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"Innocent" or "Childish" Pursuits

Trainspotter

What so called "childish" or innocent pursuits does anyone have?

Myself, I like blowing bubbles.  I always have a pot of them in the car, and often take them out when I go on a walk and sit down and blow them and watch them float gently over the landscape or historic site.  I do find it very therapeutic and suppose it is a sort of stimming although it is usually done when I am calm, although sometimes I must say when I have had a difficult few minutes I get the urge to blow them. 

I also love watching old children's television programmes from when I was young.  Catweazel, the Gerry Anderson puppet series (Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and even Four Feather Falls), Follyfoot (I fell in love with Dora as a teenager!).

And I am never far from my recorder.  Although I stopped being taught at the age of 11, I carried on with playing it and even though my music reading is below very basic I can pick out a tune and change the key to suit very easily. 

So does anyone else have these sort of so called childish pursuits and what are they?

  • I like jumping and skipping - trying to stop masking this side of me when walking down the street because it relaxes me, and I need to stop worrying that other people will judge.

    I am that daydreamer with books person - can spend whole days without seeing anyone other than my dad and the person at the checkout. Will spend the day immersed in philosophy. Mind you, many philosophers have argued the case for solitude - the crowd can be corrupting. Also philosophers are often described as having a childish curiosity and aversion to the falsehoods of society. 

    I enjoy, from time to time, a good old Disney movie, and will happily listen to Disney soundtracks.

  • Great picture Martian Tom!

  • NAS20054 said:

    I like to play with a yoyo

    Must have it's ups and downs, Aspergerix. (Sorry, bad joke)

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  • NAS20054 said:

    I like to play with a yoyo

    Must have it's ups and downs, Aspergerix. (Sorry, bad joke)

  • Good question, Trainspotter.

    I can't really think of any obvious activity that you would call childish right away, but I suppose I do tend to do something that you could classify as a hangover from childhood and that is daydreaming.

    By that, I mean daydreaming my life away via fiction, such as TV shows, movies, books, etc. Now, a lot of people get pleasure from doing this, it's true, but when it is done as a substitute from really meeting people and going places then I think it is a bit childish and something people should grow out of as they mature. I never have, and I guess it's because of certain traits within my character that make it difficult to handle new situations. 

    I never liked leaving the house much as a younger adult, aside from work and other important reasons, but left to my own devices preferred to experience gratification via daydreaming.

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