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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 get words stuck in my head and it's very very random and irritating

    The phrase "how much would you pay?" Is a recurring irritant. It has no meaningful context at all but at times of stress it reappears when I try to distract myself from the stressful thing. I've recently begun to think it might be a kind of stim. The only pattern I found to these phrases is the rhythm is always a mini ritardando eg. "How much would you pay" is a triplet followed by a duplet. Another one "the number four" is an anacrusis quaver, two quavers and a crotchet. I wonder if this is my brain trying to calm itself.

    I know this is not the same thing as your experience but maybe your brain is finding the thought of the circular argument somehow reassuring?

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  • Yes!

    I get words stuck in my head and it's very very random and irritating

    The phrase "how much would you pay?" Is a recurring irritant. It has no meaningful context at all but at times of stress it reappears when I try to distract myself from the stressful thing. I've recently begun to think it might be a kind of stim. The only pattern I found to these phrases is the rhythm is always a mini ritardando eg. "How much would you pay" is a triplet followed by a duplet. Another one "the number four" is an anacrusis quaver, two quavers and a crotchet. I wonder if this is my brain trying to calm itself.

    I know this is not the same thing as your experience but maybe your brain is finding the thought of the circular argument somehow reassuring?

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