Do you have musical hallucinations? That is, do songs go round and round in your head against your will?
Well, it seems that some folks suffer from this malady - for real! And a large percentage are older.
"They're all songs I've heard during my lifetime," said Mr. King, 83. "One would come on, and then it would run into another one, and that's how it goes on in my head. It's driving me bonkers, to be quite honest."Last year, Mr. King was referred to Dr. Victor Aziz, a psychiatrist at St. Cadoc's Hospital in Wales. Dr. Aziz explained to him that there was a name for his experience: musical hallucinations.
Dr. Aziz belongs to a small circle of psychiatrists and neurologists who are investigating this condition. They suspect that the hallucinations experienced by Mr. King and others are a result of malfunctioning brain networks that normally allow us to perceive music.
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This happened to me the last time I heard "Jiminy Cricket Goes to the Go-Go Dance."
Oh shoot - there is goes again...
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