Posted by fires on August 31, 2005, at 12:11:53
In reply to Re: GG's right about earworms... » fires, posted by Racer on August 31, 2005, at 0:25:41
> Count yourself lucky -- not only do I get songs and jingles stuck in my head, on endless loop, but poetry, too. Often it's OK, since it's something I like and know by heart, but it gets horribly frustrating when it's part of one poem imperfectly remembered, often morphing into another before I realize that I have forgotten...
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> {shrug} Then again, it beats hell out of "Billy Don't Be A Hero" or "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia..."Anything would beat the 2 songs you mention -- right? Some of the Target ad songs are kind of nice and catchy when they aren't repeating.
I read of one woman with a post viral syndrome who complained of phrases from news reports and TV ads repeating, in addition to songs.
I don't recall hearing of poetry before. Do the poems diminish or stop when you are reading?
Interesting, but probably not related to our problem:
My former MD (I've mentioned his book here several times: "Tuning the Brain")wrote about a patient who spoke in rhymes. I can't imagine how the brain could do that, unless she spoke very slowly.
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