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Voices in head?

NAS72680

Hi Everyone,

My daughter is 6 and has autism with a possible pda profile, she has behaviour that challenges with daily dysregulations.

I wanted to see if anyone had any experience of either themselves or someone that they know of who speaks to someone 'imaginary' after a dysregulation. My daughter always seems to deal with a dystegulation by having a conversation with herself but also seemingly to be talking with someone else...

She has had conversations with school staff who she told someone in her head tells her to do these things but since then has never mentioned it.

Earlier this morning she had a dysregulation and said that mum hates us. I asked her who we was and she said her sister, who had no involvement in the earlier upset.

Can anyone advise or have experience of this? What is the next step?

Thanks for reading

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  • My son is in his 20's, dyslexic and loves 'talking by himself'. He's done it since he was little and since I had 2 imaginary friends and process all my thoughts out loud, enjoying my conversations with myself (mostly when no one is around), I didn't think much of it. 

    Working through a thing out loud is key for me (nearly 50 now) as I think and process in images and always have music playing in my head. Most Non-Autistics have an internal dialogue/monologue and part of what makes Autistics unique is our difficulty with language/vocabulary (we analyse with the brain different). So, for me, not being able to internally imagine a sentence clearly or make sense of an argument in my imagination beyond the visual, it's easier for me to hear it out loud. This goes with being told by another in High School "did you not 'hear that' (meaning internally) before you said it?" and no - I usually didn't. 

    I even talk myself out loud through a motion or a movement - having ballet as a child or yoga as an adult with instructors who articulate exact muscle movements has always been useful. I've incorporated this self-teaching technique into solo practice. 

    As an adult, I ended up working in sound, so I've put my ears to use. But I'll speak out loud as I type otherwise I might type a sentence incorrect or structure it as if it were a direct translation of French or Spanish. 

    It's so hard for children who fit in with society. And so much harder when we don't. But it's even more of a relief when the adults allow us as children to learn at our pace. I was always such a mess when rushed and yet had so much potential if I would've been just given time to really invest in the one thing fully, absorbing and completing then moving on. Resolve and grounded fundamentals can bring out the best in us. 

  • in reply to JuniperFromGallifrey

    Thank you I'm glad you find talking things out loud a good way to process 

  • in reply to NAS72680

    What I mean to convey is, it's not just me. But I do know others prefer to hear "my story" in order to connect.

    This is pretty typical for most autistics I speak with who are "Hyperphants" - have an 'over-active' imagination. This is a way of processing for many of us with wild imaginations. :) 

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