• teft@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    I find playing the song i have stuck in my head to completion gets rid of the earworm. If i played another song i’d just have two earworms.

    • LastWish@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Fun fact, at least for me, if you don’t know the end of the earworm, make up a dramatic finale that ends it.

      • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        My brain is dumb. It likes to only repeat parts of songs so even if i made up an ending it’d still just go back to the part i was stuck on. It’s why i can’t do the second song thing because then i’d end up having some weird remixes going on.

        • LastWish@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          It works for that! Make up the most ridiculous, dramatic, crazy showtune style ending. Really ham it up. If that doesn’t work I’ll accept your surrender.

  • toomanypancakes@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    I nearly constantly have music going in my head if I’m not listening to something. Not necessarily real songs, either. Listening to music is better.

  • Strider@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    I need it to have my brain entertained with something positive. Otherwise, as with sensory deprivation it will entertain itself with mostly negative train of thoughts, strongly supported by our zeitgeist.

    • davidgro@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      I opened it muted (just to see what the title was) but still heard the music the instant it opened.

    • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 months ago

      I have musical tinnitus - my entire life had symphonic and electronic soundscapes. I thought it was normal - I’ve actively listened to all types of music for about 45 yrs.

      Sometime in my early forties I mentioned it to my mate’s new girlfriend. She laughed and directed me to an article about it.

      Musical tinnitus 11/10 highly recommend. Normal tinnitus 0/10 avoid at all costs.

        • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 months ago

          You have my complete sympathy. It’s a torture I couldn’t even begin to imagine.

          My mechanic neighbour suffers from it, he plays a lot of white (?) noise YouTube videos when he has to concentrate - they work for him; a bit.

          • newton@feddit.onlineEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            I use bone conducted headphone for music, and trying not to fixate on the tinnitus helps a lot.

            Greeting from the Belgian coast

  • schmorp@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    I’ve done some lazy-style toddler sitting (in my defense, it was the heat!) and might have accidentally overdosed on Disney songs and The Sound of Music. Now trying to delete it with an 80s New Wave and Alternative playlist. And if that doesn’t help I’ll have to nuke it with 90s eurodance, but that would be grim.

  • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    I don’t believe people enjoy music so much that it loops in their heads. For most it’s background noise that stops once the music stops.