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Playing with toys

Little Miss Autism

I'm 27 and I still enjoy playing with toys but I get so anxious it's interfering with my playing. One of my biggest problems is that it bothers me what others think and I know a lot of people frown on adults playing with toys. My dad is one of these people and has said to me that I should be more grown up.

I have a really good imagination and can bring my games and characters to life. But because I'm worried about other people and what they will think I'm struggling to escape in to my make belief world and when I play I'm whispering constantly and it's hurting my throat.

I'm not sure what to do about this. I want to play but my brain is obsessing over it and it's causing me a lot of unwanted anxiety.

Sorry for venting here but I don't have anyone else who understands autism and why I'm not completely grown up if that makes sense.

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  • Don't apologise for venting, it's one of the things this community is here for.

    Perhaps you could schedule some time each day when you are on your own for this creative play - perhaps when you are alone in the house? Then when you are with your family you could do related creative things, such as writing stories/plays, or watching a TV series or movie and then seeing if you could think of what might happen next in the series, or an alternative ending for the movie. You say in your profile that you are an aspiring writer and actress, so those activities are related to your aspirations. If you feel up to meeting people, you could also join a local amateur theatre company.

    But try not to feel guilty for doing something that you enjoy, just because others don't think it's appropriate. I play video games, which some people think is odd as I'm a woman in my sixties, but I don't care.

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  • Don't apologise for venting, it's one of the things this community is here for.

    Perhaps you could schedule some time each day when you are on your own for this creative play - perhaps when you are alone in the house? Then when you are with your family you could do related creative things, such as writing stories/plays, or watching a TV series or movie and then seeing if you could think of what might happen next in the series, or an alternative ending for the movie. You say in your profile that you are an aspiring writer and actress, so those activities are related to your aspirations. If you feel up to meeting people, you could also join a local amateur theatre company.

    But try not to feel guilty for doing something that you enjoy, just because others don't think it's appropriate. I play video games, which some people think is odd as I'm a woman in my sixties, but I don't care.

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