posted October 19, 2004 01:18 PM              

Could be my kooky aqua moon, or my sun conj. mercury, or my moon oppose mercury.

I actually think I'm talking to whomever is within ear shot, but I'm not looking their way, and I'm mumbling. So they figure I'm talking to myself. People always go "WHO are you talking too!?"

posted October 19, 2004 03:19 PM            

I reply spontaneously to on-screen characters,
much as my father shouts at the red sox
('cept I don't shout).
I also like to parrot their lines, especially if I think I can do a better job.

posted October 19, 2004 03:33 PM              

i have tourette's syndrome myself, and i have a lot of vocal tic manifestations, including often repeating the same word over and over, compulsively.

it's interesting to note there might be some astrological connections, too. i have mercury exactly opposite my uranus, that's the only thing i can see that might be related to that...

posted October 19, 2004 04:37 PM              

He'd be drying dishes or something, and of all a sudden he'd say "I simply said...'I want no part of it'", or something like that. Then, he'd repeat it, or go on a little more...not talking anybody in the room, nor did he seem to even realize he was doing it.

The only thing that stood out in his chart, that may be an indicator, is Mercury conjunct Uranus in Taurus, both trining Neptune in Virgo.

Don't know what house anything lands in, though...don't know his birth time.

posted October 19, 2004 05:15 PM              

Could it have come from a Sun Conj Mercury, Mercury Sextile Asc, or Mercury Conj MC?

I don't see how Merc Sq Mars could do it, but I suppose it could ...

posted October 19, 2004 05:22 PM              

Lioneye - your dad probably isn't crazy, but likely either AS, or another form of high-functioning autism, or even simply dyslexic, as cognitive rehearsal and problem connecting thought to speech (sometimes called cognitive dyspaxia) are common to those conditions. I slur and mispronounce words all the time - I'm very self-conscious of it because of my AS I can hear words the right way in my head, and know what I want to say, but when I go to speak, god knows how it actually will come out.

People with AS/autism tend to have very high mental activity too, so we do tend to think faster than we can speak or write, which gets extremely frustrating sometimes. Many of us consider thought our "primary" language and speech a "secondary" language as the two aren't as easily connected in the AS brain as in a neurotypical brain. In fact, I personally found speaking so counterintuitive as a child I would often just refuse to speak at all. Thankfully I'm a Gemini, so that need to communicate to others eventually overtook me, and I became more accustom to speaking despite my discomfort with it.

posted October 20, 2004 09:45 AM              

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Anyone out there do this ?

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posted October 20, 2004 09:58 AM              

oh, yes, echolalia is common in people with TS. it was so weird to me to even read that word, to see that someone else KNEW what it meant! i did not know it was part of AS, too. people with TS often exhibit what is called copralalia, as well, but i don't have that. also, ADD is common. i have been diagnosed with both dyslexia and OCD in addition to TS. TS essentially involves the inhibitory center of the brain, which is where the rocking back and forth, the echolalia, the motor and other vocal tics come in. it sounds like AS and TS are neurologically related, somehow.

i think it's quite likely my talking to myself is probably more neurologically related (obsessive-compulsive behavior) than astrologically related, but it's interesting to analyze our aspects and see which ones might be associated, somehow.