Posted by bookgurl99 on May 24, 2003, at 11:35:52
In reply to Re: Anyone else hear music in their head all the ?, posted by mike wells on May 20, 2003, at 4:39:59
The latest issue of Psychology Today says that people who hear songs running through their mind are more likely to be 'neurotic.'
WHAT? Who cares? I think everyone is neurotic; I don't know anyone who doesn't have a song stuck in their head from time to time.
Sometimes for me, it helps if I _actually_ hear the song in real life. Like it's an itch in my brain. This happens a lot with songs that I really like, though, and I hear them more when I'm in a good mood.
Years ago, at my first job, I worked at a dying greasy spoon where very loud country music was played constantly. The music was somewhat uncomfortable for me to listen to. By the end of the night, physically exhausted from work, I would 'hear' cacaphonic country music as I filled the bath tub. I would shut off the spigot to check if someone was playing country music in the house, even though I knew it was unlikely. As soon as I turned it on again, the combination of the light high-pitched metallic vibration from the water spout and 'white noise' of water again created country music.
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