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Sati
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01 Nov 2009, 5:12 pm

I will often repeat someone's words back to them just to confirm that I heard them correctly, but this is voluntary so it probably doesn't count.



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02 Nov 2009, 10:38 am

melissa17b wrote:
While I can usually keep it subdued to an inaudible or barely audible level in the presence of others, when alone, unless I am outright talking to myself consciously as a means of organising thoughts, I am nearly always engaging in some form of palilalia, delayed echolalia or just plain vocal perseveration. My most prominent echolalic feature is the compulsion to see something written, such as on a road sign or in a news article, and then (semi-consciously at best) start repeating it. It is much more noticeable when the item in question has an unusual sound or feel in the mouth when speaking it, especially with foreign languages - I just can't stop repeating it.


I'm the same!! My sister, my mum and my grandad they all do some of the above too.

It wasn't until I moved out of my house that I realised that talking to yourself as a means of organising your thoughts was by no means common practise :oops:
I still find repeating some words or phrases very satisfying, but now I do it but I make sure I can't be overheard. I'm still repeating some French words from our holiday back in August :lol:


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02 Nov 2009, 5:08 pm

Other than mindlessly repeating things I hear while watching television, I don't think echolalia is a problem for me.

Palilalia, on the other hand, is something I have always done, especially when I was a kid. I would say something out loud, and then immediately whisper it again to myself. My reasoning is that I wasn't sure about what I had said, so I would say it again to myself to see if it didn't sound stupid. It's not that bad now that I'm an adult, but I do find myself doing it on occasion.

I also talk to myself all the time.


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