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AwesomeUsername


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How the hell do you get rid of earworms?
#23731389 - 10/12/16 02:09 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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We have all experienced some of those I'm sure.
I'm talking about songs, that annoying commercial you got stuck in your head, etc etc.
Basically the stuff that you hear in your head even after the radio is turned of. At one point I even asked my co-workers, is that thing really off now?
I do get that for the most part of the day I hear these sorts of stuff even though I might not pay attention.
The thing that annoys me is that when I get to my home when I try to relax, instead of thinking about something nice I have these earworms that sound like a broken record in my head.
It is especially annoying while tripping too. I go with a purpose to learn something new, maybe get some new insights a new direction and while all this is happening a cheesy song I heard on the radio just pops up.
I wouldn't say it is ruining my life since it is easy to ignore but it's annoying nevertheless.
What do you do to prevent them? Turning off the radio at work isn't an option since my coworkers get mad at me for doing this (is it weird that I much more prefer silence more than hearing the same thing over and over again?).
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Re: How the hell do you get rid of earworms? [Re: AwesomeUsername]
#23731407 - 10/12/16 02:17 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I usually just divert my mind to something else, ANYTHING but the annoying thing repeating itself over and over in my mind, sometimes I sing it obsessively out loud, then when someone else starts doing it too, I'm free of it, LOL!
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Re: How the hell do you get rid of earworms? [Re: AwesomeUsername]
#23731417 - 10/12/16 02:20 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Your coworkers are assholes
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Re: How the hell do you get rid of earworms? [Re: tyrannicalrex] 1
#23731423 - 10/12/16 02:22 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I listen to this really loud. No earworm can withstand the sonic onslaught of Motorhead.
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Re: How the hell do you get rid of earworms? [Re: AwesomeUsername]
#23731493 - 10/12/16 02:50 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've woken up to this for the last couple of years. The earworm could be a small sample of a song lyric or tune, or even a word or phrase, that would endlessly repeat itself, almost tinitus like, in my mind. The only way to stop it is to put the radio on to 'flush it out' and replace it with some new tune. It seemed to start/get worse at about the same time I started taking either amitriptyline, gabapentin or pregabalin that my Dr prescribed to treat neuralgia.
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