Dear friend, Im a night owl, so sometimes i have trouble sleeping each night, and this "thing" that has been happening is NOT helping.
Ill be laying down in bed trying to sleep. While i do this sometimes ill say a phrase in my head. It can be a random sound, like buzzing, or a song lyric. Then it will repeat in my head. Over and over, my head thumps everytime it's played. I will struggle for it to stop and it usually does in a relatively short amount of time. It normally happens once i have the thought in my head (ie the song lyric) and i think "oh god dont do the repeat thing!" and it does the repeat thing. This happens several times almost every single night.
I think it may have something to do with half sleeping, another thing i regularly do. Where i feel my entire body stiff, any slight pains in my body linger. My mind is off somewhere else, not being able to dream but still not being able to move me. Unless i struggle to regain full movement in which case i do. This half sleep thing is apparently not that uncommon. Could the repeats occur when i enter a half sleep mode? Similar to slight pains staying while in this state? A point in the right direction is all i need. Thank you.