Obsessional repetitve behaviour.

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I have issues with obsessional repetitive behaviour, probably a combination of my autism and OCD.

I listen to the same song on repeat for something like a few hours at a time, and I do this across many days.

I watch the same YouTube videos over and over again, on a daily basis for what seems like a few weeks now.

I have to walk exactly the same route to places, even at times placing my feet on certain paving stones on the way to wherever I am going. I get weird looks when I am trying to count my steps in a pattern around a certain part of the pavement.

I have routines for almost everything, even showering and walking down the stairs.

If I am asking someone something, I will repeat the same questions over and over again until they get answered.

I have to maintain symmetry and numbers in most things in my life. If I scratch my left leg twice, I have to scratch my right leg twice, etc.

I need daily timetables otherwise I have meltdowns.

I have dermatomillomania.

I have a restricted range of foods that I eat.

I stim constantly when I'm not doing something like typing.

I also get the ASD "special interests" strongly. I can hyperfocus for hours.

Does anyone else have obsessional / repetitive behaviour?

Listening to the same song: check
Watching the same video (usually the music vid that accompanies the song): check
Walking the same route: check
Repeating the same question: check
Restrictive range of foods: check
Skin picking: check
Hyperfocusing on special interests: check
The others: some to a lesser extent, some not at all.

i have a lot of the same things, but i also pace and open cupboards and the fridge a lot too, ill send things or save things twice on my computer because i worry about it being lost or not saving.

Hey, SM. I was wondering what kind of song you get stuck on? I've noticed mine often have a death theme.
When you listen to the song, do you need to listen to the end every time? I tend to get a bit agro if I'm interrupted. It takes me a while to settle, because I don't feel right. If I'm walking somewhere I'll purposefully slow down as I near my destination (or just loiter) in order to finish listening. I can't resume listening from the middle of a song either. I need to hear it from the start.
Is it the same for you?

I often will listen to the same song over and over at work. I use my mp3 and earbuds to drown out annoying sounds coming from neighboring cubicles. Sometimes I catch myself humming along to the song and am mortified by the realization that I sound like the blind DJ in O Brother Where Art Thou when the boys are "singing into the can." I'll listen to different songs on different days of the week: Monday is usually opera, Tuesday is Alice Cooper, etc.

I watch the same movies over and over, too. Even mysteries, when I obviously already know whodunit.

I stim by rocking back and forth, "biking" my index and middle fingers of my left hand like I am pedalling backwards, and when I am lying on my side I extend my arm upwards so I can feel gravity tugging on it. That last one is hard to describe.

I don't have der-tomatomania though. I'm actually allergic to tomatoes.

I'm not as restricted but I can listen to the same song for hours and hours. I obsess about which fork and knives I use from the kitchen drawer (there are these pieces of cutlery that have been brought home with my dad from work and I just don't know where they've been or who they belong to).
I have a hard time focusing though, even if I like something. Like the interest is so strong it hurts and so I put it off and put it off and I can't sit still long enough to finish a book when I used to go through three a day...I think that's most frustrating.