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What are your special interests?

Aspeth

I really love learning about other peoples hyperfixations/special interests and - although I struggle to show it - get so happy and excited when someone shares theirs with me. It's probably one of the only things I like more than my own special interest tbh... I love it even more when someone feels comfortable enough to not only tell me what theirs is, but also tell me every detail about it. Even if I have no idea what any of it means, I still love listening.

I'm rambling so I'll just get to the point; I'm curious about everyone here. I had a *** night and this is the first thing that came to mind to make me feel better so I'd love it if someone would be willing to indulge...

Parents

  • Finding out how everything works. And I do mean everything. From toe-nail clippers to the world economy. I cannot rest until I learn MORE! I've been like that since I was a toddler.

    I've had lots of other interests over the years—hobbies, hyper-fixations, and such; 100+ at last count—but learning how things work, figuring things out, discovering new things: that's fundamentally my true special interest.

    I have nothing like a photographic memory. I forget things all the time. I'll know the initial letter of something, but struggle to recall anything more. I read a book about something new and I've have forgotten 90% of it a few days later. I remember some things, even tiny details, clearly for decades, though. But I really enjoy learning things in the moment and I'm sure it all leaves some lasting impression in the old brain somewhere.

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  • Finding out how everything works. And I do mean everything. From toe-nail clippers to the world economy. I cannot rest until I learn MORE! I've been like that since I was a toddler.

    I've had lots of other interests over the years—hobbies, hyper-fixations, and such; 100+ at last count—but learning how things work, figuring things out, discovering new things: that's fundamentally my true special interest.

    I have nothing like a photographic memory. I forget things all the time. I'll know the initial letter of something, but struggle to recall anything more. I read a book about something new and I've have forgotten 90% of it a few days later. I remember some things, even tiny details, clearly for decades, though. But I really enjoy learning things in the moment and I'm sure it all leaves some lasting impression in the old brain somewhere.

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  • in reply to Damojo

    That's apparently something that most autistic people have - the desire to learn MORE. But mainstream schools don't provide the necessary learning tools for us and that's why we aren't often seen as 'academically gifted' or whatever... I'm not a psychologist or anything so that's why I say 'apparently', because it is based off of observation and reading things other autistics say.