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An issue relating to my Intense Interests

Eponine

Hi all,

I am slightly concerned about how intense my obsessions have been progressively getting over the past couple of years (I'm AS, by the way). Now they feel less like "intense interests" and more like, and this is the only way I am able to describe it, drug addictions with a physical component.

I write this now because my dad took me to see my favourite musical (which I am currently obsessed with) on Sunday night, and ever since we got in the car after it had finished I have been so depressed that I struggle to say anything without being on the verge of tears, I'm shaking, I'm short of breath, I'm exhausted and unable to concentrate on anything and I'm getting pangs of physical pain. The morning after, I couldn't get out of bed for crying and had to miss school. I feel lonelier than ever and my parents regret taking me because I now feel so terrible. It's worse than it has ever been but it has been getting progressively worse over more recent years. I was wondering if anyone had had similar "withdrawal symptoms" in relation to their intense interests in similar situations? And I know this isn't a professional medical website, but is this "normal" for AS?

Thank you for your time.

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  • I experienced a similar reaction as a teenager when I finished an epic fantasy series. I cried. It is my belief that such reactions are definable as grief for something we have invested in and should be treated as such.

    Experts generally accept that there are four stages of bereavement: 

    • accepting that your loss is real
    • experiencing the pain of grief
    • adjusting to life without the person who has died 
    • putting less emotional energy into grieving and putting it into something new (in other words, moving on)

    You'll probably go through all these stages, but you won’t necessarily move smoothly from one to the next. Your grief might feel chaotic and out of control, but these feelings will eventually become less intense. Give yourself time, as they will pass.

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  • I experienced a similar reaction as a teenager when I finished an epic fantasy series. I cried. It is my belief that such reactions are definable as grief for something we have invested in and should be treated as such.

    Experts generally accept that there are four stages of bereavement: 

    • accepting that your loss is real
    • experiencing the pain of grief
    • adjusting to life without the person who has died 
    • putting less emotional energy into grieving and putting it into something new (in other words, moving on)

    You'll probably go through all these stages, but you won’t necessarily move smoothly from one to the next. Your grief might feel chaotic and out of control, but these feelings will eventually become less intense. Give yourself time, as they will pass.

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