Posted by Penelope on August 10, 2003, at 19:27:08
In reply to Re: can't stop the music, posted by Penelope on August 10, 2003, at 18:05:36
Paranormal?
I don't see that anyone in this thread has speculated about the paranormal aspects of this *affliction*, but it was actually my first thought. Hearing music that no one else hears really sounds schizo to me, and I was unable to believe I had departed that far from reality, mental and spiritual depression notwithstanding. The only other explanation seemed to be that I was being visited by a spirit or that I had somehow accidentally tuned into another plane. With that thought in mind, I offer you another aside, FWIW.
I had a very dear friend, Wayne. He and his wife Virginia and my husband and I were very close along with another friend, Harold. My husband died in April 2000. Harold died about a year later in April 2001. Virginia died a year after that, in April 2002. Wayne and I, being the only survivors of our group, became especially close through all this, and in fact he moved into the guest apartment behind my house after his wife died. There was never a romantic connection, but we were about as close as two fraternal friends can be. Wayne died suddenly and unexpectedly on Jan. 12 of this year. He died in the apartment behind my house, apparently a heart attack.
Wayne had an electric organ/keyboard in this apartment, and the only type of music he ever played was church music. Nothing fancy, just a few chords, and he would sometimes sing along with it. He was very active in the music program at his church, singing in the choir and sometimes performing solos, and he frequently attended gospel music concerts, sometimes driving as far as 350 miles away to hear a group he especially loved. I did not particularly share his attraction to this type of music, although I, too, used to sing in the choir (different church), and I never went with him. Since I play the piano, he wanted me to share the organ with him, and he at one time put it in my living room, but I later insisted he take it to his apartment since I never played it.
We have some other friends who knew us all, and on hearing of my recent auditory affliction have decided that Wayne is attempting to contact me through his favorite medium--Christian church music. It is notable that Wayne had a very deep pitched singing voice--similar to the singer I am hearing, but Wayne's voice was not quite so low and not quite so professional.
So....one could put a paranormal twist on all this, but then a psychiatrist could have a hey day with it, too, huh?
BTW: My own husband, whom I adored and miss terribly, had little interest in church and even less in church music. I also miss Wayne terribly. I didn't realize while he was alive how much his friendship and help was supporting me in my bereavement from my husband. I now am very ..... unsupported.
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