Songs stuck in your head

Discombobulated · Jul 10, 2020 at 10:28 AM

I have no idea if this is a mental health issue or not but does anyone else get songs stuck in their head?

Sometimes it's one I like but not always, it tends to happen when I am feeling a little stressed or anxious. It's not usually welcome and very hard to tune out from it. Often it's not even the whole song just a bit of it, the hook usually.

Jul 10, 2020 at 08:52 PM

I do get songs stuck in my head, daily. For me its not typically a problem,though and I don't,mind. Its always interesting to see what song is,playing in my head when I wake in the morning. Something usually is.

Discombobulated · Jul 11, 2020 at 02:31 AM

Me too! Normally I don't mind but sometimes it can interfere when I want to switch off.

I work in an environment where music plays loudly most of the time and think that may be a factor.

TunedOut · Jul 11, 2020 at 03:23 AM

For some reason, I haven't had this problem lately (my meds?, that I am listening to music less often?). However, it has been an on and off problem for me since I was a child. Perhaps it is a hypo thing because it tends to happen with uplifting, upbeat type music the most. Sometimes, the first song I hear in the morning that makes me feel good or that I relate to can get "stuck" for days. Usually it is just a few lines of the song. It becomes especially annoying when just one line keeps repeating.

There are certain songs that I know can have this effect when my brain is behaving this way. For your sake

, I won't include any links to the songs or mention the artists.

Mountaindewed · Jul 11, 2020 at 10:27 AM

Yes it happens to me and sometimes it almost seems like racing thoughts. I don’t really pay attention to it much anymore.

*Beth* · Jul 11, 2020 at 04:53 PM

Definitely. In fact, there's rarely a time when I don't have a song stuck in my mind.

But there's the "normal" song stuck in my mind - if it gets annoying I imagine a STOP sign. Every time the song starts playing in my mind I see the sign and think the word stop.

Then there's the hypomanic/manic music, which is a song with another song with lots of genres of music, all overlapping and each piece of music has very defined notes, lyrics, even images.

The ambient sounds (blurred TV, a woman screaming, crashing, and so on) from Pink Floyd's music will play over and over , soft and loud, when I feel manic.

Jul 12, 2020 at 03:31 AM

ah yes.... dreaded earworms!

queue baby shark or something like that

ug

guilloche · Jul 12, 2020 at 02:51 PM

Yup, usually not a problem for me. I take piano lessons, and sometimes if I'm working on something that's a little too catchy, my brain will just keep playing it over and over.

mote.of.soul · Jul 12, 2020 at 08:01 PM

It does happen to me sometimes but not really in the way you described.

Not to scare you at all @Discombobulated, but sometimes hearing music in the head continually can be related to psychosis. On the other hand having the music at your workplace might be the root cause, plus stress, maybe the anxiety and possibly a busy mind from winding down from your day at work. Just some of my thoughts there.

convalescence · Jul 12, 2020 at 09:27 PM

I have ear worms quite often. I researched it and it’s a very common experience, but I did read (if I remember correctly) that those with anxiety disorders are more prone to ear worms.

Sometimes I get my own voice stuck in my head after I say something, or a coworkers voice after being around them all day. I find it to be a normal experience.

Jul 12, 2020 at 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mote.of.soul

sometimes hearing music in the head continually can be related to psychosis.

Can you say more about this? I'm curious and have never heard of that link before.

mote.of.soul · Jul 12, 2020 at 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by WovenGalaxy

Can you say more about this? I'm curious and have never heard of that link before.

Yes. I knew a guy who was hearing music in his head all the time, he said it sounded like a radio playing in the background, and he told me it was diagnosed as induced psychosis. In his case, brought on by excessive substance abuse. I've read and heard other people say similar things. And I've read on mental health websites that sounds in the head, auditory hallucinations, voices, music, etc., can be related to psychosis. That's probably different though, to having a song stuck in your head from time to time, which is pretty common, sometimes annoying but not really problematic. And obviously I'm not a doctor but that's basically what I know.

mugwort2 · Jul 13, 2020 at 08:36 PM

It depends on my situation. What is going on at the time. For example Dental appt. tomorrow. Constantly thinking of the song "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth."
A;;

zapatoes · Jul 14, 2020 at 12:56 AM

One of the songs from a movie that I just watched “Two of hearts, two hearts that beat as one, two of hearts that beat as one, oh yeah.....”

Row Jimmy · Jul 15, 2020 at 10:03 PM

The Sanford and Son theme song - da da da da, da da da da da da daaaaa, da da da da.......

sadp8r · Jul 15, 2020 at 11:12 PM

Yes this happens to me alot too ..I get a song stuck in my head or part of a song ....I don't go out much these because if all going on so I think it might be a song I hear on TV from a show or movie ( not a song I listen to intentionally on radio or something ) but a song I have no idea where it came from
When I go shopping well when I used to ...sometimes after I'd get a song in my head I probably heard it in the store but don't remember actually hearing it
It's really kind of amazing how our minds work and pick out a song we may have heard and not noticed or even if we didn't just hear it a song just comes into our head perhaps because of how we feel or what's going on at the time
Stay Safe everyone

sadp8r · Jul 15, 2020 at 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Row Jimmy

The Sanford and Son theme song - da da da da, da da da da da da daaaaa, da da da da.......

I Love that song ...I always thought it would be great to hear a live band jam to this for like 15 minutes there are so many instruments involved ( love the show too always makes me laugh ...

Row Jimmy · Jul 16, 2020 at 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by sadp8r

I Love that song ...I always thought it would be great to hear a live band jam to this for like 15 minutes there are so many instruments involved ( love the show too always makes me laugh ...

Interesting nugget - that song was written by Quincy Jones in 20 minutes.

Helper2 · Jul 16, 2020 at 09:27 AM

Bob Marley with the song everything is going to be alright..... I think its a positive affirmation so I am good with that!

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Discombobulated · Jul 16, 2020 at 10:49 AM

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Bob Marley with the song everything is going to be alright..... I think its a positive affirmation so I am good with that!

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Discombobulated Elder Member Since Oct 2019 Location: UK Posts: 5,228 (SuperPoster!) 5 12.4k hugs given	Jul 10, 2020 at 10:28 AM #1 I have no idea if this is a mental health issue or not but does anyone else get songs stuck in their head? Sometimes it's one I like but not always, it tends to happen when I am feeling a little stressed or anxious. It's not usually welcome and very hard to tune out from it. Often it's not even the whole song just a bit of it, the hook usually.
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Anonymous49105 Guest Posts: n/a	Jul 10, 2020 at 08:52 PM #2 I do get songs stuck in my head, daily. For me its not typically a problem,though and I don't,mind. Its always interesting to see what song is,playing in my head when I wake in the morning. Something usually is.
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Discombobulated Elder Member Since Oct 2019 Location: UK Posts: 5,228 (SuperPoster!) 5 12.4k hugs given	Jul 11, 2020 at 02:31 AM #3 Me too! Normally I don't mind but sometimes it can interfere when I want to switch off. I work in an environment where music plays loudly most of the time and think that may be a factor.
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Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 38,737 (SuperPoster!) 8 9,741 hugs given	Jul 11, 2020 at 10:27 AM #5 Yes it happens to me and sometimes it almost seems like racing thoughts. I don’t really pay attention to it much anymore. __________________ I'm Blue
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Anonymous32451 Guest Posts: n/a	Jul 12, 2020 at 03:31 AM #7 ah yes.... dreaded earworms! queue baby shark or something like that ug
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guilloche Magnate Member Since Jun 2014 Location: US Posts: 2,734 10 2,704 hugs given	Jul 12, 2020 at 02:51 PM #8 Yup, usually not a problem for me. I take piano lessons, and sometimes if I'm working on something that's a little too catchy, my brain will just keep playing it over and over.
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convalescence Member Member Since Dec 2014 Location: USA Posts: 473 9 106 hugs given	Jul 12, 2020 at 09:27 PM #10 I have ear worms quite often. I researched it and it’s a very common experience, but I did read (if I remember correctly) that those with anxiety disorders are more prone to ear worms. Sometimes I get my own voice stuck in my head after I say something, or a coworkers voice after being around them all day. I find it to be a normal experience.
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mugwort2 Poohbah Member Since Aug 2015 Location: Philadelphia PA. Posts: 1,291 9 28 hugs given	Jul 13, 2020 at 08:36 PM #13 It depends on my situation. What is going on at the time. For example Dental appt. tomorrow. Constantly thinking of the song "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth." A;;
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zapatoes Grand Magnate Member Since Sep 2018 Location: Islandia Posts: 4,263 6 10.9k hugs given	Jul 14, 2020 at 12:56 AM #14 One of the songs from a movie that I just watched “Two of hearts, two hearts that beat as one, two of hearts that beat as one, oh yeah.....”
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Row Jimmy Poohbah Member Since Apr 2015 Location: Protest. Posts: 1,337 9 400 hugs given	Jul 15, 2020 at 10:03 PM #15 The Sanford and Son theme song - da da da da, da da da da da da daaaaa, da da da da.......
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Helper2 Member Member Since Feb 2020 Location: toronto Posts: 67 4 32 hugs given	Jul 16, 2020 at 09:27 AM #19 Bob Marley with the song everything is going to be alright..... I think its a positive affirmation so I am good with that! ----------------------------------------------------- My Blog: Dream Dictionary - Dream Analysis, Interpretation & Meaning
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