“If we have had the experience of a certain song making us feel a certain way, we can almost be sure that listening to it again will generate those same feelings.” Your brain therefore might have formed a connection to a song without you even realising, which is why you can't resist playing it over and over again.
When you listen to a song over and over again, it can help you do some reflective listening. Because music is so tied to our emotions, Dr. Honig says, the song you're listening to might be getting you through a rough time, or even helping you get more in touch with what you're feeling.
Ok, then why do some people with ADHD listen to songs on repeat? If someone with ADHD is looping the same song over and over again, it may be because they've found that the redundancy of a song playing in the background is what helps them focus best.
When we listen to music - which is by nature repetitive anyway - it releases a high, a rush of dopamine in our brains that we're immediately drawn to replicate until we die (or hate the song we're playing). He went on to say: "It's hard to explain, but we know music affects our reward system.
Individuals with ADHD are easily distracted by external noise; research shows that repetitive music and sounds have been found to block other random noises and lead to better attention on tasks. Background music also increases focus by decreasing mind-wandering.
The brains of children with autism search for meaning in the world and are naturally attracted to music. If children with autism process speech as music, and music is highly repetitive, it's understandable for these children to repeat what they hear.
Some people with ADHD use echolalia as a stimming behavior to self-stimulate or self-soothe. Treatment for echolalia involves helping the person to expand on their language skills to communicate in more diverse and direct ways, and is typically administered by a speech therapist.
Earworms or musical obsessions (also known as stuck song syndrome [SSS]) are common in the general population, but can be more pronounced and debilitating in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
If it's something you like, and especially if it's something new to you, there's nothing abnormal about repetition at all.
Earworms can be caused or triggered by the most recent song you listened to, a song or tune listened to repeatedly, a song listened to during a period of stress, or a song that connects to past events or memories.
Aim for soothing, medium-tempo music with simple rhythms. Consider listening to classical composers like Vivaldi and Chopin.” Schroeder says classical music can also help with other areas of brain functioning.
A hyperfixation, or special interest is a highly intense interest in a subject, usually associated with autism and ADHD specifically. It can be anything: a fictional universe, a celebrity, a genre of music, a historical period.
Here's why. Static background sounds, or white noise, can improve concentration for ADHDers.
Peter Vuust: The reason we like listening to music and feel the desire to have it repeated is likely that it affects the reward centre of our brains. This is the biological system that rewards us for doing things that are vital to our survival.
Research has shown that listening to music can reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and pain as well as improve sleep quality, mood, mental alertness, and memory.
An average person listens to 18.4 hours of music per week.
How much is that per day? 2 hours and 38 minutes of music listening per day. This is equivalent to 52 and a half 3-minute songs per day.
Some people refer to “earworms” as stuck melodies, “stuck thoughts,” of “obsessive thoughts.” “Ear worms” are common symptoms of anxiety and symptoms of chronic stress. Reducing anxious behavior and stress can cause the cessation of “ear worms.” However, some researchers suggest chewing gum.
It's as if your stressed-out brain latches onto a repetitive idea and sticks with it. Also, if you have a musical background, you may be more susceptible to earworms too. Certain personality features also may predispose you to being haunted by a catchy tune.
Research indicates that nine out of ten people have experienced earworms that have lasted for an hour or longer. A few unfortunate folks even report having a song stuck in their heads for a year or more. (You can spot them because they run around yelling, “AAAHHH! Get this song out of my head!”)
Atypical Presentation of ADHD Symptoms
Sleep disturbances (has trouble with sleep initiation, sleep deprived, can't wake up easily, etc.) Weak executive function (poor recall of information, internalizing language, controlling emotions, problem-solving, etc.)
Fidgeting may look like tapping your foot, drumming your fingers, or constantly shifting in your seat. Many people with ADHD tune out when tasks are understimulating.
Hyperlexia is advanced and unexpected reading skills and abilities in children way beyond their chronological age. It is a fairly recently named condition (1967) although earlier descriptions of precocious reading do exist.
Auditory stimming uses the person's sense of hearing and sound. It may include behaviors such as: vocal sounds, such as humming. tapping on objects or ears, covering and uncovering ears, and finger-snapping. repetitive speech.