Hello! I have been on and off practicing general meditation for a couple years now and have just recently decided to dive right back into it. I love it more than ever now, and i find myself turning to meditation sometimes 3+ times a day between tasks or during downtime.
I am having a small issue though, i don’t prefer to have any low stimulating music on, i usually turn a fan on to give me some white noise to work with. But recently i’ve been having a very hard time with songs stuck in my head, and it may sound normal at first but these are songs i dont like, don’t listen to daily, and barely know yet they are coming to me so clearly.
Songs very frequently get stuck in my head and i often love it because i can experience one of my favorite songs in its entirely in perfect pitch and completion all in my head, very soothing. But during meditation i can kick those normal audio repetition “stims” (i do have autism and suspect i have a kind of echolalia) but i can’t kick these almost “negative” clips playing in my mind. They do get in the way of me being completely and utterly grounded. I guess the only reason i find them negative is because i dont like them, they aren’t familiar, and it makes me uncomfortable.
Anyways, apologies for rambling, the whole point of my post was to ask if anyone had advice/tips/tricks/stories that could give me perspective into what could work for me?
thank you for your time 🙏🏻❤️