Mental Stimming?

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i do this too. i have specific movies that correspond with different music.

this is also one way i remember words in different languages. once i have learned all the words in a song in a different language, i can commit it to memory and once i hear the word again, i immediately remember what song(s) i have for that word...there may be multiple music videos i have for any given word... it depends on the context of the use of the word... and somehow, when i hear the word again i somehow can tell the context of its use and thus, i pull out different "music videos" that are using that particular context of the word.... this often gives me other words used in association with the said word in _______ language, so that i can kind of come up with other words to use in conjuntion and form my own sentences/thoughts using that word in ______ language. to do this efficiently, i kinda have to have several sound bites of phrases with this word, so i can kinda think which phrases would work with what i want to say.

that being said, im not very good at speaking other languages. it sometimes feels like a oneway street. like i can understand and even get a "feeling" of the words being said to me because they conjure a very specific mixture of pictures... but it is much harder to pull words out from my pictures and form sentences... but i'm sure i'd do much better if i actually had to do this more often... ie-moved to another non-english speaking country.

Me, too! Like tonight, for instance, I was with a group of friends (one of who is an Aspie), and after three hours, we (thankfully) took a break for dinner, so I just ran off to be by myself and do my quotes. It made me happy and able to tolerate them for the remaining hour afterwards.
-OddDuckNash99-

I have an iPod wired into my skull, on stuttering shuffle. It's most annoying when it plays a song I don't know.

Periodically, though extremely rarely, I will encounter a song in the outside world that is a "new release", but I would swear was on my internal radio years before. I'm figuring it was probably something similar, rather than any psychic ability, though.

Every now and then I will get two songs stuck playing at once. I spent two weeks once with "Losing my religion" and the Oompa Loompa song from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" running simultaneously and/or interchangeably in my head.

Arg.

I do that with songs too...I'll also start singing them when i'm alone.

Right now I'm listening to the Chaminade Concertino for flute and piano for about the 10th time today.

I'll often listen to the same song over and over on continuous loop. And I get really frustrated if there's a song I want to be listening to over and over but for some reason I can't do it. I repeat phrases over and over in my mind sometimes too (though I used to do it more than I do now), but that's a part of my OCD.

Certain words tend to trigger songs for me, related to the word. Like the other day someone was talking about a rubber ball and I had that song 'Like a rubber ball I'll come bouncing back to you' - very old song, playing in my head all day. It makes me laugh, but I get told to shut up if I sing them out loud
Adverts too I find get into the loop.

Yeah I have about 200 songs on my MP3 player Ill listen to a single song over and over for a few days before changing to another one.

When I turn it off I still hear it playing so I listen to one song 24/7 for a while then it will switch to another.

One that comes up commonly is "No Memory" ironically enough

As for repeating phrases the last few words of anything I hear will always repeat for a while. When Im alone though Ive had a specific voice in my head asking me my name in a specific way over and over again for years but I have no idea where it came from.

Ive tried answering but it just asks again so I guess it doesnt like the answer

I constantly have a tune playing in my mind, even though I don't listen to music as much as the average person. It's sometimes retro video game music, as it's memorable. I also get images of things in my mind when I'm stressed, for example, which could be mental stimming.

Have been looping 'Sakasama No Chou' by Snow since I was introduced to it by Funaho. grrr.

It's on my handphone as a ringtone, and I listen to it when I have to travel. I catch myself looping it mentally or even humming it when I'm trying to concentrate on a task, or ignore the environment.

Heck, I even play it before I sleep.

This sure beats singing "Afuro Gunso~" all day (from Keroro Gunso)......

There's one song I can do that with - and only really two lines of it. It must be the particular note it hits. Like you, if I repeat it over and over in my head, I can almost produce an auditory hallucination.

I also do all these things.

The person who asked if NT's can hear a song in their head over and over (I think that's what you asked), yes, they do it too.

Me, sometimes I get multiple songs stuck in my head. It's annoying.

Boy oh boy do I do this. I have a large MP3 collection on my computer and spend time listening to tracks over and over again to commit them to memory.

I often can't sleep because I can't get my personal jukebox to switch off.

When I listen to music I get images in my head. and when I listen to structured music like electronica I get lots of 'visualization' effects in my head :)

Oh and also If im really into it, sometimes I'll be absolutely certain someone is behind me or just touched me and I'll turn round but there's no one there :/

Thats just schizophrenia nothing to worry about

Im joking by the way

I'm a professional musician. I am always thinking about music or listening to music. I'm generally found writing my music down or conducting a beat ALL THE TIME. Music is life

Stop the evil cute bunnies stalking me and then I'll stop worrying.