Aspies For Freedom

I don't actually talk to myself, I just quote stuff out loud to myself. I have an extreme fondness of quotes, and my list grows every day.

When I do talk to myself, I say stuff like "Now where did my pencil go?" and "What to draw next? Vo? Me? Vo and Me?" Which seems perfectly normal to me because characters do it in movies and other characters don't question it if they notice. I watch more movies than actual people, so naturally, I act like a character in a movie.

I got the impression that I talk to myself in public because I talk the way I do on the internet. Because people are idiots and don't understand the way I try to get into conversation, they don't respond. I say something out loud to no one in particular, and I wait for someone's response, and that's how I go into a conversation. But when conversations start, they go on and on until an event in the environment stops the conversation, such as going to the next class. Because I am a complete chatterbox once I get into a conversation or a monologue, I don't notice when people want the conversation to end, which is why I tell my friends to tell me to shut up when they want me to shut up, otherwise I won't catch on. Sometimes I just keep going on and on and <ABRUPT END>

Yes, I was guessing of the sort. I think it's rather mild, because it's controlled

There is an autistic kid I know of named Jerard. He has a pretty extreme form of echolaila, so he's like a parrot. If you say a phrase in front of him enough, he will start repeating that same phrase to other people. He goes hyper a lot and says phrases to everyone near him at times. The mean and rude boys made him say very rude, vulgar phrases, which got him detention loads of times. I tried replacing his vulgar phrases by making him say "Use the force!" and other harmless quotes like that.

That's actually one of my favourite parts of echolaila. I can get lyrics down squat like that, and I love singing or repeating music in my head.

Fear is only in my minds
Taking over all the time
Fear is only in our minds
and it's Taking over all the time

I'm suprised some people with aspergers can break the law or commit crime, i personally would be way to scared to break the law! It would bring too much attention to me aspecially from the police.

Sorry, i didn't realise it was something accidental like driving while drunk,  i guess thats the only kind of crime i would ever get caught commiting to.

I always used to play games pretending when I was a kid, and talk to myself in the mirror pretending to be in Star Wars or the like. I still talk to myself, mainly pretending to be in my own fantasy world, but now I'm 26 and work has made me better able to talk to people, I've found that my memory for long poems and Shakspear is really good. And movies, like lord of the rings I can recite the whole introduction, and remainber all the subtle ways in witch the actor speaks. I think I can do this because of how my mind works aspie.

I talk to myself so much it is scary, and I have done since a young child, but I never realised there was anything less than normal about it. It is worse when I am stressed. Lately, I will be having a conversation with myself as I get ready for bed, or when I am out and about even. It is very hard to control I find. I am still too nervous to get a diagnosis even though all I read seems to fit.

I have a sort of running monologue that fills much of my idle time.  The way I figure it, it's a combination of rehearsal (my public persona is a shaky façade that needs to be constantly shored up), a desire for intellegent converse with someone, even if it's just myself, and a certain percentage of just plain plumb lonesomeness.  Eccentric, maybe, but it seems to keep me reasonably sane (and my vocal cords from complete atrophy), so I don't worry overmuch about it.  Got to watch it in public, though.

I have to say I never involved a mirror.  Probably because I'm just not overly keen on mirrors.

I have a certain skepticism of "official" diagnoses.  Practitioners appear to run a gamut from overeager (a bit nervous at parties?  AS) to downright hostile (quit whining and pull yourself together).  In fact, given the nature of AS, I'm not sure a self-diagnosis doesn't sometimes carry more weight anyhow.  Having said that, it can't be denied that an official diagnosis has its benefits, particularly if you find yourself with a need to convince others.