Subject repetition?

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Okay, so, this is one that's on my mind for a variety of reasons. It was pointed out to me on a forum just now.... apparently irritating people.... and others have said similar things every now and then as well.

By this I mean the tendancy to talk about certain subjects repetitively. Not so much repeating the EXACT same line over and over again or whatever... that's a whole seperate concept. I mean like, say, with gaming.... I tend to talk about PC games alot. And going along with that, a general dislike of consoles. These things, I'll mention over and over and over.... even when people are like "Gah, we get it already, you dont like such-and-such, why always talk about it?!" I'll tend to just keep doing it anyway. It can actually become frustrating, like any other damn habit that I'm compelled to do.


It's very contextual, too. The PC game bit only happens on gaming forums of the "general" type. If discussion is happening about, say, travelling, I'll bring up Florida/beaches/sand/ocean/heat about a billionty times. During winter, it's constantly about how much I hate winter and why it sucks (and I mean REALLY constantly, for that one). Stuff like that.


Anyone else do this? Or have any thoughts and experiences related to it? Im curious to see how this sort of thing might affect others here and how it plays out for them.

Yes, that's a common Aspie trait. I've learned over the years to hold back sharing my interests. It seems to help relationships somewhat, but the downside is that often people don't know what interests me, and then when I do bring my interests up they change the subject, showing me they're not too interested which hurts.

I suppose a happy medium -between blabbing all the time and saying very little - is our goal.

I get repetitive about subjects as well and yes, I am told that the whole "yes, we get it already" deal. I gues moreso that my monologues sound like a rant and that annoys people I suppose whereas I am simply reiterating why something is the way it is.

Yes, I get repetitive; I feel self conscious about it and try to to change it, but I keep doing it. It's a struggle. The funny thing is, I think I used to be able to control it more when I was younger, as I was striving so hard not to come across as odd. But as I get older I'm actually finding it harder, not easier, to control some of my oddities, like this one. I wonder if you can just get "tired" over a lifetime, like a muscle failing to grip hard anymore?

YES!! ! I am notorious for that. And my cousin HATES it. It drives him nuts. He gets so irritated with me about it and so much so that I refuse to speak to him anymore. But other people have pointed it out to me as well.

I like to make comments about my catatar on another forum.
My catatar is verry merry berry interesting to talk about for me.

I might talk obsessively about writing and dinosaurs a lot to my dad until he has his head in his hands. Yea, I've been told that I talk about Nazi Germany, writing, drumming and dinosaurs a lot. But I don't realise until someone tells me to change the subject.

It could be that a lot of the repetition happens because you know the other person is not picking up on the significance of the concepts like you want them to.
I think that's the reason I do it a lot.
I'm not reading them wrong either. If I test them immediately after explaining something they still have no clue. NTs are often like talking to stumps, except stumps aren't obsessing about themselves or thinking about going shopping.