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is this an autism trait or not

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can anyone tell me if this is an autism trait or not.  often i get thoughts in my head and i go over and over them and i cant get it to stop.  recently i saw an acorn on the ground and my mind went into over drive as i then needed to know what came first the acorn or the tree and how it cant be either coz acorns come from the oak tree and oak trees come from acorn. this drove me mad as it got stuck in my head,  i had to look into this to find some sort of answer and eventually i did.  anyone else get random stuff stuck in their heads and cant move on until a solution iis found or is it just me.  thanks

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  • Yes, I do share that as well. I do ruminate a lot but I don’t think thinking about an acorn applies to rumination. This is more like obsessive thinking and it can be related to anything. Acorns, space, a mattress, a game or glasses... I get obsessed with thoughts all the time that are totally unrelated, of a very simple nature (or not) and they can stay in my head for hours. It’s exhausting cause you know they are sometimes even ridiculous. Some other times they are not ridiculous at all.

    Oh, I almost forgot to answer your main question: yes, I think it’s an autistic trait but I’m not sure if shared by a majority of autistic people or by some but definitely autistic and or very ADHD as well.

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  • Yes, I do share that as well. I do ruminate a lot but I don’t think thinking about an acorn applies to rumination. This is more like obsessive thinking and it can be related to anything. Acorns, space, a mattress, a game or glasses... I get obsessed with thoughts all the time that are totally unrelated, of a very simple nature (or not) and they can stay in my head for hours. It’s exhausting cause you know they are sometimes even ridiculous. Some other times they are not ridiculous at all.

    Oh, I almost forgot to answer your main question: yes, I think it’s an autistic trait but I’m not sure if shared by a majority of autistic people or by some but definitely autistic and or very ADHD as well.

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