Palilalia - word repetition?

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Does anyone here experience Palilalia?

Just in the past week, I've been noticing that I accidentally repeat words at the end of sentences. It's not happening much - once or twice a day - but I've never done it before. I'm finding it a bit stressful and I'm confused about why it's started.

Mostly I've only been talking to my daughter when it's happened, and she's a toddler and doesn't notice, but today I was talking to my husband and I completely messed up with it. He said our daughter's room needed tidying and I said "It does does". And then, because I was embarrassed about it, my (stupid) response was to make it sound intentional, so the conversation went like this:

"And her room really needs tidying!"
"It does does. It does, it does. It does, it really does!". Once I tried covering up my initial mistake, I just felt like I couldn't stop. Husband didn't even comment on it, but it really shook me up.

I don't even realise when I'm going to repeat something. It just happens before I have a chance to think about it or try to control it.

I looked it up today, worried that it was an indication of something serious, and there's suggestion that it could be linked to autism...but I'm in my late 20s and I've never experience this before, and it's just come out of nowhere this week. If it keeps happening I will go and see a medical professional, but I'm interested to know if anyone else has suffered with this and if it's just appeared from nowhere?

I find that different things seem to be affecting me now. As I've learned to control some of how I am socially, to integrate myself a bit more, I'm noticing struggles with other aspects. However I only recently self-diagnosed and there's this line of thought - is it that I'm suppressing some things and making others worse, or is it all something that's 'in my head' because I've realised that I have autism and my mind is creating the symptoms that I didn't already have? For example, I've only recently started having sensory issues in bright light - I'm struggling more with artificial light and screens, and also with being out in the sun.

In a confusing place right now, wondering if it could be that I'm getting 'worse' just coincidentally since I found out, if it's because I'm suppressing and trying to control other aspects, or if I'm somehow subconsciously causing this stuff to happen? Or, alternatively, with the Palilalia, if it's something that could be a warning sign of something else? I'd hope not as I'm a very healthy individual, but you never know I suppose.

I have a tendency to repeat phrases I like, such as: "I am the Wolfman!"

I also stutter.

I will sometimes do this, usually don't realize it until afterwards. Also have a tendency to pause or get stuck on words.

All my symptoms get worse under stress. I do not have palilalia, but my dad and my son do. They both do the repeats sort of like an echo, quietly, like they are talking to themselves. I don't know if they speak the repeats quietly on purpose. It really is not a big deal.

I'd rather deal with that then with the problem I have, or the problem my daughter has had. I lose my train of thought mid-sentence, so often people don't even hear a the whole thought. It makes for a tough conversation when that happens. My daughter used to not be able to get her words out, so she would start a sentence then go back to the beginning of the sentence again and maybe say an extra word, then start again and again and again and do these little grunts every time she couldn't finish her sentence. We had to teach her to not start talking until her whole sentence was formed in her head. Now, she takes a while to respond because she is waiting for her thought to form and all her words to line up, and the doctors were concerned about it. They don't get that I *had* to teach her how to do that! I know someone else who starts talking mid-sentence, so you don't know what he was thinking for the first half. That is hard to follow, too.

I think many of us have a hard time getting thoughts into words, especially out loud. I don't think it is a sign of any severe problem. However, it may be a sign that you are going through more stress than usual, or maybe you are extra tired. A toddler can wear one out!! !

I still clutter sometimes---like I would say Iamamanwithtwoheads instead of I am a man with two heads. All clumped up together. Frequently, the person I'm speaking to can't understand me.

I'm much better than I used to be, though.

I tend to stammer when something rattles me. I also like alliteration

My kind wife lovingly let's me be aware of it. Some I can tell bothers her. Though the percentage of my accuracy is not high.