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Why do we obsess?

Eponine

Hi all,

I have been thinking a lot recently and I've begun to wonder why we obsess as Aspies. A lot of people say it's "a control thing", but I think that sounds horrible, like we're all manipulative and playing power games. I prefer to think of it as anaesthesia, because life has been so wicked to us we need to feel something that takes us off into our own world so we can keep the pain a bit under control. I know that sounds ridiculously negative but that's what I think. What do you think?

Hope you're all well,

Eponine <3 xx

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  • Don't know if it's related, but I always look at a pattern on the tiles of walls, if everything lines up. I sometimes wonder... what was the architect, builder, plumber and contractor thinking when they built these things, was it for aesthetics or functionality?, it has always ridiculed me to this day. Another thing I wonder, how can a floor be devoid of columns and still stand, I mean the victorian houses that were made of wooden floor boards and walls of plaster and brick unlike the steel, concrete and glass modern buildings you see today. I am always worrying one of these days, the whole thing is going to collapse due to the weight put on it. Surely back in the victorian days, houses made of wood weren't expected to have a total weight of a vehicle, instead just a bed, wardrobe and a set of drawers.

    You might call this an obsession, others have called me paranoid.

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  • Don't know if it's related, but I always look at a pattern on the tiles of walls, if everything lines up. I sometimes wonder... what was the architect, builder, plumber and contractor thinking when they built these things, was it for aesthetics or functionality?, it has always ridiculed me to this day. Another thing I wonder, how can a floor be devoid of columns and still stand, I mean the victorian houses that were made of wooden floor boards and walls of plaster and brick unlike the steel, concrete and glass modern buildings you see today. I am always worrying one of these days, the whole thing is going to collapse due to the weight put on it. Surely back in the victorian days, houses made of wood weren't expected to have a total weight of a vehicle, instead just a bed, wardrobe and a set of drawers.

    You might call this an obsession, others have called me paranoid.

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