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Exchanging information and finding community: how to do it?

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Some time ago my psychologist told me that I frequently express desire to connect with others.

I know this is very hard and tends to be frustrating for me. Maybe others here can relate?

Some "roadblocks" I have spotted, mostly from my side, are:

  • Sensitivity to the language and facial expressions used by others
  • Habit of getting stuck in details makes it hard for others
  • In-person: Need to remain anonymous
  • Online: Need to I regularly need to delete my accounts, or camouflage in some way.

I am aware these aren't bad things on their own, but in everyday life they backfire spectacularly.

1. Do you find hard talking or engaging with others relating your special interests? And discussing deep into a topic with others?

2. Do you use some platform or are lucky enough to have friends which also have similar interests to yours?

3. Besides doing it here, have you find a "community" for your interests? Do you have to follow rules to stay mentally healthy?

The questions are just to make the post more focussed, but anything regarding your experience in this regard will be appreciated.

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  • Yeah it’s like me i like sharing my music but I never want to be known or famous for it so ive made a stage name so if I upload it’s just Audio or perhaps a video without me or any identifying stuff in

    i find autism so hard becuse I have a conflict like I love old tech but it has limitations is I need a mix of old and new stuff

    also I have how people don’t understand if I’m going on and on and on about a hobbie like dnd trains bus ganes music Taylor swift it’s either a(like all the mentioned things) a speical interest that brings me massive autistic joy or b it’s something that my adhd will fixate on for a week at a time like photography or radios o groove this is called hyper fixation I used to call it speical interests of adhd but I find autistic speical interests make you way more joyful where as wirh a hyper fixation it’s solely like your adhd focuses on it to free your mind 

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  • Yeah it’s like me i like sharing my music but I never want to be known or famous for it so ive made a stage name so if I upload it’s just Audio or perhaps a video without me or any identifying stuff in

    i find autism so hard becuse I have a conflict like I love old tech but it has limitations is I need a mix of old and new stuff

    also I have how people don’t understand if I’m going on and on and on about a hobbie like dnd trains bus ganes music Taylor swift it’s either a(like all the mentioned things) a speical interest that brings me massive autistic joy or b it’s something that my adhd will fixate on for a week at a time like photography or radios o groove this is called hyper fixation I used to call it speical interests of adhd but I find autistic speical interests make you way more joyful where as wirh a hyper fixation it’s solely like your adhd focuses on it to free your mind 

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