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Old Jul 10, 2020, 10:28 AM
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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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Old Jul 10, 2020, 08:52 PM
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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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Old Jul 11, 2020, 02:31 AM
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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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Old Jul 11, 2020, 03:23 AM
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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.
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Old Jul 11, 2020, 10:27 AM
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Yes it happens to me and sometimes it almost seems like racing thoughts. I don’t really pay attention to it much anymore.
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Old Jul 11, 2020, 04:53 PM
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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.
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Old Jul 12, 2020, 03:31 AM
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ah yes.... dreaded earworms!

queue baby shark or something like that

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Old Jul 12, 2020, 02:51 PM
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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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Old Jul 12, 2020, 08:01 PM
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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.
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Old Jul 12, 2020, 09:27 PM
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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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Old Jul 12, 2020, 09:33 PM
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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.
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Old Jul 12, 2020, 09:53 PM
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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.
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Old Jul 13, 2020, 08:36 PM
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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."
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Old Jul 14, 2020, 12:56 AM
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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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Old Jul 15, 2020, 10:03 PM
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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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Old Jul 15, 2020, 11:12 PM
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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
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Old Jul 15, 2020, 11:15 PM
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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 ...
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Old Jul 16, 2020, 06:47 AM
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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.
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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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Old Jul 16, 2020, 10:49 AM
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Old Aug 05, 2020, 11:35 AM
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I've had two Lulu songs from the 60's stuck in my head the past two days.

1) To Sir With Love

2) The Boat That I Row

Used to hear them a lot as a baby and a small child. She was a great singer Lulu.
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Old Aug 05, 2020, 02:17 PM
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I just remembered a wonderful documentary film called Touching the Void about 2 climbers descending a summit in the Andes, one of them, Joe, falls and breaks his leg and the other has to leave him to get help. When Joe is lying in the freezing cold he becomes delusional with the pain and ends up with the song 'Brown Girl in the ring' by Boney M going around his head. It's the most bizarre earworm but it sort of keeps him focused and with it as he battles for survival.

It's an amazing film and I recommend it.
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Old Aug 06, 2020, 07:54 AM
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return of the mac.

they play a bit of it during the newest comercial for mcdonalds re-opening

but they just played the entire song on the radio
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Old Aug 08, 2020, 10:04 AM
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Yes, I've seen that film @Discombobulated. Absolutely epic film of survival against the odds. Yes, the 'Brown Girl In The Rain' song, wow. You're right, in that instance having a song going round and round in his head, had a certain survival value. Amazing film all right. Herculean perseverance.

Incidentally, the only tool I personally use with any semblance of positive effect against repetitive thoughts, is mindfulness. I'm sure you've heard of it or even utilize it.
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Old Aug 08, 2020, 04:36 PM
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I’ve had The song “That Time.” Stuck in my head for a couple days. I was obsessed with it when I was 14 and I just downloaded it onto my phone a week ago.
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