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Autism and obsessive/repetitive thoughts

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Seth Stultz

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Hi, I'm new to this website. I stumbled upon it while searching Google and it seems like hopefully a nice place to meet people.

Ever since I was 9 years old I have had severely obsessive and repetitive thoughts in my head. When I was younger than that, say 7 and 8, I had some repetitive thoughts about NASA and the weather, but since age 9 I have had an obsessive interest in sports. Sometimes it is all I think about. I never played sports too much, but I watch it every day, pretty much all day and night. I also read sports magazines and listen to sports talk radio.

I truly have never had much of a social life. I've never dated or had many friends outside of school. As a kid, I had a partial diagnosis of autism but it wasn't until a few years ago that I received a full diagnosis of high-functioning autism. I take antidepressants but sometimes I don't feel like they are helping me.

Has anyone else had obsessive and repetitive thoughts related to their autism? And if so, what have you done to combat those thoughts?
 
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Oh man, do I ever! Always have obsessive thoughts on one subject with maybe a sub subject or two. I don’t mind as long as I’m not obsessing over a mistake I’ve made, or think I’ve made or will make in the future!
Welcome to the forum!
 
This is almost the same title as my first thread on this forum!

I don't think I've done anything to combat them! :eek:

I don't think I've ever done anything to combat anything now that I think about it! :eek::eek:

I need to be more aggressive! :mad:

I can't stop imagining myself holding a sword and shield every time I use the word "combat". :eek:

Welcome! :mad: (not mad, practicing aggression:D)
 
Hello and welcome!

The only thing I know to do, in relation to my own obsessive thinking, is to redirect my thoughts and/or actions, which might entail, physically, walking away from whatever it is I am obsessively, thinking about, or, doing. Get up, get out and do something that expends physical energy, such as sprinting around the block, or, other, vigorous, physical activity, even if only for a few minutes. In addition to interrupting obsessive thinking, vigorous exercise of any kind, inevitably, activates the secretion of endorphins and other chemicals in the brain that aid in clearing and calming the mind. :herb:
 
Hello and welcome!
I also have repetitive thoughts and as Loren said, the only thing that really helps is physical activity and staying busy to keep the thoughts at Bay.
 
Welcome here!
I've been plagued with obsessive thoughts since age 13.
It's very hard to keep them at bay.
Meditation and sleep are about the only thing that I find gives relief for a while.
 
Yes, I have these, and I as long as they are not harming me or anything else or interfere too much, I don't actively try to supress them... I find that supressing them doesn't work anyway, and if anything makes them more intense and persistent; they need to be managed, not supressed. As others have mentioned, keeping active, busy and distracted helps.
 
I echo what others are saying and for me, my faith helps enormously. I just beg my God to help me and soon enough, my thoughts quieten down.

When I was a child, I was obsessed with "Brownies" (little girls dress up in brown dresses and do all practical things) and America. Also book reading.

Currently, obsessed with Korean dramas and my mind is alive at night.

There was one episode, before I knew about aspergers, when my brain hurt with the constant thoughts and sleep was my only relief.
 
Yes, right now I can't stop thinking about funny moments from my favourite TV shows Bob's Burgers and South Park; I've never really been social and don't have any friends either.
 
Yes, I have had bouts of that. And it really stinks when its negative. I found sticking to a planned schedule of different activities helpful in preventing the mind from getting stuck too often. Unfortunately I never came up with anything that really helped when it was really really stuck, except waiting it out and trying to get on with life.
 
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