A Viral TikTok Claims ‘Earworms’ Aren’t Normal. Here’s What Experts Say
A song getting stuck on loop in your head is quite a common experience.If you’ve spent any time on TikTok, you’ve likely come across a catchy song or two, typically paired with a fun dance move. And if you’ve spent more time on TikTok, you might have seen a recent viral video claiming that getting a song stuck in your head is a symptom of ADHD or OCD. “OK, I just learned five seconds ago that songs being stuck in your head on repeat is not normal,” the TikTok user says in the video, which has racked up over 600,00 likes. “A friend of mine was just giving me a life update, and she said she had run out of a medication because she didn’t go to get a refill ― and now that she’s back on her medication, she doesn’t have songs stuck in her head all day.”On its face, it seems like it tracks. But at the risk of getting yet another one of those pesky, catchy tunes stuck in our collective mind, the truth is: “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.” And you. And all of us. Earworms are an extremel
