Within the last month or two I learned here that echolalia is an ADHD symptom. Apparently it’s not neurotypical to constantly have songs going through your head that haunt you for days on end and they come into your head when you don’t want them and you hate these songs like it’s raining right now and I absolutely hate that song by the Eurythmics “here comes the rain again” but I fucking hate that song and that Annie Lennox woman with the man haircut who wears men’s clothes staring into my eyes from her MTV video, and it’s playing in my head. Help please. Is there a way to get rid of these songs in my head. They never end.
I have similar issues with this. I feel like I have negligible control over what music is stuck in my head, to the point that sometimes it feels like my brain chooses which songs to play on infinite loop in my head based on what’s most likely to ruin my day or mood, or tempt me into taking an ice pick to my ear drums. In contrast, trying to get a song I like stuck in my head often feels as frustrating as trying to wrestle a greased up angry toddler.
I have noise cancelling headphones that work well for countering this, but I’m often in situations where it would be very weird for me to use them, so I’m often powerless to do anything about it.
The more I hate a song being played in a public space, the more my brain wants to make me miserable by forcing me to pay attention to the hated song and nothing else.
Same! 😭