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submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world
 

Within the last month or two I learned here that echolalia is an ADHD symptom. Apparently it's not neurotypical to constantly have songs going through your head that haunt you for days on end and they come into your head when you don't want them and you hate these songs like it's raining right now and I absolutely hate that song by the Eurythmics "here comes the rain again" but I fucking hate that song and that Annie Lennox woman with the man haircut who wears men's clothes staring into my eyes from her MTV video, and it's playing in my head. Help please. Is there a way to get rid of these songs in my head. They never end.

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[โ€“] eleijeep@piefed.social 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That's not what echolalia is. Echolalia is when someone repeats exactly what someone else just said as an unconscious response. It's nothing to do with getting a song stuck in your head (which is a completely normal thing that happens to all people whether neurotypical or not).

[โ€“] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Oh thank you, hey my brain does that too, repeats back what other people say ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ˜ญ