Do you vocal stim?

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yea i sometimes repeat the last part of what someone just said, usually in a few different tones or even start to sing it and i also have a verbal stim which is clicking with my tongue, not very often tho

Yes, but only in a private space with no-one else around (not even my family), like a car.

I think that is how/why as a young child I learned to vocal stim inside my head only? I couldn't not do it, but was taught it was not acceptable to do it where anyone could hear it. Not the greatest workaround, btw.

I'm still in the process of getting a diagnosis, so for all I know at this stage I could or couldn't be on the Autism Spectrum. I agree that it probably isn't the greatest work around, but it's something that's ingrained deeply inside of me- I just can't vocal stim around other people almost all of the time, but whenever I'm alone I seem to do it instinctively without even thinking about it. Perhaps not doing it around other people is part of the cause for my depression & anxiety, as I'm unable to properly destress myself.