Hi Anonymousanonymous, KraftieKortie and cathylynn
I don't really have any special interests in the stereotypical aspie/autistic way, but I do fixate on bizzare things and get temporarily but intensely obsessed with them.
For example, I spent some time looking at the way court judges, barristers etc dress.
At school, I remember being obsessed with vomit, and asking loads of people when they were last sick and what colour was it, all really seriously curious.
There's loads more fixations but I can't think of any of the top of my head.
Oh, I used to get obsessed with certain teachers, or members of the opposite sex.
I remember asking loads of school friends if they had duvets or blankets on their bed, and what colours they were.
As an adult I've managed to calm it down a bit, but I still get fixated on certain things, like other people's double glazing, etc, I just don't voice it as readily as I did as a child.
I was a late walker but I think I learnt to talk at the normal time.
I used to wrap bottles in blankets, the way you would wrap a baby in a blanket, and hold it the same way.
So, I guess you could say, that these are special interests, just, not in the stereotypical way.
I was definitely, 'different', my mum said she had concerns about me but got fobbed off by the doctor when she took me to see him at about 3yrs of age.
14 Jul 2014, 12:08 pm
