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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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  • Little Miss Autism said:
    My dad is one of these people and has said to me that I should be more grown up.

    Why do you need to be "more grown up"? Did your dad give a reason? Did he explain what he means?

    I'm a dad. My daughter has had her same three comfort blankets since she was born. They're all ragged and she always has one of them on the go. I don't tell her she needs to be "more grown up". If they make her happy, I'm happy. She's not harming anyone. She just turned 20.

    If you want to play, play. You shouldn't feel bad about it. I'll bet your dad does things just because he likes doing them, not because they're productive (playing golf, watching football, fishing, jogging, biting his nails, or whatever).

  • in reply to Damojo

    Especially since autistic people our hobbies keep us full of pure joy 

    you know me by now if Taylor swift did a circus skills show I’d probably have a heart attack wirh the excitement but at least I’d die happy seeing Tay Tay doing her diabolo act haha 

    like as long as you know your limits of ok I have too many toys and not hoarding or what ever it’s fine 

    personally I want more circus DVDs but I also have a lot of non circus DVDs so ive had to limit it to like 13 circus shows(across 15 DVDs) but one day I hope to have a book case deidcated to all my cirucs stuff and another to my Taylor swift stuff as well as a general book one a general music one and a general dvd one 

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  • in reply to Damojo

    Especially since autistic people our hobbies keep us full of pure joy 

    you know me by now if Taylor swift did a circus skills show I’d probably have a heart attack wirh the excitement but at least I’d die happy seeing Tay Tay doing her diabolo act haha 

    like as long as you know your limits of ok I have too many toys and not hoarding or what ever it’s fine 

    personally I want more circus DVDs but I also have a lot of non circus DVDs so ive had to limit it to like 13 circus shows(across 15 DVDs) but one day I hope to have a book case deidcated to all my cirucs stuff and another to my Taylor swift stuff as well as a general book one a general music one and a general dvd one 

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