is this an autism trait or not

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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  • I do it as well. It's quite a common autistic trait. I'll find myself dwelling on things that happened years ago, and even just go over utterly inconsequential nonsense (usually when I'm trying to get to sleep). I can end up turning stuff over and over in my head to the point nothing actually gets done.

    So don't worry; you're not alone in this.

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  • I do it as well. It's quite a common autistic trait. I'll find myself dwelling on things that happened years ago, and even just go over utterly inconsequential nonsense (usually when I'm trying to get to sleep). I can end up turning stuff over and over in my head to the point nothing actually gets done.

    So don't worry; you're not alone in this.

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