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how strong is your echolalia? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by madamarie@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world

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in my case i have a very strong internal echolalia, as in i get stuck with a phrase or a specific thought, song, word, ecc... which i find very annoying, though I dont know about external echolalia, I never noticed

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Oh. I thought this was just me. I tend to repeat phrases or meaningless collections of syllables in my head, but I also got warrant’s cherry pie stuck in my head for several months once , which was awful

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