Some Words Deserve to Be Said Thrice: Verbal stimming, sensory pleasure, and the limits of ADHD research

I describe this experience as verbal stimming. Stimming is commonly understood as repetitive self-stimulatory behavior that can involve movement, vocalization, and language. For me, it takes the form of repeating particular words because I enjoy the sensory experience of saying them. Sometimes it is the sound, sometimes the physical experience of articulation, and sometimes the combination of the two. The word itself becomes a source of sensory pleasure.