aural befuddlement

Ok, two times now I swore that I heard our doorbell ring. First time, ding-dong, I get up, open our front door, nothing there.

5 minutes later, I hear multiple ding-dongs, only louder this time, and clearly discernible. Immediately I thought that maybe I was too slow in opening the door the first time around and that the mystery visitor was back for another attempt. I get up again, open the door, and I'm greeted with nothing but an empty porch.

I saw an article a few months back discussing how people were suffering from phantom ringtone disorder. At the time I read it, I thought I so have that. I feel phone vibrations almost daily in my pocket and hear my incoming text message jingle when no one is in fact calling or texting. But doorbells? What's next, voices in my head? A booming voice from the sky?

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[Jessie]

I used to hear Bach's 2-Part Invention in C Major every so often during freshman year (it was my shrill ringtone). Last year I'd hear my current one in grocery stores, elevators and places with quiet/random music that happened to be in the same key...