Is being excited an Aspie/Autism thing?

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Being excited about things is normal and nice, but adults are expected to behave "like adults", which means be in control or their emotions. They do get excited about things, they just do not show it. Besides, showing your excitement to people who do not share it ends up annoying them. The best idea would be to share your excitement for shopping with someone who shares your same emotions (on-line friend or group, perhaps) or lock yourself in a room/bathroom, release your excitement and then return to the room with the rest of the people? My daughter does that when she is annoyed: she goes to her room until she is able to stay in the same room with the rest of us.

I have read that Aspies have quite a childlike quality about them. I certainly feel like a Big Kid about many things!! !

I also hate the way everyone tries to squash it because I am meant to be "grown up" and they are so negative and over it all. I don't want this part of me to die at all! It is best if you can fine at least ONE person somewhere somehow who shares your excitement in this particular topic I find.

I can have negative issues with the extent of my excitement though, also. I, as many of us do, have anxiety issues. Excitement for me is one of the highest forms of anxiety I find - even though it is about something positive. It's weird. I especially hate that feeling of when I get so excited about something and then it doesn't go to plan. The fall from that is dreadful.

Ah yes, easily excitable especially if its to do with a special interest. But also easily upset-able

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6UY5ZX9-FI[/youtube]



Yes, I get that way about stuff too, and the above video is what I immediately thought of.

I thought getting all excited about that kind of thing was normal, if not why is everyone so bloody crazy on black friday running around trampling each other to get the best deal first. I mean I have to say the last place I would ever want to be is in a store on black friday I think I would have a really bad panic attack......and I don't feel like going to the psych ward again. But that's just me, its not wrong to get excited...I just don't typically get jump up and down excited about anything even things I am more into. So I don't think its really an autism thing specifically.

Some of you made some good later points easily excitable yet upsetable as well interesting view. I can be excited and OCD Aspie special interest into a book or college studying or *insert something* and I get told "That's not normal" (For instance last summer I was REALLY into the last Dragon Tattoo series book HAD to finish it) so read and read and read to finish it! Mom burst in "Why are you so obsessed that's "not normal" I just hate that comment "not normal" It's depressing comments like that are depressing for me and leaves me questioning my Aspie obsessions. One semester I was weeks ahead and my older sister was like "What's the point of being weeks ahead it's pointless." I was flabbergasted. I read Moby Dick 10AM-2AM (YES AM and then my parents said "Oh you probably don't remember what you read. I then regurgitated over half the book and can recall book plots (for movies) YEARS ago. I remember dad said what you read that last week or something right? Me: No a few years ago and I recall a good percentage of the book.

I've backed off from Aspie OCDish interest obsession. You get that nagging negative comment floating in your head and thoughts so it makes you feel bad and depressed so it's hard to focus on who I TRUELY am and get into studying etc.


Thanks for all the comments.