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A little about my interests

Paddy

Hi everyone,

I think that one of the nicest parts of this community is this section, so I thought I'd share some of my interests with you all.

My interests presently are:

History and mythology from ancient Greece and Rome,

Writing fiction(although I haven't really written anything for a little while)

Cats, I LOVE them, they're so wonderfully quiet and, just as importantly, not in your face all the time

Starwars is life, I even liked the sequels, especially The Phantom Menace and The Revenge of the Sith. Darth Maul was woefully underused, sadly. I am so looking forward to seeing the new films, too. Can't wait for them to come out on DVD.

Star Trek to a lesser degree, although there hasn't really been a new series for quite some time to maintain my interest, and I have seen all the original and later series many, many times, and, of course, the films.

Game of Thrones is a brilliant series, and I can't wait for season 6 to come out on Amazon.

The Walking Dead is a great favourite of mine too, I own all of the first five series, and am looking forward to getting season 6 on Amazon.

I also take a keen interest in science(although I have not studied it to any great degree), Autism, which I have obsessively studied over the last few months and, finally, because I am disabled I also take a keen interest in my health, although that probably isn't a positive thing because that interest does via into hypochondriac territory, sadly.

Just a little about me, and I look forward to reading about people with other interests, and especially people with interests similar to mine if anyone would like to share.

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  • Hi

    I thought I wouldn't be listened to as well, I thought they'd think it was a ridiculous suggestion that I thought I might have autism. I suppose I thought this because my son is diagnosed with severe autism and I don't have anything like the issues he has. He is non-verbal and also has SLD, but the more I looked up about ASD, the more I thought it sounded similar to my life, especically on this forum! What helped me and gave me the confidence to go to the GP and ask about it was making a list of all the reasons and ways I considered relevant to me possibly being autistic. The GP made a comment in the referral letter saying "she has good eye contact", whereas most of the time I'm looking at the bridge of someone's nose or just slightly glaze over so I'm not looking directly into their eyes, but my eye contact isn't terrible. Not that this is the definitive diagnostic tool for autism, my son has excellent eye contact! Anyway, I was nervous too, but just went for it, don't know if that helps 

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  • Hi

    I thought I wouldn't be listened to as well, I thought they'd think it was a ridiculous suggestion that I thought I might have autism. I suppose I thought this because my son is diagnosed with severe autism and I don't have anything like the issues he has. He is non-verbal and also has SLD, but the more I looked up about ASD, the more I thought it sounded similar to my life, especically on this forum! What helped me and gave me the confidence to go to the GP and ask about it was making a list of all the reasons and ways I considered relevant to me possibly being autistic. The GP made a comment in the referral letter saying "she has good eye contact", whereas most of the time I'm looking at the bridge of someone's nose or just slightly glaze over so I'm not looking directly into their eyes, but my eye contact isn't terrible. Not that this is the definitive diagnostic tool for autism, my son has excellent eye contact! Anyway, I was nervous too, but just went for it, don't know if that helps 

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