DARN Echolalia!

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This is one of the hardest traits to deal with! I mention to mom I called my brother in-law on his cell then hung up (thinking he was at home) got the answering machine) then called his cell and wished him a happy birthday. I before said I wished him a happy birthday then discussed what I did (the phone calls) before I said happy birthday. Mom SAID you said it 3 times already OK YOU SAID HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM! I feel so bad doing this! It annoys my parents and upsets me that I do it and upset them. WHY do we on the Autism spectrum do this? Obviously some brain mechanic but what/how/why? I know others do it so it's comforting to know I'm not the only one but it's annoying sometimes and sometimes dad does it back just to moch me.

I repeat back what people say sometimes and also repeat what Ive said several times often. Its odd like something has got stuck, like a scratch on a CD. It annoys everyone who witnesses me doing this. My kids think its cute but my bf gets irritated when I keep saying the same sentance and he has answered it already. It makes me feel very embarrassed and cross with myself when I do this, it seems such a foolish thing to do.

I do that a lot, at well. I also used to repeat what the other kids said, when I was a kid, and my peers would say that I had a serious problem, because I did that. It made me feel like crying, inside.

I have palilalia, where I repeat myself. I'll say something, and then silently mouth the words a second time. It's like my mouth won't stop moving even after the words are done coming out. I didn't realize that I did this until my brother pointed it out one day. Ever since then, I've made a conscious effort to catch myself doing it and stop. But that can be tricky sometimes.

I have the similar problem where I repeat what I say in my head or out loud if I am alone. Sometimes, I'll think something and then think it again, because I have a bad short term memory: I will respond a second time to the stimulus that started my stream of consciousness when I lose my train of thought.

I've never had this problem but since many of you feel so compelled to do it, perhaps it is an issue with frontostriatal circuitry.

I do repeat stuff in my head over and over. I didn't realize there was a name for it. I can't think of a time I did this out loud so I guess I only annoy myself.

I used to have really bad echolalia as a child, I would always repeat everything that people would say - when I started speaking anyway, which was a long while. I think it was because I couldn't really process sentences properly, it would take so long for me to process a sentence that I would miss a bunch of sentences before I would listen again. I think maybe the echolalia was a way to help me process before. I think my mom realized that I was very good at parroting, and she believed that if I was in a "normal" environment that I would start imitating them, which actually did happen at the end. It was tricky though.