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
You know some autistic people their special interest is other people. Either specific people or people generally. Other times it's an activity, for example there are some obsessive knitters out there. It doesn't always have to be about an object / type of object / area of technical study to be a special interest.
OK, that's interesting, I'll have to have a think and see if I have any of those types of special interest. Thank you