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rossc
Deinonychus
Joined: May 02, 2007
Age: 38
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 Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject: Unusual or specialised areas of interest |
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Think about this. If you like me go through life overcompensating for "ineptitudes" in areas such as reading people, social situations, and pretty much life in general (let's not put a fine point on it we are 1 in 160 - we do have to intergrate into a society made up of 99% neurotypical people) - where are your interests?
Left to your own devices what specialised areas of your life do you find to focus on. Obsess on even. Hey I do it. Most Aspies or HFA's do it and focus on it to such a degree (like a laser is to light) that we become very knowledgeable and specialised.
Hey good, bad or indifferent - I don't care.
What do you find enthralling?
Mythology, Science, creative writing, timetable, Information Technology, business - let me know. |
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methinks
Deinonychus
Joined: Apr 07, 2007
Age: 40
Posts: 348
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:03 am Post subject: |
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Specifically,the contemporary lineage of avant-garde,experimental,and improvisational music "traditions",with a strong do-it-yourself,heuristic bent.Also unusual stringed and electronic intruments.Those have been at my core for many years.
Beyond that,varying obsessions primarily in the humanities and sciences.The obsessions come and go,anywhere from a few hours to several months.
It's not unusual for me to suddenly realize I am completely fascinated by Denali National Park,for instance,and scour the net for DNP information.The fascination is seemingly out of the blue,and the next day I'm indifferent about it.Last year I kept an obsession diary,too many to list here,but it included mechanical pencils,the science of artificial flavorings,B.Kliban,peaches,later Fellini films,and rural Norway.I must be assembling quite a scrapbook in my mind. |
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RaeRae
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Joined: Apr 30, 2007
Posts: 106
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| Art and Geology although I too many hobbies and interests to possibly find enough time in my lifetime to properly obsess. Too many obsessions, too little time. |
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bassackward
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: May 04, 2007
Posts: 42
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:16 am Post subject: |
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Music is my greatest love. I have alot of obsessions, but they come and go. Music abides.
Hmm my last big obsession was 19th century Russian writers. I read Tolstoy, Dostoyevskey, Goncharov, Gogol, Turganev, and maybe some others, but not sure. |
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ChrissandraChrissamba
Phoenix
Joined: Apr 01, 2007
Age: 85
Posts: 1995
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| Music. I tend to get obsessed with a particular band for a period of time and listen to their music over and over. I also will just sit for long periods of time and daydream about different things I could draw or paint. I also used to be obsessed with ballet and I found out as much as I could about it. However, I don't enjoy watching ballet anymore because I notice all these little details that are off rather than just getting absorbed in the overall feeling of a particular ballet. I also don't like how the dancing is set to the music. They seem to be moving in time to the tempo of the music, but not actually feeling and moving to all the parts of the music. Now, I like to just imagine in my head ballet dancing how I want it to be. That way it can be perfect. |
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CockneyRebel
Sid The Love Rat is a Sweet Pea :O)
Joined: Jul 18, 2004
Age: 34
Posts: 21321
Location: Out in the evening, with me two best Rat Mates :O)
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Routemasters.
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Lightning88
Hi
Joined: Aug 05, 2006
Age: 20
Posts: 3137
Location: Indiana
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 1:04 am Post subject: |
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I typically obsess over TV and movie characters, although there have been other things, too. For a while I was obsessed with a town here in Indiana so much that I convinced my mom we should move here! And we did! I haven't regretted moving here at all, especially since my life made a complete turn-around because of it! 
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Eller
Deinonychus
Joined: May 02, 2007
Posts: 302
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:06 am Post subject: |
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| Mathematics, art, geometry, fashion design, architecture, music and... Mineralogy, which is a good thing, since that's what I study. |
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roygerdodger
Phoenix
Joined: Jul 16, 2006
Age: 17
Posts: 1163
Location: High Point, NC
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| Too many. |
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lizardcongress
Emu Egg
Joined: Apr 27, 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Wow, I always doubted that I had the obsessive tendencies of AS, because I was under the impression that there had to be one thing on which you focused for long periods of time. Like several earlier posters, I have strong short-term obsessions lasting anywhere from hours to months, many of which are recurring. Unfortunately, I often feel like like I never accomplish much or go "deep enough" with any of these interests, but maybe I shouldn't be comparing myself with people who do these things as professions.
Just for fun, here's a partial list of current and recurring obsessions:
Mathematics
Entomology
Optics
Latin and Classical Studies in general
Linguistics in general
Astronomy
Physics
Color perception
Spectral properties of dyes
The color "spectral violet" (I'm still on a quest to find out which dyes and pigments, if any, actually reflect, transmit, or fluoresce this prince of hues )
Lasers
Holography
Photography
The electromagnetic spectrum
VLF and ELF phenomena
The occult
Religion and spirituality
Philosophy
Finland
Mineralogy
Japan
Ok, I'm just gonna stop now. |
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9CatMom
Ailurophile
Joined: Jan 02, 2007
Posts: 5675
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Literature
History
Geography
Languages (Including English spoken in various parts of the English-speaking world)
Cats (particularly Siamese and Tabbies, but I love them all)
Animals in general
The Olympics
Roger Bannister
Track and Field Athletics
Figure Skating
Medical Topics (AS/autism, genetic illnesses in various ethnic groups, various disabilities/differences, such as cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, muscular dystrophy, rarer chromosomal syndromes)
Legal Topics and Terminology (I got as Associate of Occupational Sciences in Legal Office Systems at my local business college in 2004.)
In a word, a little of everything |
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Grim
Velociraptor
Joined: Oct 30, 2006
Age: 21
Posts: 469
Location: Brighton, East Sussex
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 11:50 am Post subject: |
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| old postcards and maps are my main ones atm. |
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larsenjw92286
Your invitation to come on down!
Joined: Aug 31, 2004
Age: 22
Posts: 8858
Location: Seattle, Washington
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nobodyzdream
Whistling in the dark...
Joined: Apr 24, 2007
Age: 28
Posts: 1935
Location: St. Charles, MO-USA
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mine flip flop, a lot-I kind of cycle through things, never fully losing interest-it's just that I'm not quite "as" interested as I was before.
Seed bead sorting (lol, I know-it's sad)
Drawing (anime I really like, but cannot create on my own-I just look off of stuff and draw what I see)
Music-I go on random music binges where I look up 10 bands I've never heard of and listen to their stuff
Making lists about myself (I come back to this one a LOT)
Making things/projects-currently my obsession is about to be making a board game called "Life Sucks Then you Die" for my aunt who found the idea quite humorous
Making T-shirt designs for me and my fam's shirts
Rearranging all of the furniture in my house over the course of a weekend (hey, it may not be considered an interest, but it's fun for some reason to do every once in a while)
Drawing tat designs
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nobodyzdream
Whistling in the dark...
Joined: Apr 24, 2007
Age: 28
Posts: 1935
Location: St. Charles, MO-USA
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Edit: argh-it locked up while posting  sorry
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