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is this an autism trait or not

NAS78944

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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  • NAS78944 said:
    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.

    This sounds like rumination, a common autistic trait:

    https://www.simplypsychology.org/autistic-rumination.html

    Autistic individuals might often find themselves stuck in negative thought loops that are difficult to break out of, also known as rumination

    I don't think the thoughts need to be inherently negative but the inability to break the loop can make it negative in its impact.

    It is only my take on the subject.

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    That's useful to know, thank you. I get this all the time, even when I'm doing something I enjoy and want to focus on it. Sometimes I think of a phrase or a snatch of music and it keeps looping. It can be anything, usually mundane things or sometimes annoying repetitive thoughts about what I've read in the news or seen.

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  • in reply to Iain

    That's useful to know, thank you. I get this all the time, even when I'm doing something I enjoy and want to focus on it. Sometimes I think of a phrase or a snatch of music and it keeps looping. It can be anything, usually mundane things or sometimes annoying repetitive thoughts about what I've read in the news or seen.

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