Strange verbal tic

My son is 7 years old, and has recently developed a strange habit. He'll
say something, and then immediately afterwards he'll repeat what he just
said in a whisper. Actually, I haven't heard him do it yet, but my daugther
(10) was telling me about it in the car today. She says when she asks him
why, he doesn't know what she's talking about - he's unaware that he's doing
it.

Here's the weirdest part - I remember doing the same thing myself as a kid!
Or that is, I remember my friends and family calling me on it and being very
frustrated because I didn't know I was doing it. Sometimes I would "catch"
myself, but I still had trouble controlling it. I guess eventually it just
went away, because I don't do it now (or everybody's too polite to tell me,
LOL).

Anybody have any idea what this is?

Laura
Mom to Sarah & Jonathan

Laura Brooks wrote:
My son is 7 years old, and has recently developed a strange habit.
He'll say something, and then immediately afterwards he'll repeat
what he just said in a whisper.

Repeating oneself like that is called pallalia. I don't really know much
about it though.


--
Nikki

"Laura Brooks" wrote in message
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My son is 7 years old, and has recently developed a strange habit. He'll
say something, and then immediately afterwards he'll repeat what he just
said in a whisper. Actually, I haven't heard him do it yet, but my
daugther
(10) was telling me about it in the car today. She says when she asks him
why, he doesn't know what she's talking about - he's unaware that he's
doing
it.

Here's the weirdest part - I remember doing the same thing myself as a
kid!
Or that is, I remember my friends and family calling me on it and being
very
frustrated because I didn't know I was doing it. Sometimes I would
"catch"
myself, but I still had trouble controlling it. I guess eventually it
just
went away, because I don't do it now (or everybody's too polite to tell
me,
LOL).

Anybody have any idea what this is?


My husband does it too. In fact, we recently discussed this in another
thread a week or two ago somewhere in this ng.
It's called palilalia.
~Peggy

My nephew did this exact same thing! We all thought it strange but he
eventually outgrew it.

lisa
micksmom

My husband does it too. In fact, we recently discussed this in another
thread a week or two ago somewhere in this ng.
It's called palilalia.

Thanks a bunch! I didn't see that other thread. It's difficult to find out
something about it without a name - I couldn't come up with a google search
that returned any results at all.

Laura

"Laura E. Brooks" wrote in message
...
My husband does it too. In fact, we recently discussed this in another
thread a week or two ago somewhere in this ng.
It's called palilalia.

Thanks a bunch! I didn't see that other thread. It's difficult to find
out
something about it without a name - I couldn't come up with a google
search
that returned any results at all.

Laura

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=palilalia

something about it without a name - I couldn't come up with a google
search
that returned any results at all.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=palilalia

Thanks - just to be clear, I meant I couldn't figure out a search for it
without the actual name. I tried stuff like repeat self whisper, etc.

Laura

"Laura Brooks" wrote in message
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something about it without a name - I couldn't come up with a google
search
that returned any results at all.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=palilalia

Thanks - just to be clear, I meant I couldn't figure out a search for it
without the actual name. I tried stuff like repeat self whisper, etc.


I found it by searching for "repeating onself" +disorder


Oh, and I googled. I really have so much better results with Google than
with the other engines. Not sure why.

HTH

Donna