What are your obsessions?

Apparently it's common for Aspies to have unusually focused or niche interests so I figured I'd find out what other peoples interests are.

I'll go first.

Mine are:

  • Sci-Fi TV (Trek, Stargate, Babylon 5, The Expanse - Trek was my gateway drug, which I started watching at the age of 5. I even remember episode titles from a few seconds of viewing or starship registry numbers)
  • Trance & Progressive House music - not commercial bilge you hear played on the radio - underground stuff you'd hear at a proper club or event rather at your local meat market (I pretty much exclusively listen to these genres)
  • Cats (If I see one in the street I have to make friends, if it's a timid cat I have to try and win its trust - for some reason a friendly cat makes me super happy, perhaps I have toxoplasmosis)
  • The Simpsons
  • Technology (I work in IT support and am always using or fiddling with tech)
  • Science - I listen to a number of podcasts and find things like advances in genomics interesting
  • Religion - more specifically from the view of an atheist (me) - trying to understand how people are duped into believing such things from a neurological and psychological perspective (this stems from being raised by fundamentalist evangelical Christians, who've turned out to be massive hypocrites)
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  • I don't really have 'obsessions' as such. Mine are more interests/hobbies. I am a bit of a geek (someone who is highly academic but has a personality as well). Some of mine are below

    1.) Psychology- the brain and different disorders as well as autism itself. 

    2.) Medical uses and sensory plants (this has stemmed from doing a Horticulture degree). I am hoping to design a garden for one of the RHS shows one day with the support of my friends. 

    3.) Suits and NCIS (both American TV dramas)

    4.) Photography

    5.) Touring different botanical gardens with my friends

    6.) Science- in particular Biology and all the gene technology 

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  • I don't really have 'obsessions' as such. Mine are more interests/hobbies. I am a bit of a geek (someone who is highly academic but has a personality as well). Some of mine are below

    1.) Psychology- the brain and different disorders as well as autism itself. 

    2.) Medical uses and sensory plants (this has stemmed from doing a Horticulture degree). I am hoping to design a garden for one of the RHS shows one day with the support of my friends. 

    3.) Suits and NCIS (both American TV dramas)

    4.) Photography

    5.) Touring different botanical gardens with my friends

    6.) Science- in particular Biology and all the gene technology 

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