Neurodivergent or just annoying? · Brojo: Confidence & Integrity

Neurodivergent or just annoying?

I've got some things that I do, that I suspect are due to me probably being on the spectrum. They drive my wife nuts.

I talk to myself. Like all the time. I might being doing something and I'm talking out loud about it. "oh, thats how this works... lets try this... etc". I've read that people who do this are in some cognitive loop and it helps them to think clearly, which I think is true for me. However it annoys everyone else.
I repeat things back. Whenever somebody asks me to do something, I will repeat it back. I don't even think about it, it just happens. This is also super annoying to people.
I'll make a list. Even if its just 3 things. Because I know I'll forget. But the minute it takes me to do this is a delay for the person talking to be. Again, super annoying.
I will ask for more detail, making what could be a simple ask from someone into a full conversation, making me look like some idiot who couldn't understand what should have been a simple thing.

So, do I make an effort to stop doing these things? Or do I just put it out there, hey, this is who I am, get over it?

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