Published on 12, July, 2020
It's very common for Autistic people to be very knowledgable in a particular field or about a very specific thing. So what I wanna know is what that is for people!
For me? It's Star Trek. I freaking love Star Trek. I live and breathe it. I went to a convention this year and it was awesome! I get so excited about it and just love watching it. Whenever I feel low? Watch Star Trek. Whenever I feel great? Watch Star Trek. Whenever I feel whenever? You can bet it's Star Trek time! I like playing a game where whenever I watch something else, I like to see if there's any actor who has ever been in Star Trek. You'd be surprised! I don't know too many people who also like it, so I just talk about it whenever and wherever. Sometimes I like to intentionally ramble on about it because I know it makes people roll their eyes. But sometimes people know how much I like it so they let me go on and on! I like those people!
I'm also pretty knowledgeable about films and TV in general. Even ones I haven't seen. I just seem to absorb trivial knowledge.
So time for you to geek out about your passions! :D
Reading your posts suggests to me that I have some strong interests and some slight obsessions, but no great passions. If I'd had some strong passions, it might have gone some way to ameliorating my other career/life deficits. But I'm really not enough of a showman to grab the audience's attention. I'm not at all interested in performing in front of the right people, as a means to impress. And yet, I have been told that I'm a perfectionist. I still have no real idea how they arrived at their conclusion, because I can clearly see my own compromises. From my observations of others, I really do believe that there are many others on the spectrum who aren't really all that passionate most of the time. Indeed, if we have some degree of genius, it might well be in terms of our ability to adapt and compromise. This really is a spectrum ..... condition.
BUT, if you are passionate, you should definitely make the most of it. No argument there!
Well said .
Our ability to mask emotions and adapt and compromise is unquestionable .