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12:19pm July 22, 2014

autism regressing talking to self

autisticdrift:

Talking to yourself really freaks people out, doesn’t it? 

I guess it’s often stereotypically seen as a sign of being mentally unstable? For me it’s a form of entertainment and/or a way of narrating what I’m doing so I don’t goof something up or forget what I need to do. 

In fact, I do it so much, that my kid will say to friends who are visiting, “she does that a lot, just ignore it.” 

Not sure about the regression part of this. Might be that the person who has started talking to themselves is under more stress than usual or getting overloaded a lot. The “talking to self” might be part of a bigger package of accompanying skill loss and attempts to cope with all of the above. 

My autistic friend talks to herself all the time, as a way of guiding herself through activities.

One time she was in the store and realized she was talking to herself.  She noticed people were staring.  So she said “Stop talking to yourself, you’re scaring the other customers.”  Out loud.  :-P

Notes:
  1. sleepydemigod reblogged this from autisticdrift
  2. clatterbane reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I do that a lot too, especially to talk myself through the steps of doing things. I got it straight from my Nana, who...
  3. thatgirl-with-kaleidoscope-eyes reblogged this from thismysfit
  4. harlequinlophoenixki said: Huh. To me, I use it the same way you do but also, I find a lot that if I don’t talk to myself then it gets a lot more confusing. I find my thoughts easier to hear that way. It’s like you said, it keeps you on track.
  5. daddyslittlekittenprincess reblogged this from autisticdrift
  6. ask-an-aspergirl said: I talk to myself when I’m feeling overloaded by task demands or anxiety. A lot of the time to avoid leaving items when I’m packing up my bags at a cafe (listing aloud under my breath: the classic “keys, phone, wallet”).
  7. satyrheartbeat reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    This is sort of how I write my novels, is doing dialog trees :) I talk to myself since as long as I remember
  8. rlyjustasensitiveautist reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    Yeah this is me all over. I would totally have said that last bit out loud as well XD
  9. thetigerisariver reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I talk to myself too, although perhaps less than I used to?? Usually it happens when I narrate a story in my head, get...
  10. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from autisticdrift and added:
    My autistic friend talks to herself all the time, as a way of guiding herself through activities. One time she was in...