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how strong is your echolalia? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by madamarie@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world

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in my case i have a very strong internal echolalia, as in i get stuck with a phrase or a specific thought, song, word, ecc... which i find very annoying, though I dont know about external echolalia, I never noticed

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[–] knightly@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It used to be awful, I'd end up repeating the last thing I said in my head over and over 'til there was something else I needed to process verbally.

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[–] vividkitten@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

same, I'll get stuck on a loop repeating the last thing in my head. Listening to music helps sometimes.

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