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
Did the person who said this to you mean special interests or just interests in general? Do you have any hobbies that could be common ground to speak about with someone? I mean I do have a special interests, but I have other interests too which are more hobbies rather than intense preoccupations.
Hi Kitsune,
I guess I mean interests in general. I find that with any hobbies I have, if something stops me from doing it (I hurt my wrist so I can't play video games anymore) or if someone tells me they think 'its stupid, I really quickly abandon my hobbies like they mean nothing to me. And if someone was to say try and have a conversation with me about video games, I don't really have much to say about them or not enough that it would make a interesting enough conversation. I guess I just don't have confidence in my interests and I think I mask them a bit but to the point where I can't even remember if I like them