Published on 12, July, 2020
I never had echolalia during childhood, but I started having echolalia as I got older. What does that mean?
I started to constantly copy cat sounds, as I also like cats, although I try to hide my echolalia, because I am worried that some people might get annoyed by it.
It appears that in adults, echolaia is typically used when dealing with stress or self soothing:
https://atgtogether.com/echolalia-in-autism-what-it-is-and-how-to-treat-it/
With children a speech therapist is recommended but for an adult I think it most likely to be a case of dealing with the causes of the stress that are leading you to re-use this mechanism to sooth yourself.