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Obsessions

lostmyway

I would appreciate some feedback from members about a problem I have about sometimes becoming very obsessed about something I don't seem to understand very well. Instead of just leaving it for the time being, I will often become upset about not being able to immediately work it out and feel compelled to keep examining it, even though this becomes harder due to the anger and stress engendered. It's as if I have to complete something or other that has sparked my attention otherwise I feel a terrible sense of failure.

I also tend to be a perfectionist about certain things, feeling unhappy if something is not done to my satisfaction.

I was wondering if this kind of behaviour relates to people on the AS or simply just an idiosyncratic part of my personality. Or, maybe, I just don't get out enough.

Any comments appreciated.

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    I sometimes experience the same sort of thing, for example, trying to solve some advanced mathematical concept or domain. 

    There are a lot of traits people on the spectrum have which are common among members to various degrees, but these traits are not part of any official diagnostic criteria.

    There are many symptoms reported by people on the spectrum which do not appear in the DSM cluster of symptoms for autism.

    People with autism also may have other conditions alongside autism. 

    So it's very interesting, we are a rainbow nation, multi-coloured works of abstract art.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    I sometimes experience the same sort of thing, for example, trying to solve some advanced mathematical concept or domain. 

    There are a lot of traits people on the spectrum have which are common among members to various degrees, but these traits are not part of any official diagnostic criteria.

    There are many symptoms reported by people on the spectrum which do not appear in the DSM cluster of symptoms for autism.

    People with autism also may have other conditions alongside autism. 

    So it's very interesting, we are a rainbow nation, multi-coloured works of abstract art.

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