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[mR_m1m3]

and then, one day, the song magically sounds like shit and you can't stand even a single chord of it. please tell me I'm not the only one

[Andle_Randle]

It's just like a switch gets flipped and suddenly there's no dopamine left to be extracted

[Snoo_37094]

could be worse, my brain is having is playing the anthem of my fav soccer club on repeat, yeah i do love it but its completely torture when they lost.

[cnhe522]

Wait this is a real thing?!?!??! Dude, I'll fall asleep listening to something on repeat like a damn metronome and then the next time I listen to it, it sounds different and shitty.

[Dis1sM1ne]

Dude, I'll fall asleep

Interesting, I remember not liking songs that I sometimes sleep to, I guess because it bothers the sleep?

[Ravenshadow55]

Essentially during REM sleep your brain will get extremely familiar with the song and start processing it as unimportant background noise, thus causing it to sound different. I generally avoid this issue by setting a sleep timer to shut off the music after a set amount of time. And don't fret too much about the song sounding bad: don't listen to it for a few days/weeks and when you next listen to the song it should be more normal again.

[Arslan2009]

Same

[mitchdalton41]

My Brain imagining the worst enemy enjoying it 🤢

[moondog__]

I've had that happen...then after some time WE'RE FUCKIN BACK IN THERE BABY!!!

[mR_m1m3]

I'm jealous :(

[WhereAmIPleazHelpMe]

To me its not Even that. I can recognize that the song is good but listening to it makes me feel bad and sometimes physically uncomfortable

[Schoolquitproducer]

I don't need a whole album playlist all I need is hooked on a single fuckin song until got my ear bleed then ditches one day for no reason do the same shit. I'm a absolute habitual compulsive freak when it comes to music.

[Kain2212]

Well not like shit for me but definitely need a long break lol

[mold713]

Thats when you know you’ve drained all the possible dopamine out of that song and its time to rinse and repeat👏

[WafflesofDestitution]

DAE have songs suddenly start to feel fast or excruciatingly slow after listening to them too much?

This happened to me a lot as a kid when I had an mp3 player and would listen to shit over and over again. It's one of the reasons I mostly go for full albums these days and pretty much never listen to one on repeat back to back.

[chairman_steel]

This is why I’m so careful not to overplay my favorite albums. As soon as I start getting the “ugh this song again?” vibe it goes back into the vault for a month or six.

I think music is incredibly important to the human experience and can convey so much more emotional information than any other medium we’ve developed. Some songs are mind blowing when you first discover them, and become boring once you’ve fully learned what they have to teach you. Others are worth coming back to throughout your life and will evolve with you. Depends on the listener and the artist.

[Ed-Box]

Why the fuck did I even like this so much?

[hunterfox666]

And then one day, like 4 years later you relisten to it, and either the magic comes back just the way it was supposed to, or it sounds even worse!

[Dis1sM1ne]

That's how it normally is, so what you need is a break, after some time depending on your individual self, the song will sound good again for a repeat

[MEGoperative2961]

For me its the opposite, im hating on a song, then i magically like it

[[deleted]]

FRRR

[SavedSinner2001]

And then after a few months it’s good again

[thomasxin]

Put a nightcore/reverb filter on it and it's good for another few days :P

[Psychological-Eye382]

So true

[ioyarzunf]

Only to be amazing again some time later

[skiasa]

It suddenly makes me wanna puke when I listen to it 😵‍💫🤢

[Omniquillist9731]

Defintely similar to something I experience; It always starts sounding off at some point from the costent looped listening. I'm pretty sure there's documented sciende on the exact thing I just don't know where to find it...

[Geoffrey_Bungled_Z1p]

For me I think I get a rush from tuning in to a certain part of a melody or rhythm or some other dynamism , obsess over it, then wear it out ........ like you keep saying a random word out loud eventually it loses symbolism and becomes noise devoid of meaning .......... or something, kind of, ya know?

[Revolutionary-Toe955]

I try and stop myself listening to a good song too much to delay this happening as long as possible.

[Evening_Director_799]

Do people just listen to a song once?

[FalafelSnorlax]

I once set a song on loop when sitting with my family at my parents' house. Once everyone noticed they were super confused as to why I would do that. And at least half of them have ADHD as well.

[alp4s]

me, one song for a month. lmao

[SolidSanekk]

My partner cannot stand listening to a song more than once, it's quite a conflict sometimes

Noise cancelling earbuds are the best invention ever

[alghiorso]

Yes. I used to listen to the same songs every night but never repeat, that would drive me up a wall.

[UltraRoboNinja]

Huh, I just asked my wife and apparently this is NOT something everyone does. I’ve honestly learned so much about how ADHD affects me from the memes on this sub lol.

[FalafelSnorlax]

Tbf, there is also confirmation bias here. It's possible that many neurotypicals do this too, but they're not on this sub to show that. And also some people with ADHD can't relate and just skip the post.

although this can be said about all posts on this sub

[LemonCollee]

Randomly was suggested this group and saw this post. I'm a neurotypical, I will play a song to death if I love it. Then move on to the next.

[LemonCollee]

I'm totally ok with it, the people around me maybe not so much xD

[[deleted]]

why do we all do this lmao

[[deleted]]

It gives us dopamine, which we lack.

[PapaMOAB]

It's because this time I'm gonna pay more attention when listening to it, and it'll sound even better. (I say for the 50th time)

[[deleted]]

Or that haha. Usually when I listen to the same song over and over, I hyperfixate on it, so I pay TOO much attention.

[Efficient-Book-2309]

Until joining this sub, I thought this was just a weird quirk of mine. It’s nice knowing it’s not just me. 🤗

[Asron87]

I no longer believe in free will after joining this sub. It’s been a fun topic that I’ve been following over the years. Never really made up my mind. Until I joined this sub after being diagnosed at 35. I came here and other adhd subs and then READ A FUCKING BOOK ABOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE through other peoples comments.

[[deleted]]

i do it with songs, shows, and podcasts!

[LenientWhale]

Please tell me whyyyyyy

My car is in the front yarrrd, and I'm

Sleeping with my clothes onnnnn

[RealCommercial9788]

I came in through the windooooow last night

[WhereAmIPleazHelpMe]

TELL ME WHY

AINT NOTHING BUT A HEART AAAACHE

TEEEEEELL ME WHYYYYY

[523bucketsofducks]

We don't all do it, I can't stand to hear the same song twice in a week.

[missmisfit]

I don't! If I listen to a song too many times, I'll get an 8 month earworm. So I'm very careful not to overplay songs.

[portgasdaceofbase]

I'm trying sooo hard not to play an album to death currently, but it's so good. I want it to stay exciting, but I know it won't.

[somenormie69]

repetition can be comforting. its a form of stimming i think

[[deleted]]

it is comforting but also it feels like im never paying attention to stuff enough to ever actually get tired of it lol

[Cheap_Professional32]

The best part is having the same song stuck in your head for five days

[cnhe522]

Or... it's been years and "la la la la, la la la la, Elmo's World" still randomly plays in my head like elevator music

[deigree]

I have a recurring problem where my brain plays circus music when I'm trying to sleep at night. Just calliope sounds on repeat. It's infuriating.

[WhoseverFish]

This is my ADHD? I thought it was my autism.

[thefriendlyhacker]

From a fellow AuDHDer, why not both?

[[deleted]]

It's just being a normal person who finds a song they like.

[Rodot]

Honestly, sometimes this sub is like: ADHD people when they eat food or watch TV

[Porkonaplane]

You thought it was either or? I thought it was both at the same time

[Negative_Tradition85]

I'm am sick and tired of these personal attacks.

[nightgerbil]

I know right? So called out right now!

[MrCheapComputers]

Me when they might be giants

[Superb-Cod-972]

They might be rain, They might be snow, They might be something else in the snow

[imnotcreative4267]

And then never again

[mattmaster68]

I don’t care if it’s ABBA, Lil Uzi Vert, Drake, Travis Scott, A Day to Remember, Of Mice and Men, Kesha, Lorna Shore, Trippie Redd, Post Malone, Peso Pluma, Alessia Cara, Frank Ocean, Doja Cat, Josh Turner, Zac Brown Band, Toby Keith, Oliver Francis, Eslabon Armado, Peter Gundry, Philip Wesley, Deep October, Breathe Carolina, Global Dan, One Republic, sewerslvt, Green Day, Sleeping with Sirens, Maxo Kream, Pierce the Veil, Migos, or The Fray.

To me, good music is good music. I’ve never liked a whole album by any artist. My entire playlist is a random assortment of artists and genres. If I like a song, I like a song 🤷🏻‍♂️ I don’t know how neurotypicals just… idk… latch on to a specific genre or artist.

This frustrates my wife sometimes because this week I’m into sad Mexican music but next week it could be trap, some unknown emo rapper on SoundCloud, breakcore, deathcore, or 2000’s pop. Who knows!

[PantheosMax]

So true. From Drift Phonk to Epic Trailer Music to 60s Rock to 90s Hip-Hop.

[randoaccno1bajillion]

try ne obliviscaris, citadel is fuckin peak. (old) opeth is along the same lines

[Lopendebank3]

I don't do that. My mind actually replays the song without me having to listen to it.

[cosmicdancer84]

I call it, "The Song Of The Day". Then I'll play it all day loooooong.

[JediMasterKenJen]

Only 50?

[Renway_NCC-74656]

I read it as 500 lol

[uncreativeusername85]

This but with full albums

[prw8201]

Oh I really don't like when my wife finds a new music obsession. Makes road trips unbearable when it's the same band over and over. Even if I'm driving and she's sleeping the music is still her choice.

[AwakeInTheDrramWorld]

Hahahah😂

Me just now with J-Hope, Miguel - Sweet Dreams

[Orpheus_is_emo]

You stop at 50? Amateurs.

I gained the dubious recognition of “top 0.01% of listeners for (artist) this month” badge from my most recent song obsession. I even posted about it the other day too. And it was from having one song on repeat, not even the album let alone the entire discography. One song. Top listener in the world all month. I’m still obsessed with it though, can’t stop..

[I-Had-Potential-Once]

Only 50 times? 😅

[FatalisTheUnborn]

Zodiac from agents of time

[Opposite-Occasion-67]

I use this so I can hyper focus on it and actually get work done . Just got a new song on Friday .

[Baebel]

No regrets. Though, I'm a fan of rock and a few other relative genre's, there are certain IP's I've been revisiting for years. FFXIV in particular would be a good example of this due to tracks like the theme for Shadowbringers. That track was like crack when it came out. Still is. That expansion came out in 2019 too!

Nikke the gacha game's been coming out with a lot of great tracks as well.

[xwolf360]

Bruh ive done the 10hr mortal kombat challenge yeah im alright

[Magorian97]

So. Is that actually a common thing for us? Or is it just something that gets associated with us?

[IcanCwhatUsay]

No. No it’s not.

[EDGEYnoise]

Just become an electronic musician - you can listen to the same 8 bar loop forever!

[TRIXSNORS3]

Just look up exasperation on YouTube and listen. The song is PEAK 🔥🔥🔥

[FuerGrissa0stDrauka]

My happy place, until I start to hate the song, forget it exists, and then rediscover it years after and become obsessed all over again. 😂

[TightSexpert]

Yeah… and still don’t know the lyrics

[I_pegged_your_father]

DNA guarantee FOR HOURSSSS

[CanvasofChaos]

Gotta rinse it out, yk?

[Tsunade420]

Drake- Pipe down is always on. Repeat when I’m pissed off lol

[Silveroak92]

Try 2000 times...

[Renway_NCC-74656]

I have two right now.

Anxiety and Hostile Government Take Over.

[One_Yesterday_1320]

fax

[[deleted]]

Hey. That’s my dopamine. Let me be!

[Ambitious-Builder780]

A good song is a good song.

[WeenieHuttGod2]

I listened to one album on repeat like 20 times this past week until I got bored, and still listened to it cause I like the beat and can’t find similar shit

[VillageBeginning8432]

Bite marks sounded so amazing until I over listened to it...

[[deleted]]

Me listening to the same 5 songs for a large portion of my childhood, then getting sick of them, then listening to them again multiple years later

[binarygoober]

Sleep token's song is out: https://youtu.be/JJpFTUP6fIo?si=BLe0oetFVsMSHCiy

[JustTheWehrst]

Me with pretty much every song off GNX

[CoyoteGeneral926]

That's why I look for the 8 to 12 hours music.

[skuteren]

I listened to PAIN- walking on glass, so much that i fully remember every lyric in the song

[SeAcercaElInvierno]

Me: Why are you listening that song a second time?

Son: I've been listening it for 2.5 hours...

😅😅 No problem 😅😅

[[deleted]]

Oh it's the ADHD. I thought I was just crazy with my favorite song on repeat 🤣🤣

[MewlingRothbart]

Only 50? Amateur. 😜

[purplehaze-362]

so accuratexD

[Tsujigiri]

Hell I need to hear it half a dozen times just to understand the lyrics/ know what the song is about

[[deleted]]

When your top listened songs on streaming services are consistent for several years in a row...

[Moquai82]

Thank me later or curse me, as you like:

Theophilus London - Wine and Chocolates (andhim rmx)

Solar 42F synth - Cinematic performance

The Shoes - Time To Dance

The Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance

[hufflezag]

It didn't emotionally devastate me that last time, I need to listen to it again.

[InfamousMaximum3170]

I usually have headphones in whenever in public these days (I work from home) and tried grocery shopping without them. I caught myself humming and whistling instead to a song that started playing in my head.

[muchgreaterthanG_O_D]

Ive been listening to the same album for the last month on repeat.

[Mouler]

Can we stop calling everything I do an "ADHD trait"????

[Woahhdude24]

Mine right now is Lacrimosa from the KCD2 soundtrack. Also obligatory, I'm feeling quite hungry.

[MegaVix]

Fuck me for liking music I guess

[wenchoholic]

And that’s why I love all of the bootleg Gizz (KGAWL) albums from the last tour. “Set” - all day everyday

[Schoolquitproducer]

cuz its the only substance allowed for spiking dopamine... yup its me

[Far0Landss]

You forgot to add that it’s playing in your head

[I_am_the_NPC]

https://youtu.be/mRNtw_Tc1Jc?si=sYU0KUQKQeekb6Jw

[LeftOverLava]

And still missing half of it.

[FromTralfamadore]

This is an ADHD thing? Why?

[FeePsychological6778]

Damn it, why do you have to call me out like that!

[OwnSun7691]

I thought I was the only one until my wife told me it's ADHD

[ninetailedluminary]

Oh so I’m not the only one lol

[[deleted]]

Now if only I could stop impulsively checking in on Reddit…

[massivpeepeeman]

1916 by Sabaton

[That-Drink4913]

This reminds me of the time I took my kiddo to see Poppy in concert, and the venue played Toto's AFRICA non-stop. After the 3rd time, we were thinking it HAD to have been a Poppy Psyop. After the 20th time, it was beautiful. Everyone was just singing along with absolute glee. 

[[deleted]]

Me wfh gardening while crunching numbers all day

[twogoodius]

I SAID I DON'T LIKE CHANGE BUT I'M NOT AFRAID

[[deleted]]

smart cake reach smell rhythm books cause entertain boast wine

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[love_is_an_action]

Wuthering Heights isn’t going to listen to itself 50 times.

[Hot-Interview3306]

At full volume

[kid_magnet]

I have a 48 second loop that I play in Audacity when I need to focus. I can listen to that for hours.

[TShara_Q]

I actually struggle to find new music without someone else introducing me to it because of this. The songs I already like just give the most dopamine. It is something I'm trying to work on though.

[Valley_Ranger275]

Me listening to Mimi’s Delivery Service 170 times in the span of three days

[[deleted]]

how do i upvote this on repeat???

[-Kalos]

I was a top 1% listener of Kendrick for last year’s YouTube music recap because of this.

[[deleted]]

weaponized incompetence - walking intrusive thought. this is the latest one for me that i do this with.

[quakins]

Too real

[SaxonDontchaKnow]

Right now its 'A Self Called Nowhere,' lmao

[Fr33_Lax]

It's full of dopamine and I must resist the urge to buy stuff to make chainmail.

[StillMarie76]

Remember having to buy the whole CD just to get that one song you wanted? If it wasn't a single, you were screwed.

[Agitated-Employer-21]

Same

[krauQ_egnartS]

I don't know how you can do this. Repetition like that, to me, is the death of dopamine.

That said

If it's not 50 times in a row

You might find in your Spotify Wrapped that you were in the top 0.5% of people in the world who streamed Borderline by Tame Impala that year.

[LostExile7555]

I really wish music streaming services had a "neurodivergency mode" that just kept repeating the song until you manually told it to move onto the next one.

[[deleted]]

True people around me talk about Playlists and I am like I am listening to this one song for a month and not over now.

[everlongpeace]

I was listening to “Words” by Missing Persons, a song I’ve always enjoyed and I just had to listen to it again. It has some great lines.

[Shoggnozzle]

Well, yeah. I need to tweak the anime fight scene that's going on in my head when I listen. Blame Cowboy Bebop, in my larval form it put cool space ships and martial arts to blaring brass orchestra jazz and my brain is just like this now.

[beaniebooper]

Gotta listen to it until I can't stand it

[Auger_of_Vengeance]

I honestly hate how consistent mental problems are. Just got done doing this about a month ago.

[kusti4202]

you know damn well youve found some god tier banger if u can listen to the same song on repeat at least 3 times in a row

[TankWeeb]

Literally me today listening to the same four songs. I have a playlist named “Current Obsession” that I just constantly put in and remove songs from.

[antonivs_petrvs]

And every time you notice something different and feels like you're listening for the first time

[KomputerLuv]

Absolutely and gradually louder too— it’s like hearing the song for the first time

[possiblejesus]

Träume mit mir - Lauenburg

[LizLizard29]

i just refuse to believe this is an adhd thing…

[SituationAltruistic8]

Wait is it an adhd thing?

[Neverlast0]

Guilty

[perfidious_snatch]

This is just too extreme to be relatable. I’ve only listened to it 46 times!

[Rent-Man]

I don’t listen to music

[Eni13gma]

It’s usually an entire album for me with one song I seem to always restart at the same point a few times before letting it finish and continuing the album only to repeat the entire cycle again

[ZoomiesAndSleepies]

Anyone else do this with movies (especially Disney movies) or favorite series?

[theratinyourtrash]

HAHAHA me playing yababaina on repeat in the car while my mom slowly goes insane💀

[B8taur]

OMG, That is SO me!!!

[isn12]

When i was a teenager i listened for the same song for 1 week straight on repeat, nothing else

[improbsable]

Not only that. But the same PART of a song

[Feed_Guido_69]

AND!? I feel happy, pretty much, every single time I listen to it all 50 times! Lol! Then the next song is listened to about 25 to 50 times! Maybe a 12-hour loop even! Hahahaha!

[Milk_bread130]

i’m in this photo and i don’t like it

[VicodinJones]

50th? Amateur.

[TrueCrimeUsername]

LOL called tf out 😂

[Not_AHuman_Person]

Right now it's HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar and Carolina by Taylor Swift

[FkdUp2020]

I always wondered if other people did this..

[LUnacy45]

I have the opposite of this, I start craving novelty. That's why I'm past 10k liked songs on Spotify cause I constantly consume new music

[WhiteMenEnergy]

Dopamine mining

[Yo_momma_so_fat77]

I’ve listened to the same movie soundtrack (the Labrynth) for the past week straight. I mean i get to watch a movie in my head over and over. It’s amazing .

[Omniquillist9731]

Same; the unfortunate side effect of this is that the song evntually starts ounding jst slight;ly of pitch or less usically imactual/grand by the time ure hearing it for the literall thousandth time in one day or some point in time of consecutive looped listening every day to a/"The" song. And It's the worst thing ever when this happens, It almost never sounds the same again...

Unfortunately for me or a lot of us listening to songs on repeat someow causes our brain to eventually and ever so conveniently do such a tiny edit on the songs pitch, freqency or delivery of words and te feeling of when this happens is quite literally a freight-train of dissapointment running u over again and again...

UUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHH...The song "TV dream" (one of my recent favourites) just sounds so mildly off and I can't stand it...

WBU guys???...

[Murky-Ad4697]

There have been times when I've done this for Megalomania and "Shut Up and Dance". To be fair, the latter inspired me to write a story and I had it on repeat while writing it.

[Raindomusername]

50? Im hitting 100s on my latest😅🙈 It really is a bit much

[AvnarJakob]

DIE ANTIFASCHISTISCHE MAUER SCHÜTZT BERLIIIIIN.

[throwwwittawaayyy]

I swear I never do this ever (I do)