Ear worms

Hi All,

Another question about Step 1 (Apols for another Step 1 question so soon, but I’m sticking with each step until I get it where it needs to be).

I’ve made reasonable progress with control, suppression and vacancy of thoughts / mind, but I’m still getting the odd half-second interruption here and there. One of the main culprits is the dreaded ‘ear worm’, where part of a song loops over and over. Yesterday was a Madonna song which I put down to hearing on my headphones during a visit to the local shop, so I made a point all day today of avoiding listening to music.

Alas, during today’s practice, a Paula Abdul song cropped up, one which I haven’t heard since 1988!

In the past I’ve used methods such as visualising a record version of the song on a turntable and it slowing down to a stop (with the music / voice pitch deepening etc.), but I’m concerned that worrying about it occurring may in fact exacerbate the issue moving forward. Any advice would be appreciated RE ear worms. P.S. Madonna and Paula Abdul are not part of my soul mirrors!