I can’t find anything that explains what I’m going through. I get these episodes where I’ll have a sound, like the R and L sounds together, and it loops in my head, and when it’s happening I can’t pay attention to anything else. I can’t distract myself from it and it’s very distressing. It’s accompanied by intense anxiety and the urge to make the sounds I’m hearing in my head with my mouth, as if that will ease the distress, but it really doesn’t.
Nothing I try makes it stop. It just seems to have to run its course. The only similar experiences I’ve found were OCD related, but OCD looping thoughts seem to have content. This is just sounds. It’s not related to an obsession. I can’t understate how distressing this is, and it can last anywhere from a couple minutes to 30. Any ideas or similar experiences? I’m desperate.