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Child double speaking / repeating himself
I remember as a small child my mother and father commenting to me that
I was "double talking". By that I mean unconciously repeating phrases or spoken sentences. For example, I would say "I rode my bike like a rocket...I rode my bike like a rocket" Repeating the sentence without meaning to or even realizing that I did. This was quite apparent to my parents and others that I did this. As I grew older I grew out of it and now at 38 years old I only do it when I am under extreme stress and then only mouth the words the second time and never speak the repeat out loud. I have a son who is 8 years old and he does exactly the same thing. Sometimes he catches himself and says "I caught myself double talking." It was not something that he learned from seeing me do it because as I said I grew out of it many years ago for the most part. It is just so strange that my son does the exact same thing without any apparent reason. He started soon after he started talking at age 3 or 4. Is there a medical term for this and how common is it? Is it possible that it is hereditary? It is not a big problem but it is something I am concerned about. |
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Child double speaking / repeating himself
Sounds like a form of tic disorder. Tourette's Syndrome is a tic disorder
and is known be inherited. What you're referring to is called palilalia. It can be a symptom of Tourette's. Here is a link to some faq's... http://www.geocities.com/mrindianajonesprm/TSFAQS.htm "Scott Enlow" wrote in message om... I remember as a small child my mother and father commenting to me that I was "double talking". By that I mean unconciously repeating phrases or spoken sentences. For example, I would say "I rode my bike like a rocket...I rode my bike like a rocket" Repeating the sentence without meaning to or even realizing that I did. This was quite apparent to my parents and others that I did this. As I grew older I grew out of it and now at 38 years old I only do it when I am under extreme stress and then only mouth the words the second time and never speak the repeat out loud. I have a son who is 8 years old and he does exactly the same thing. Sometimes he catches himself and says "I caught myself double talking." It was not something that he learned from seeing me do it because as I said I grew out of it many years ago for the most part. It is just so strange that my son does the exact same thing without any apparent reason. He started soon after he started talking at age 3 or 4. Is there a medical term for this and how common is it? Is it possible that it is hereditary? It is not a big problem but it is something I am concerned about. |
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