Hi all
I'm new here so hello to you all.
Recently I got told I show autism traits by a healthcare professional. I'm slowly getting to grips with this revelation and new thing to deal with in my life and I'm also learning slowly about what this means for me.
This brings me to my question... I've been pretty obsessive towards select people in my life. Like I will do anything for them and think about them most of the time. This has come and gone with past people but also stayed with others. Kind of like an infatuation as a teen. Some of them were male and some female (I'm straight not gay not sure if that is relevant). I have similar obsessive behavour towards certain things such as computers and such so I'm curious... Is this an autism thing? As it seems a bit over the top to me now i reflect on it...?
Recently I've got close to a female friend and I think about her constantly and think how i can do something for her to help her. If i don't hear from her for awhile i get very low and depressed but as soon as she contacts me I'm so happy and back to normal. I thought at first i had a thing for her but it's not that as I don't think about her in that way and she is too young for me. It causes me a lot of anxiety if i don't hear from her or if anything negative happens between us.
Just curious really... always learning.
Thanks