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Tlc

Hi 

I am wondering if anyone else who is autistic has a similiar problem to one I have.

I often have words in my head that go on a loop. When I walk for example I may continually count up to 10 until I get to where I am going, sometimes the words I have on a loop are a list of things I need to get from the shop or jobs to do.

Sometimes it is helpful words but when I am stressed/worried or overloaded I have noticed that it doesn't help because the words become very negative and the loop gets faster, it becomes very unpleasant and overwhelming so that I stop functioning properly. I somehow manage to keep the words in my mind and not shout them out even though I want to verbalise it.

I am not sure if it is mental stimming (if there is such a thing) or something else as I am still learning about autism.

Does anyone else do this? Any thoughts?

Thank you

T

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  • Hi TLC,

    I am not autistic but my sister is and also has a learning disability - she has obsessive thoughts as well but does verbalise them. Unlike you she is unable to control these negative thoughts so becomes very mentally and emotionally distressed - think this is due to her learning disability. 

    How often to you get these thoughts and would you consider yourself to have a mental illness or is this the autism? I'm asking you because my sister doesn't have the ability to make sense of this and we don't know how to help her..

    Her thoughts at the moment are often around illness, death and dieing and are triggered from anything on TV to conversations at home etc she is very sensitive to it. she then feels sad and then feels bed for her reaction and repeats  herself, often saying sorry lots. 

    So in answer to your question, I think this is mental stimming (common with autism) you are experiencing but it sounds like you have it under control. I cannot help my family to control my sister and we are at our wits end at the moment.

    Any insight from you would help as you can make sense of your autism but she cannot

     thanks  

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  • Hi TLC,

    I am not autistic but my sister is and also has a learning disability - she has obsessive thoughts as well but does verbalise them. Unlike you she is unable to control these negative thoughts so becomes very mentally and emotionally distressed - think this is due to her learning disability. 

    How often to you get these thoughts and would you consider yourself to have a mental illness or is this the autism? I'm asking you because my sister doesn't have the ability to make sense of this and we don't know how to help her..

    Her thoughts at the moment are often around illness, death and dieing and are triggered from anything on TV to conversations at home etc she is very sensitive to it. she then feels sad and then feels bed for her reaction and repeats  herself, often saying sorry lots. 

    So in answer to your question, I think this is mental stimming (common with autism) you are experiencing but it sounds like you have it under control. I cannot help my family to control my sister and we are at our wits end at the moment.

    Any insight from you would help as you can make sense of your autism but she cannot

     thanks  

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