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my son gets things (movie clips or cartoons) stuck in his head. He's talked to me about it and I think it makes it hard for him to concentrate. It seems as if the only thing that prevents it is more tv.

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it's a hard one, that's for sure.....hubby is most prone to this, although my son does it too. not just with tv, though. sometimes he'll meet someone & get something they say to him stuck in his head. the latest is : "keep your eyes on your opponent".

I've experienced this with myself and with my son. It's very hard to mentally block it [the perseveration] out at times.

My son gets songs stuck in his head. I turn on the XM Radio to the Classic music station and that frees up his mind to think about other things. I recently started doing this during his homeschool day and he gets more work done that way.

It's called an earbug

http://thedahlbys.blogspot.com/2008/01/earbug.html

My son constantly talks to himself. Sometimes he's reciting favorite movie passages, sometimes he's carrying on a conversation with himself. I try to ignore it.

I like that term-earbug! It's also called an earworm. I get them all the time!

Sometimes they make me want to cut my own head off.

I didn't say he hears voices telling him to do things--this would really concern me. He gets images and song lyrics stuck in his head.

There is a difference. Autism is not psychosis.

I just realized that you probably meant that the repetition makes you want to disconnect from your body.

I read it as the voices want you to cut your own head off. Bizarre. Where is my head?

Phew--I was concerned for you.

My apologies.

No, I was speaking quite literally.

But don't worry. I'm unlikely to actually do it. I just think about it sometimes.

I generally imagine I'm using a chainsaw. That seems like it would be the most effective method, don't you think?

I'm assuming, Julie, you aren't a parent. You're a bit too off the wall, laissez-faire in a macabre manner reserved for the young of heart, the childless young at heart.

I have had an earbug for 2 days.

It's the theme song to "Petticoat Junction"

Happily I can kill it for a while with a Wakeman piece named "White Rock"

hey i'm an adult with aspergers and i also get that too, usually if i watch tv, listen to music or play computer games and or make webpages, it usually helps