Audio Pareidolia: We need to talk about this...

[Mister Obvious]

i've lately found myself in a thing in which i'm singing repetitive lyrics about one of our cats to a few different styles of songs i currently dig. over and over. sometimes like an hour straight. in moments of self reflection, i'm somewhat concerned about this. it reminds me of being really depressed and having the same hurtful broken record playing... but this time it's not a bad, hurtful thing. speaking of him, he just walked up to me with trills of affection.

This reminds me of a period of time I went through a few years ago...

I was talking to myself out loud, no fucks given. Like I'd just be talking about whatever I was watching, and instead of commentating by typing on here, for example, I'd just say it out loud.

I was sort of concerned about this behavior and my mental state back then, but honestly, it felt great. I felt happy (which has been rare in the past several years) so therefore I was not inclined to worry about it.

I actually embraced it... and eventually it passed, and I haven't really done it since.

Maybe this will be the same kind of thing.

have you had your ears checked out recently? i know i sure haven't, and i know for sure i've suffered some damage from loud noises. as i've accumulated that damage, i have had more instances of thinking i'm hearing something when i'm not. my hearing gets super sensitive when i'm gettin stoned, which can make this worse.

The thought crossed my mind, especially since one of those first articles I found was on a site about hearing loss.

I have had trouble understanding what people are saying lately.

This is a very valid point...

Going to the doctor right now ain't really something I wanna do, LOL!

But if anything got bad enough I'm sure I would.

As far as my eyes go, I'm also aware that seeing the "skittering thingies" is most likely tied to my floaters. I did post that conclusion in the thread I linked about the topic, if I remember correctly.

But that's what I've determined about the visual issues...

So in all cases, it boils down to my perception of stimuli.

How to change that is really the question...

Seems like something that would take a lot of time and practice.

I'd basically have to train and condition my subconscious mind.

If I can keep handling things rationally, I guess this will naturally just happen over time.

Or at least I hope so.

I hope it's just some weird cyclical thing we're going through right now and that it's just a passing thing.

But if not, I hope I can learn to deal with it better in time.