I can certainly relate to that! The events that haunt me are those were my stupidity shone brightest. When such events appear in my mind, I just call myself a stupid idiot a few times, then remind myself that in a few years I'll be looking back at now realising that I am still stupid.
I think it was a famous president who once said that you have to remind yourself of your stupidity a few times a day, and I totally agree. Given the limitations of my nature, I can't help being stupid, all I can do is the best I can at the time. With the humility of that thought the past events loose some of their potency.

Hello, I'm MelodyJane & I was just diagnosed with Asperger's. I'm new here in the Asperger's Group, but a long time member of DS. I am hoping to learn from others like me.
I have struggled with obsessive thoughts all my life & a new manifestation is I sometimes repeat thoughts out loud (a whisper, thankfully).
I personally find CBT to be very effective- it helped me get control of my PTSD & I believe that CBT will be my most effective tool in learning about Asperger's.
When I catch myself in a "thought loop" or whispering , I acknowledge the thought loop/whisper. I then move on with my tasks of the day, leaving the thought loop/whisper behind.
It's not so easy at first, it takes practice!!!!! It's better than drugs that numb the brain. To me personally, drugs are useless, because our brains are wired different. Drugs won't fix the brain's wiring we were born with. Building "new wiring pathways" will eventually cause the old pathways to shrivel away.
I also learned to quit beating myself up over it- I don't need to feel self-inflicted pain, because the world is difficult enough to navigate.
Hugs to all, MelodyJane

I have obsessive thoughts about dirt in the bathroom. Especially the bathtub. I would think about cleaning the bathroom for days before I could actually do it. My doctor has found the right combination of medicine to help that. I also obsess about bad events that happen in the news. I think the medicine has helped with that too.

I have never heard of their being an actual connection between Aspergers and obsessive thoughts but it sounds like you are struggling with it either way. It's possible that medication could help you with this.

I realized after posting this that "obsessive" might be a poor word choice because it calls to mind OCD. But I'm thinking more of constantly recurring thoughts, events from the past playing over and over again in my mind.

People on the spectrum can become fixated on things, like their hobbies, and I wonder whether my constantly looping thoughts are a similar kind of fixation. What have other people experienced?

I think it's things that stayed inside you.

"I think it's things that stayed inside you."

I don't want them out, because they're part of me, but I want them to be faint memories, not everyday realities. I want them stripped of most of their pain. I wish I knew how to do this.