Do you have ear worms? I do!
Earworms is a serious affliction that has affected everyone at least once in their lives. For me it’s very chronic.
James J. Kellaris‘ studies demonstrated that different people have varying susceptibilities to earworms, but that almost everybody has been afflicted with one at some time or another.
Gross you may be thinking. I don’t have ear worms. But what exactly are Earworms? Here is a quote from Dictionary.com
| Main Entry: | earworm2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a song or tune that gets stuck in one’s mind and repeats as if on a tape; also written ear-worm,ear worm; also called cognitive itch, sticky tune |
| Example: | The song played in the grocery store became an earworm for her. |
| Etymology: | German ohrwurm |
And you thought I meant real live worms! ha ha
This usually happens to me once or twice a day. Which is always why I have to have music playing. This is actually seriously annoying. As much as I love music, to hear the same song over and over again, gets pretty annoying.
I will actually wake up with an ear worm of a song that I don’t remember hearing in a long time. Its crazy. I don’t get why I get them or what brings up the songs in my head. I mean seriously? Do I dream all night of these songs? Makes me wonder…
How about you? Do you get ear worms often? Do you wake up with them? Or am I the only crazy one!?
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