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Autistic Ear Worms

Craig

The first thing that goes through my brain when I wake up every morning are the lyrics from a popular song of the moment. The song changes, but without fail, it is always the first thing that I think of. When I am stressed about something (currently whether my son is going to get a place at performing arts school), these lyrics 'invade' my waking thoughts and play in my head constantly when I am not consciously thinking about anything. Currently, the chorus from Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero (It's me. Hi. I'm the problem. It's me.) are currently playing on loop in my head. I believe that this is likely to be an autistic thing, but wondered whether anyone else experiences anything similar? If so, what is your current autistic ear worm? Thanks.  

Parents

  • I get them sometimes but not that often.

    Random autistic moment though, I had not heard the term until adulthood, when someone said "You've just given me an earworm" and I thought "wtf kind of infestation is that? And how? Our heads were nowhere near each other!"

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  • I get them sometimes but not that often.

    Random autistic moment though, I had not heard the term until adulthood, when someone said "You've just given me an earworm" and I thought "wtf kind of infestation is that? And how? Our heads were nowhere near each other!"

Children
  • in reply to Glitter

    I had never heard the term before reading this discussion. I genuinely had no idea what to expect from the title and was expecting something very unpleasant!