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Inner dialogue - talking to one’s self

Stephen

Hi guys.. since being diagnosed I have no idea what is normal. 

I have constant inner dialogue,. I have 2 types,. One being said under my breathe and the other constantly there. It’s my voice, I am talking to myself.  It doesn’t stop, as soon as I wake up, if I’m not talking to myself I can hear music/songs in my head, songs I don’t know words to, but clearly I do.. I repeat things.. 

today I called pip, for the whole 45min wait I repeated what I was going to say until they answered.. 

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  • See I always knew deep down mine was excessive and i was questioning what was normal or not.  I asked my partner, yes, he has an inner dialogue, everyone does, but i feel mine is constantly turned up to the max with no off switch. My friend said to "tune it out like a radio" sorry, cant do. If it's not my voice, it's looping tjoughts, or a line off an advertt or a line from a song. It's constant. It's not like an ear worm, it's like it's totally burrowed into my head. 

    I said in another post it can be like a groove gets deeper and deeper with no way out. Once one thing has stopped it's taken over by something else.

    It got worse when I was having therapy cos every thought or action would have a running commentary as if I was talking to the therapist about it.

  • in reply to Deleted User

    I also have pretty much constant thinking and inner dialogues and until recently had no idea that apparently not everyone experiences this (Psychologist asked me how many hours a day I spend thinking and for me this was like she was asking me how many hours a day I am breathing...). 

    It is interesting that you mention having a commentary in your head as if talking to the therapist. I actually often say things in my head as if I was talking to a specific person ie hearsing what I could/should say to them. Only that I never really end up saying what runs through my head... 

  • in reply to Ann :)

    Me neither, and this could be interpreted as social anxiety but I think for autistic people it could be ge to do with wanting to get our communication right. It might also be to make something which is uncertain, certain.  There's something I want to say to a friend I haven't seen for a while and I've played this over and over and over in my head.

    I am always careful not to differentiate too much between autistic and non autistic. I'm sure there are many people who have similar thoughts and dialogues but they may be for different reasons.

    The question your psychologist asked was interesting! I'd be keen to hear more...because everyone thinks all the time which is what thoughts are. Maybe it's the nature of the thoughts which is different. 

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  • in reply to Ann :)

    Me neither, and this could be interpreted as social anxiety but I think for autistic people it could be ge to do with wanting to get our communication right. It might also be to make something which is uncertain, certain.  There's something I want to say to a friend I haven't seen for a while and I've played this over and over and over in my head.

    I am always careful not to differentiate too much between autistic and non autistic. I'm sure there are many people who have similar thoughts and dialogues but they may be for different reasons.

    The question your psychologist asked was interesting! I'd be keen to hear more...because everyone thinks all the time which is what thoughts are. Maybe it's the nature of the thoughts which is different. 

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