Repeating something over and over

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I have recently become aware that quite frequently, I get stuck on an action, thought, or words, and repeat it several times, for no reason. I'll attempt to explain what I mean.

An example of an action: while playing on my accordion, I play the same 3 or 4 notes or so over and over again, for no reason, and I just can't do anything else, but after 10 seconds or so I snap out of it. Another example is I set a time on my alarm clock for when I want to wake up, then I press the button that shows what time I set like 5 times, each time making sure it didn't somehow magically change. Or how very often I check repeatedly to make sure I pushed the light switch up/down all the way. By thought I mean than I will think the same thing through many times (a phrase or sentence, or something abstract).

Does anyone know what this is? My only guess is that it's OCD, as I don't think it's related to my Asperger's, though maybe I'm wrong.

I know sometimes I"ll get stuck on a thought... like my brains on repeat and can't work it out.

I usually am obsessive enough to keep on reminding myself of doing an important task, because everything is a black hole, or remember partciular sensations and just a snap shot montage of what people said, or did. (usually negative).

Movie lines, songs.... I even hunted down a very obscure youth award, because for years and years I had that award name stuck in my head, and eventually found out where the office was located in calgary, and applied for it. (I'm very very glad I did).


Or even delightful science fiction novel "Anna to the Infinite power", I only watched the ending and was extremely obsessed (where Anna is being obsevered in the psychiactric ward.). I asked the science fiction guys at About. But eventually I checked out a synopsis of a certain story called "Anna to the infinite power", for a movie (movie Central, back when they had program guides)... It was on at like 4am, so I got up early for that, and discovered to my joy that it was the movie, and eventually the story I was looking for.

I discovered 1984 this way too, Where Winston Smith was wandering the ruins of Air Strip One, (London), when he started to engage in his subversive decadence. At first I though it was a story about capitaism, or a cult (perhaps a therocracy). But irnoically it was a jib towards communism. I looked up the book. They say , that movies screw up your memories of a good novel. (they have edit and omit some things, to either fit the contemporary context, time and buget constraints). But 1984 was very very well done. Infact. I live in Shanghai right now, a communist Isoc like country. (as we speak there's a window cleaner dangerously trying to latch onto my office window, with very rudimentary climbing gear, a bunch of ropes and a seat. (vs the scaffolding elevator). It's especially dangerous for them as the soapy water, and with many Ingsoc-East Asia primitiveness their harnesses are home made! as with many things 1984, very primitive. Grey, cement walls instead of something lively, dirty rubble for sidewalks.

I'm glad for my weird memory.

I wasn't asking for people's stories, I was asking if there is a name to the symptoms I have. xP

It would really only be categorized as OCD if NOT doing the repetitive actions your describe would begin to cause you anxiety.

Today, I kept on thinking "Problem?", from that trollface thing. Problem?

I can relate. I often find myself repeating words or phrases out loud, but that's usually if that particular word/phrase sounds appealing to me for some reason. I also find myself repeating the same train of thought over and over.

if you have any reason to believe you have any type of brain damage you really should get that checked out.

Hmm yeah, but my mom never takes me seriously, so there's no point in saying anything. She doesn't even take my Asperger's seriously, even though I show every symptom clearly.

Well, today I talked to my mom about the seizures when I was really young, and they were happening around when I was 18 months old, were NOT the cause of falling like I had thought, but existed before that, and they never found out why I had them. So that creates even more mystery. But she said she thought me climbing out of my crib and falling on the ground could have caused the seizures, although by the way she said it I'm not sure if she was serious or not.