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I'm pretty sure this is Aspies, but do you find it normal to repeat words??? I do this a lot. It is much of an anytime sort of thing. I'll talk to my friends, i have no history of a speech disorder, and I'll repeat the same thing three or four times religiously. For example:

"Hey Mitch"
"Hey Jess"
"Do, do, do you know, know this politician, this politician Ann Coulter. I really, really, I really like her because, her because she is awesome, she thinks, thinks alot like, alot like me I would, would say."

Now, I speak very much faster than you'll probably read this. Not only that but I will repeat noises/words under my breath or in my mind like:

"Redundant, redundant, redundant, redundant..."

I'll repeat it continuously in my mind but most often in my head. I'm not sure why I continuously repeat this words, it is almost like getting a song stuck in my head but there is no 'rhythm' or referring it as obnoxious.

And I also commonly repeat words others say. I sorta find it easier to repeat words to learn. Unfortunately this makes me very very very self conscious of myself because I'm not sure if my friends particularly think of me weird for it.

edit/ and often if i'm speaking quiet and saying something very short, i'm slow

Does this happen to you often?

I'll repeat myself when I get really stressed or excited.
Or when I'm shocked, I'll say things over and over again.

I'll also repeat phrases or little sayings I like as well.
But I don't repeat words very often.

Most of the time though the thing that gets on peoples nerves is that I speak backwards.
Literally, I'll switch around vowels or consonants and I'll mix around words when I say them.
So instead of saying: "Don't stick the chopsticks upright in the rice bowl"
I'll end up saying "Don't stick the rice bowl right up in the chopsticks."

I confuse people that way, but that's not the AS, that's the dyslexia.
My mind is a very confusing place.


Now a bit off the topic:
So you like dreams?

I repete words in my head. Like when I'm trying to think about what I'm going to say I happen to linger at curtin areas on my "head Conversations"
(There not like people talking in my head or anything it's just me kinda 'practacing' what I would say if someone wanted to talk to me about something.)

I'll sometimes repete conversations that I have allready said to someone or other's noticed that i'll repete curting words or names if I'm really excited about telling them something I like.

I usually repeat in a very soft tone what I say or hear. This is called "echolalia". Since I don't speak English, I found it really good, because that's how I learned English: by repeating in English what I hear in Spanish.

Most of the time, the people don't even notice. When they do, they just say "Why do you repeat what you say?". Then I calmly and naturally say "Personal quirk. That's how I learned English".

Oh, and I also have a very "broken" speech, because I also remain stuck in a word. My first crush seemed to like it. biggrin That only happens when I'm normally speaking: when I do it in front of an audience or a camera, my speech becomes totally fluent, maybe because of the pressure. Sometimes I also get stuck at a certain part and suddenly start speaking nonsense; when that happens, I just say "GAH!" and resume my normal speech.

The worst I get is a stutter whenever it happens, or I'll say things faster than I can think. I'm trying to break out of that habit though.

I repeat myself. I don't know why. I can't think now. Blah.

I don't have that problem, but my autistic sister shows a lot of echolalia.

I know this person, though, who I suspect has Asperger's that never got treated as a kid. She always repeats herself, but in an obnoxious and annoying way, not a cute way like my sister. She isn't the kind of Aspie who screams things randomly (I know one who does, and I tolerate him more than this person), but she doesn't get any kind of social cue. Like, earlier today, I was working on a math project in study hall.

[Her] "What'cha doin'?"
[Me] "Math project."
[Her] "Wanna play cards?"
[Me] "No, I'm doing a math project."
[Her] "But cards is fun!"
[Me] "And math is more important to colleges!"

Another thing that happens all the time. Her, the guy I secretly love, some other friends, and I all sit together at lunch.

[Her] "So, Becca (my name), when're you gonna ask out the guy you like?"
[Me] "When I feel like it."
[Her] "Because he's right at this table, you may as well do it now!"
[Him & I] "STFU DO NOT WANT!" (Well, not exactly, but almost. ^.^
[Her] "I love how I'm so good about not saying his name when he's nearby!"

Yeah, she's annoying. ^.^ And she's a senior in high school, and acts like she's seven. Honestly.