Echolalia

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This is brilliant.

Do you say it out loud?

If I try to think verbally, what happens is I get part of a sentence, and then it repeats on a loop until something else interrupts. if I want to think in words, I have to actually speak out loud. But then it's not really thinking, just translating my thoughts into language. For some concepts I have to do this (speak or write) in order to actually explore them, as my ability to visualize them is limited.

Yet another of my behaviors that I thought was normal that isn't....jeez.

When I was a child, I would repeat things people or I would say, but I would slightly move my lips while I did it -- kind of like moving your lips when you read. Drove my brother nuts. I still repeat the phrases, but only in my head now. and like some of the earlier posters, sometimes it's just a phrase or word that sounds cool. And yes! I get the music stuck in my head too, sometimes the same song for days at a time.

When I get nervous or I have a awkward thought in my head I will repeat over and over again outloud the last word I have spoken.

Anyone else do this

"Echolalia....Echolalia"

Sorry, could not resist!

Seriously though, I do find myself talking to myself when alone including sometimes repeating words I hear on TV or that pop into my mind from somewhere. Think it is pretty under control in terms of not exhibiting it in public though so most people would not be aware that it is something I do.

Anyone else think echolalia is a funny word?
Echolalia-lalia-lalia. I actually like that lalia part of the word.

Me too! I've always done that. And I repeat other interesting phrases or sentences I hear, be it on tv, in person, etc.

I write it down.
Writing things down helps me to think verbally, as I write down right now and do think these words I am writing.



This I experience too the way you describe it.



Here again I write it down.
For some things sometimes I also make a quick drawing, I am pretty fast and accurate at it.
I could not talk myself through a concept, but I can write myself through a concept.

That is so cute! My daughter and I, both Aspie, love to repeat movie lines. It is even funnier if it somehow fits the current situation. For example, I was once lamenting having spent money on something that wasn't as good as it had appeared to be. My daughter looked at me and said, "Don't be so gullible, McFly!"

Sometimes I repeat Japanese words under my breath and no one but my friends understand what I'm saying (they used to watch lots of anime) or I repeat the last three words someone said.

I only repeat movie lines, songs and my own words, and talk to myself. At least, that's what I've noticed (I never noticed I sometimes stutter until I talked about it with someone who does).

Off topic: to the poster above, I don't know if you know but your name means "crazy" in my language.

I forgot to mention writing, but I do use it far more than speaking my thoughts out loud. I need to do something to put everything into words.



I don't recall having heard anyone else describe it that way.



I was unclear and leaving a lot of things out when I talked about speaking. I spend a lot more time writing things out. Sometimes I rehearse things verbally so I can say them more clearly to others, but writing is how I mainly communicate. A lot of what I've written here is material that I am able to explain to my therapist later because I have written it out.

Some concepts I also find to complex to write or talk myself through it. It is too abstract and I have to find a way to visualize it that makes logical sense. Sometimes I lose that visualization and understanding and have to go through the process every single time I want to be able to understand or explain it.

Are you kidding? That's my name if it was spelled in Japanese (Put my name (Matt) in Japanese for Google Translate)

I never really had Echolalia, but I know exactly what you are talking about.
I always thought it had to do with my tic disorder, maybe it is something like OCD!?
I've no clue...!

What a strange set of coincidences because the 2nd half of your name means crazy in my language

I always felt I had echolalia! It's annoying.