People ask me what I was about to say.

[Klonk]

I never really knew about this for decades, a school friend mentioned it once but I thought he was playing about. I have recently met a new partner who has opened my eyes to this, I never knew I did it. She says that often I am moving my mouth / lips as if I am about to say something but have changed my mind about it and stopped. Apparently I do it a lot, and it now has me pondering if everybody I have ever met has watched me do this over the years and what they must have thought.
I am self diagnosed autistic and wonder if this is a thing associated or something else to worry about?

Edit
I saw an article on delayed Echolalia regarding autism in children, and wondered if it was connected to that.

 

[tree]

 

[Klonk]

I was going to start a new thread about something, but cannot see how to create one, I have spent over an hour trying to find out, cannot see the option anywhere....

 

[unperson]

It's a bit tricky, Klonk, I couldn't even tell you, cos I can't remember, it's not something obvious. @tree would know. Welcome to site.

 

[Tom]

I haven't heard of that being associated with autism before. Though I have heard and seen that some autistics aren't aware of their facial expression. Sounds to me like just a personal idiosyncracy perhaps coupled with being somewhat unaware of your expression. I don't believe this stuff is always all or nothing, but also comes in infinite shades.

 

[VictorR]

Welcome! Sounds like it might be a tic?

 

[Thinx]

Hi and welcome. Honestly if no one's mentioned it over 60 odd years except these 2 people, it doesn't seem to have been an issue for you or anyone. No need to worry about it now, maybe? Distracting yourself with an interest or a new thought may help. I hope you enjoy it here and find it supportive and interesting.

 

[WolfSpirit]

I was going to start a new thread about something, but cannot see how to create one, I have spent over an hour trying to find out, cannot see the option anywhere....

Depending on whar device you are using, it looks a bit different. It's at almost the very top of my screen on my table. Says something about "create new thread" when you are looking at the list of threads in a forum. Can't remember what it looks like on my laptop, but it is easier.

 

[WolfSpirit]

I never really knew about this for decades, a school friend mentioned it once but I thought he was playing about. I have recently met a new partner who has opened my eyes to this, I never knew I did it. She says that often I am moving my mouth / lips as if I am about to say something but have changed my mind about it and stopped. Apparently I do it a lot, and it now has me pondering if everybody I have ever met has watched me do this over the years and what they must have thought.
I am self diagnosed autistic and wonder if this is a thing associated or something else to worry about?

Edit
I saw an article on delayed Echolalia regarding autism in children, and wondered if it was connected to that.

I don't do this in publuc, but when I'm alone, it has happened on occasion. It happened a lot when I was a teen. In my bedroom, getting dressed in the morning, I would essentially talk to myself in the mirror without making any sound. Mom caught me a few times, as she never knocked, and even after I trained her to, she never waited for a response before opening the door. She always thought it was the weirdest thing ever that I talked to myself without sound. But the, her perspective on this always has often been rather warped.

I think part of it was I didn't have enough people who listened to me, when I was growing up, and part was everybody's obsession with speech as the primary method of communication, (don't get me started on that!), and the constant criticism I got about how I did (or didn't) communicate 'right'. The whole 'failure to be normal' thing.