41

Hmm. I think it's occasional for me and doesn't last long. It's -rarely- something I don't like.... electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #29

Muzak... ultralite001 Oct 2022 #32

Wait, are you for real? W_HAMILTON Oct 2022 #34

I have no explanation. Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #37

How long have you been dealing with this? W_HAMILTON Oct 2022 #40

forever, it seems Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #61

I am ForgedCrank Oct 2022 #42

I can listen to Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto or the Beatles' albums NameAlreadyTaken Oct 2022 #44

I just named mine a "music library"... electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #51

I wonder how this all works. NameAlreadyTaken Oct 2022 #58

Somewhere there's research going on electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #63

Try being a Music Teacher! AwakeAtLast Oct 2022 #46

Why, yes. Yes, there is a name for it. Higherarky Oct 2022 #48

I have a juke box. At times it is extremely relevent Lucinda Oct 2022 #50

If I replace an ear worm with an instrumental -- I'm saved. Duncan Grant Oct 2022 #52

I experience the same thing. Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #53

I have that too. The music never stops but at least the tune Raine Oct 2022 #54

This phenom is the best thing in my world. I wake up in the morning with a tune in my head msfiddlestix Oct 2022 #56

Untergnossic Kid Berwyn Oct 2022 #65

interesting Grasswire2 Oct 2022 #69

Like Eric Satie and his "Gnossienes," I made it up. Kid Berwyn Oct 2022 #70

My Dad would hum music all the time. It was quite annoying on long drives in the car! beaglelover Oct 2022 #68