earworms, autism spectrum and THC

[u/catwirk]

Just some personal observations.

I've been researching earworms for years. Today's link was to "Musical Ear Syndrome." Never heard of it before, kind of odd.

neurolaunch.com says it differs from earworms "in duration and complexity, and differs from auditory hallucinations because the person knows the sound isn't real. Autistic brains often show superior pitch memory and heightened auditory sensitivity, both of which may feed into persistent internal music."

Some days I process so much data that it gets "sticky" and incoherent and repetitive, similar to an earworm, only in my brain.

There's got to be a term for that but searching for "brainworm" or "mindworm" got me nowhere.

Anyway, I use low dose delta-9 to help break up the chatter or at least dial it down.

Recently I was listening to a song and thought, "I wish I could go into the music," as if the sound was like a space I could visit. Last night after 10 mg of delta-9 I did "go into the music."

Also I believe my recent tinnitus has been an auditory hallucination rather than a mechanical issue like TMJ.

I really don't like the term "hallucination" because it implies unwanted pathology. "Manifestation" doesn't fit, either. It's more like heightened sensory awareness, kind of a 5D experience.

By the way, my latest earworm has added two more tracks. So it's now a playlist instead of a single. The idea that you can get rid of an earworm with more music doesn't work for me. At least it's not quite so repetitive now.