Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello,
I got diagnosed 7months ago, just before my 28th birthday. Ever since people have been telling me that all my social issues will be solved by going on forums and finding people who share my interests, but the problem is I don't really have any. I like things but not so intently that a person's negative opinion about them wouldn't make me consider dropping that interest. And I don't know lots about stuff I like. I like movies but like I've never seen most of the big ones people seem to always want to talk about. I remember when I heard my friends watched Community I was like "Oooh I've seen that!!" And then they made all these references I didn't get and I started to wonder if I'd missed half the show.
So yeah, here's me trying to join a community forum when I don't even know what I want to talk about with you
Not all autistic people have special interests, some autistic people have consistent special interests that last for years, and yet others have lots of special interests that fade in and out of their lives. We are a diverse group of people.
I wouldn't let it worry you, just continue doing the things that you enjoy doing. If you can find a community around some of those hobbies or interests then that could be a good way to interact with people.
In case you are interested, my special interests are science fiction, fantasy, and autism.
- Sp. Oc.
Hi SpaceOctopus,
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I don't have the special interest trait, but I just generally struggle to like things at all. I'm very good at supporting other people's interests though. If anyone wants to info-dump at me I'm happy to sponge up all the data, I'm just not very good at striking up new conversations.
It's cool to have autism as a special interest, I guess that makes it easy to learn alot about it.