Carolyn
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Earworms are something that everybody probably gets, apparenlty is fairly common but the last few weeks Ive had them really bad they are affecting my sleep and everything, had them before but in the last few weeks its been so so bad its getting to the point its actually making me feel like I am loosing it, kept meaning to look it up for a few days and what I found today when I finally remembered is kinda a bit shocking, slightly relieved but at the same time its worrying because I do actually have OCD, not the kind that am mega paranoid about germs or like extreme checking on things and Ive been like this for years, for me its hoovering and doing this mad routine every night, honetly if I wasnt in so much pain or physically exhausted then I would be worse because I was in the past, have to hoover every night doesnt matter if we have visitors or what day of the year or anything is, done it on christmas night while everybody was still here, done it while we were having a party and I know nothing bads gonna happen but I still cant not do it, even if the floor looks completely spotless Ill still do it and I have to have a shower or bath every night, the only time I dont do these things is when I have a severe headache and I mean like sitting in a dark room, wearing sunglasses with my eyes closed kinda headache, agonising, even after I came home from hospital after brain surgery, was home one day and was back to my hoovering thing and a bath every night, occasionally if I alreay had a shower I might just go in and have a quick shower but not wash my hair but most times Ill still have another shower anyway.
So yeah a little bit OCD then I find this earworms stuff that says its linked to OCD hah and stress can make these things worse, having to move house, one of the most stressful things you can do in your life and I already done it just under a year ago!! I swear though the last few weeks Ive had about 3 different earworms and its like two lines from a song on repeat from the minute I wake up till I go to bed, now and then Ill get a brief reprive from it but it comes back again, the current ones been going for 2 fucking days!! Its starting to really really irritate the crap out of me, havent been sleeping right at all the last few weeks, insomnia and constant waking up most of the time when I am trying to go to sleep, its a wonder I havent lost my mind already!!
Anyway heres a couple of interesting links I found on earworms, just wondered if anybody else on here experiences this to the point where it drives you insane?? Or is it just little old dysfunctional broken me??
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723199/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/06/broken-record-syndrome-my-life-with-chronic-earworm
So yeah a little bit OCD then I find this earworms stuff that says its linked to OCD hah and stress can make these things worse, having to move house, one of the most stressful things you can do in your life and I already done it just under a year ago!! I swear though the last few weeks Ive had about 3 different earworms and its like two lines from a song on repeat from the minute I wake up till I go to bed, now and then Ill get a brief reprive from it but it comes back again, the current ones been going for 2 fucking days!! Its starting to really really irritate the crap out of me, havent been sleeping right at all the last few weeks, insomnia and constant waking up most of the time when I am trying to go to sleep, its a wonder I havent lost my mind already!!
Anyway heres a couple of interesting links I found on earworms, just wondered if anybody else on here experiences this to the point where it drives you insane?? Or is it just little old dysfunctional broken me??
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723199/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/06/broken-record-syndrome-my-life-with-chronic-earworm