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: Echolalia. I still do it. I am audial AF. It's my dominant learning sense. I collect sounds, terms, phrases, and information, all keyed to specific emotions, memories, and/or data. I learned to echo in my head in my preteens because I used to get in trouble at home and at school for it. (It was not fun.) Since I was maybe 48 I haven't given a shit, and so I re-allowed myself to vocalize, though still some moderated.
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@thedisasterautist I'm starting to do it more now too. When I was younger, I (mostly unconsciously) repressed so many of my autistic "behaviors" (coping mechanisms) and couldn't understand why I was always so exhausted and stressed, despite still not being able to live up to NT expectations.
I'm still repressed because it's difficult to undo a lifetime of people-pleasing conditioning, but at least when I'm alone I'm finally learning how to just "be".