I am not the best at exposing things so bare with me. 

Before quarantine, I noticed that I would occasionally repeat things a friend just said, usually things like “wow” or maybe even a question they asked. Now, since I basically am talking to nobody face-to-face anymore, I don’t speak out the echoes as much. 

However, within the past several months I have noticed I repeat random words whenever I think to myself. For example, I could think “Oh that’s a nice fixture” and suddenly I would just repeat “fixture fixture fixture fixture” in my mind. Sometimes, I would even “write” out the word in cursive with my finger as I am repeating it. 

I’ve searched google and the results I have gotten are either anxiety (which I have been already diagnosed with) or echolalia. Sorry for the long post but what the heck is happening?