Music changing through sleep?

[928GTS]

Could anyone explain why this happens? For the past year about 8 out 10 of the times I fall asleep with my headphones on listening to a song on repeat for longer than 45 minutes when I wake up from my slumber and listen to the song it sounds completely different,usually everything is shifted up an octave but parts of the song can appear or disappear,vocal delivery can change,guitar lines can alter themselves,etc.

However if I tell my MP3 player to turn off after 45 minutes this does not occur. I'm not sure why this happens at all. Sometimes if I listen to the song in heavier than usual rotation the song will return to how I remember it but this doesn't happen with every song.

This happens regardless if I take a 2 hour nap or if I fall asleep for the night. I haven't checked to see if 45 minutes is my threshold because 45 minutes is the time I used for auto shutdown when I started falling asleep to music.

Whats going on?

 

[gilency]

It could be that you are in a sleep-wake transition state, when there is sleep intrusion into wake state or the other way around. It is know to happen in certain conditions including narcolepsy (like hypnopompic hallucinations) but it could happen occasionally in normal individuals. Another explanation would be some sort of seizure event triggered by music.
Or it could be black magic.
Or you could be you just making things up.
Or may be is the result of hallucinations due to schizophrenia.
Please don't get upset. I am just going thorough the differential diagnosis.
The only one I don't believe in is Black magic.

 

[928GTS]

Well I do have a few diagnosed mental issues(depression,Aspergers,ADHD,etc,etc)but as far as I know I'm not schizophrenic. I don't think I'm narcoleptic either,I sleep great and have plenty of energy during the day. Its weird as hell,I think I'll eventually see someone about this just so I can figure out what it is. It doesn't distress my life at all nor does it really bother me,its just weird and I was wondering if I could have light shed on it. Thanks for the information,though!

 

[gilency]

Depression, Aspergers and ADHD would not explain your symptoms.
If they persist, you may want to have it checked by a neurologist with expertise in sleep medicine.

 

[928GTS]

Yeah,just throwing them out there. Needless to say I don't think the music playing through my sleep(on the nights I forget to set the timer)agitate my brain in the sense that I don't have any reduction in sleep quality. Man,the intricacies of the human mind,eh?

 

[gilency]

Sleep is a fascinating field. Actually the brain is quite metabolically active during sleep. The physiology of sleep and the mechanism of action of different neurotransmitters and the interactions between different centers of the brain is amazing. IMHO we are in the stone age when it comes to our understanding of molecular biology and medicine in general. 100 yrs from now somebody will look back at our level of knowledge the way we look back at the middle ages. LOL.
Good luck to you.

 

[LostOne.TR]

I don't know, but I do want to try it now.

 

[grape ape]

I notice that my mood has a huge impact on how i perceive sound. I also notice that when I wake up I'm usually in a more anxious mood than when I go to bed. Since I don't go to bed while listening to music I couldn't tell you if I notice a change in tonal quality.

 

[iNiGFx]

Yeah,just throwing them out there. Needless to say..

 

[stevenkelby]

I don't think it's weird, makes sense to me.

After exposure to any stimulus for a certain period you become desensitized. That probably happens to different frequencies too. Some frequencies may not be blocked out as much as others.

 

[928GTS]

Well the weird thing is that 7 times out of 10 the song doesn't change back. Even if I listen to,say,a live version of the song or another version of it the same altered signature is still there.

 

[10068]

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Originally Posted by gilency /img/forum/go_quote.gif Aspergers would not explain your symptoms.

Wait... doesn't Asperger's affect processing of various stimuli?

 

[928GTS]

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Originally Posted by Sduibek /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wait... doesn't Asperger's affect processing of various stimuli?

From what I read it does,but I think its to the extent where someone with AS hears music,sounds,etc differently and often picks out tones,signatures,etc that other people don't. Its not necessarily that they're hearing the sound any differently,its just that their brain is breaking it down in a different manner.