Why do Aspies talk and sing to themselves?

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The question is in the title. First of all, DO people with Asperger's talk and sing to themselves? Assuming they have no other mental problems (eg. schizophrenia), why do Aspies talk and sing to themselves?

I like to do it sometimes, I guess it's one way of using excess energy and sometimes a way to stay calm, for me.

Purely because I feel like it. I probably am missing that 'social embarrassment' factor that NTs would most likely get from doing this!

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It is the only way I can have a decent intellectual conversation!

The reason no one else does this is because they're to embaressed.

I used to hum and talk to myself a lot, now I only talk to myself when alone and sing in the shower.

Sometimes I'll sing to myself (Mainly because I missed being sung to & only when I'm alone).

Sing and talk to myself? I don't do that, sorry.

I talk to myself, I am not really sure why.......I guess it sort of helps me keep my thoughts organized, because I tend to do it more when I am doing an something with the potential to cause confusion.

I don't know why either. It helps to clarify my thoughts, putting them into words.....I guess most people do that when they think, but I have to vocalise the words, otherwise they're harder to focus on and to remember, especially if there are any distractions.

I think also to some extent it''s a substitute for normal conversation with people. They just won't stay on topic long enough for me to really get out what I want to say, they change the subject and their attention span is poor, and they're mostly not very interested in what I'm thinking anyway.

The problem is that when talking to myself, I go past the point and off at tangents even more than I do when I'm talking to somebody who doesn't have the audacity to stop me. Sometimes I think I'd be better off talking to somebody who could help me to organise my ideas better, by interrupting me with comments and questions designed to keep me from losing the plot.

I sing to myself constantly. Not necessarily songs from the radio or whatever, just random things related to whatever I'm doing. I talk to myself in more serious situations, like when I'm working. Do NTs not do this?

I grew up in an environment where I was mostly left to my own devices-to keep myself entertained. I was also an only child. There were long periods of time where I would only have myself as company...my parents mostly ignored me, were too busy with their own stuff, & there were few kids for me to hang around with (most kids avoided me like the plague unless they wanted to hurt me). So talking out loud was something I did to keep myself company. Years ago, there was a documentary on the signing chimp, Washoe, who also talked(signed ASL) to himself. The explanation was that he was similar to an only child. It was an "aha moment."

My mom hated it, as it was just another thing I did that made me strange. It wasn't like a normal two sided conversation, it was more that I would voice my thoughts out loud as they occured. Still do it, although I have lowered my voice so most people can't hear me.

i do both all the time in my head idk why :/

That's a good question. I thought it was because I hardly speak most other times? Or it's like a verbal stimming behaviour. Probably the latter. I get pleasure from it and it does seem to help me relax.

I sing to myself sometimes if I'm really hyper. It's a way of getting the energy out (since I'm usually exercising when singing to myself), or I talk to myself to stay focused on whatever it is I have to do.