Posted by Caz on February 12, 2000, at 8:47:35
In reply to Re: Musical Hallucinations, posted by alcibiades on February 12, 2000, at 5:58:40
> Thanks, Lou. Throughout most of my life I have experienced music playing in my head. It's like a steady stream, a constant, a background radio station or soundtrack. At times almost deafening, not in "volume," but in intensity and persistance, especially given the fact that I cannot make it stop. I didn't realize this is categorically an hallucination. I just thought I was "musical." I'll bring it up with my psych.
I didn't expect to find this here!
Almost all my life I have had songs get stuck in my head. I usually overcome it by playing the radio or a CD - or sometimes I just listen to my head. I call it my life's soundtrack and the songs usually relate to my feelings on a subconcious level. BUT every now and then one gets stuck, it's like I only know a few bars and it drives me crazy never going beyond them so I have to track down that piece of music and play it over and over until I can hear it all the way through in my head. I've spent hundreds of dollars on phone calls tracking down and ordering a particular CD....
Does that sound manic?
Wow that's some food for thought.Caz
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