Autistic child and repeating

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If you have an autistic child that repeats things over and over again how do you cope? I’m slowly losing the will to live! I know I sound awful but it’s all day every day, I can’t post this in an autism group as I get told that I’m lucky my kid can speak so should be grateful and whilst I do understand that doesn’t make it any less exhausting. People get stressed when their 2 year olds repeat constantly but they know they will grow out of it, but because she is autistic I’m just suppose to be grateful. She can’t actually hold a conversation it’s just the same phrases on repeat all day every day. Does anyone else’s child do this? She has asked me the same question for about 3 hours tonight over and over

I know a group you can ask in, it's on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/207951976411320/?ref=share

It's called echolalia and I can imagine it's exhausting. My kids don't do it but I do a bit, I often sing song lyrics as answers to stuff. I do it because my brain tells me to and it feels nice to do it.

It's not always echolalia. Sometimes it's an anxiety response, the question is familiar and so is the answer so it is reassuring and calming. I think sometimes it's also related to a current fixation, and is a bit more about interest in the topic and what is running through their heads at the moment. It can also be to do with change, and asking a repeated question about that change can help to reassure and make the change that's happening more familiar and manageable.

Does any of that relate at all? They're common reasons why my youngest who is autistic repeats questions constantly sometimes. It is so very tiring sometimes to repeat the answer, but these days I just answer and try and view it as a verbal way of soothing him, much like he sometimes wants a lot of physical contact. Which can also get a bit overwhelming!