Published on 12, July, 2020
I’m Female, 35. For as long as I’ve remembered I’ve had an obsession for certain people, usually older women (or girls when I was a child). In a completely non sexual way. When I was younger I would just stare at people which at the time I didn’t notice what I was doing, I remember once another child saying “have I got a telly on my head” and my friend had to explain it was because I was staring at them. Then in high school I’d be so focused on watching how groups of girls interact with each other. I’d get to know people so well by watching both in person and on social media, that I felt I knew them very well.
Some of these people I’d make up imaginary situations in my head, such as that they are my family members and look after me. Which is another thing I’ve always felt I needed to be looked after but unsure why. It all sounds very odd and I still do this now but I’m unsure why. I don’t know whether these are autistic traits or whether I am just strange.
hi! What you described resonates with me a lot! I filled an aspie quiz some time ago and there was a question, if you imagine friendships/relationships with people. Here is my result.
i guess this might be typical for atypical people. Not for everyone as we are all different. I’ve got a result 100% chance of being aspie/atypical. I also scored 43 points in AQ from the site embrace autism.
Wow I’m so glad it resonates with you too! It’s something that’s always been a big part of my life within my own head.
I actually have a large social circle with lots of different friends. However, the relationships within my own head have always been there.
What is this test you’ve done please?
This is “aspie quiz” and there are more tests on a site embrace-autism.com. I have one long term friend, but sometimes I got little bit closer to some colleagues for example at work. All of them were either autistic or also ADHD. I was never on the same wavelength with NTs.