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Looping thinking - why and what?

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I want to understand the cause of looping thoughts and to discern whether this is autism, anxiety or ocd. 

I have obsessions about there being something wrong with me, which leads me to spiral into analysis paralysis. I have been diagnosed with ASD but not much discussion was had about the cognitive traits associated with it. I have hyper fixated on whether it is rumination OCD or part of GAD or whether it is related to ASD. I have also received treatment for cptsd. 

The fact that I can't get to the bottom of it is really bugging me and its as though I am looking for an answer so that I can put it to bed. But I think no matter what answer I gain, it's still cast with doubt and further questioning and uncertainty. 

Is there a neurological basis for perseveration/looping thoughts? Or is this intrusive by nature and misinterpreted and therefore linked to ocd? 

I'm guessing thr answer could be that its not that simple and many variables are interrelated, as opposed to the way my mind focuses on black and white thinking.

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  • I have my own way of understanding looping thoughts within autism, whether these are right or wrong, I don't know. I also don't know about OCD  but understand that the thought usually has an action alongside it to mitigate the anxiety the thought causes. I see rumination within autism arising through a strong need for certainty, a need for things to be right/correct/authentic, bottom up processing (detail first to form a bigger picture second),  the notion of monotropic brain (focus on one thing at once) and finally inertia (thoughts or states stay in their current form unless acted on by an outside influence). 

    Like I said these are my own theories but help me understand. I think it's in our nature to want to understand things.

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  • I have my own way of understanding looping thoughts within autism, whether these are right or wrong, I don't know. I also don't know about OCD  but understand that the thought usually has an action alongside it to mitigate the anxiety the thought causes. I see rumination within autism arising through a strong need for certainty, a need for things to be right/correct/authentic, bottom up processing (detail first to form a bigger picture second),  the notion of monotropic brain (focus on one thing at once) and finally inertia (thoughts or states stay in their current form unless acted on by an outside influence). 

    Like I said these are my own theories but help me understand. I think it's in our nature to want to understand things.

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