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how strong is your echolalia? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year 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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[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bad enough that I cannot handle music with lyrics, with a few exceptions. Genres like post-rock are all I listen to.

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[–] madamarie@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

instrumental music is so good. Bands like Chon (math rock/math metal) or casiopea (80s j-fusion) are among my favorites. If you like post-rock theres an italian band called massimo volume (means maximum volume) though they have lyrics so i don't know if you'd like ir

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[–] reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Casiopea is amazing.

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[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

Not sure how you feel about lofi... but there are several awesome spotify Playlists that focus almost exclusively on no lyric music. Just easy beats that don't stick for too long.

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