Anyone else do this?

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I have always repeated words that have fascinated me, to some degree or another !

That happens all the time at my school. One kid starts it and others join in for the word of the week.

That's really messed up. Makes me mad. You're on the edge of adulthood and they treat you this way?

I thought he meant that they all chose a word to repeat over and over all week?

Same here.

You didn't jack my thread. It's fine .This is an interesting discussion. I believe echolalia can be both voluntary (used as a stim) and involuntary (used in language). I've seen autistic kids and adults who love to repeat certain words or phrases when they are stressed or excited. That's not involuntary to me. But then again, that could just not be echolalia.

Hmmm... I just remembered something I used to do a lot when I was younger. Have you ever repeated a word so many times it loses it's meaning? Apple Apple Apple ...........wait, what is an Apple? Or maybe I'm just weird (totally ok with that)

My psychologist and I both did that! Don't worry, it might be weird but you're not the only one .

There's the broad meaning of "echolalia"--and there's the narrow meaning of "echolalia."

Can anyone confirm whether this sounds like echocholia or not?

I often repeat things *I* have said, snippets of conversation, an hour later Ill be waiting for a bus and suddenly realize im saying the same thing I said to the cashier at the grocery store in exactly the same intonation, sometimes 2 or three times. (sometimes I realize its been fifteen times, or the same thing for years on and off - usually when I notice/realize im embarrassed and try to stop)

I can be working out on the elliptical and realize im whispering under my breath something I said a week ago,

this is more common if it was something embarrassing, or emotionally charged when it was said.

I really like to emulate sound effects and famous people or videogame characters etc and have quite a knack for it somehow?

sometimes i just loop a characters catch phrase exaaaactly like they do it until I realize im annoying people.

is this echocholia ?

Last edited by SwimmingHigh on 07 Aug 2017, 1:17 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Yep, I will sometimes repeat words I like, or phrases, again and again in my head. Sometimes they will come out in my conversation as well, though as a kid this was much worse and involuntary.

Im diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and I was under the impression it was intrusive thoughts when I repeated words/sentences, especially since so often theyre emotionally charged sentences that upset or embarrassed me, but definitely not always.

Sometimes it can be as innocuous as "Thanks have a great day"
because thats what I said to the cashier earlier in the day..

sighhhh
Maybe some of you feel less alone finding out other autistic people do these things but it fills me with horror and dread.
Im mostly still in denial

starting to realize I developed OCD as a way to cope with being autistic

If there is such a thing, I think I have music echolalia. Also, I have a particular vocal tic/compulsion of which seems connected to echolalia and keeping a beat looping. Not sure if it would be related, though.

edit. I just read your post, SwimmingHigh, and, some of what you mention resonates with me.

OH me too with music I play the sasme song on repeat, sometimes for THREE MONTHS (I could never live with a partner)

or the same few bars/notes of a song

and when I play piano I can play the same small little part over and over and over and over and over its incredibly satisfying (not to anyone near me)

I dunno.

Sorta do it.

Like this morning at work while counting rows of stuff in a grocery store for inventory my thoughts drifted back to a certain thread here on WP. The one about "ferrets", and thought about my post spoofing a certain Cole Porter song "I love ferrets in the springtime, I love ferrets in the fall, I love ferrets in the winter when its drizzling, I love ferrets in the summer when it's sizzling ....". And then of course I couldn't get the song outta my head. Which was actually just as well. The store didn't have the usual inescapable muzak on, so it was kinda entertaining to have a song playing in my head.

Do you think repeating things out loud voluntarily is considered echolalia?