Apparently, it's normal for adult NT's to listen to the same song over and over again repeatedly, but they don't usually, say, watch the same part of a movie or TV show over and over again:
http://ask.metafilter.com/94928/Listen- ... repeatedly
I do both sets of activities, but sometimes I will only mention listening to the same song over and over again. This causes people to say, "Oh! Me too!" I think I understand better that I should mention also my tendency to watch the exact same part over and over again too. I should mention also how I get fixated on one part of a song and play the same part over and over again, listening to it with rapt attention. I will often be in motion as this occurs, if I'm alone, wandering the room in a half-pacing, half-dancing manner. If I have a remote control, I'll flip it; otherwise, I will generally wring my hands as I move. Even in an institutional setting, without media, I will frequently do this wandering and wringing of hands during my free time (which might give a superficial appearance of the psychomotor agitation that occurs in mood disorders). If I'm watching something, my eyes usually stay on the TV screen as I do this. I find this helps my mood, helps me think, invigorates me, and helps me get to sleep at night. I have done this more or less continuously since at least age 5, when I would rewind the tornado portions of the Mickey Mouse short "The Little Whirlwind" and The Wizard of Oz film over and over again. This doesn't seem typical for NT adults to do.
Would you guys agree?
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06 Feb 2016, 6:25 am
