Autistic Special Interests | AUTISM IN GIRLS
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- In this week's video, I talk about Autistic Special Interests! I go over what they are, the pros and cons of them, how Autistic girls' special interests often mirror their NT counterparts, and then my personal special interests throughout my life (featuring pictures you won't want to miss! LOL).
I'd love to know what your special interests are, so leave them down below! :)
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I can literally lose sleep over my excitement to learn about something I’m interested in! Tropical fish, aquarium plants, ponds, house plants, gardening, cloth diapers? Chickens?! ... sometimes I can’t shut my brain off at night and I have insomnia so I just get up and research my interest. I’m always disappointed when there is nothing new to learn about a topic. Have always loved reading.
I completely understand you. I do this all the time too
Oh my goodness, chickens! I have loved birds since I was 7. I have a chicken recuperating from minor infection in my bathroom right now (don’t worry she’s chillin’ in a kitted out box & doesn’t want to walk on her injured foot anyway). I have off and on read every surgical veterinary medicine journal on specific veterinary conditions, right now I’ve read every one on her specific condition.
Last week I spent 6 hours in the middle of the night figuring out how to explain my brain to some of the computer programming engineers at my work. Basically my brain runs in DOSS.
Absolutely me too!!! I love new ideas and new interests...
I felt this so hard haha, my special interest is slime and I once saw mashed potatoes that were super stretchy and looked like slime. I got SO excited that I couldn’t sleep until 4am
At 65 I have not yet been diagnosed officially; My special interests since childhood have stayed in my life to this day. They include reading, music, pure physics, engineering, painting, space travel, pure mathematics, a wide range of crafts especially making unique wedding dresses and ball gowns, wildlife and the ecology of the planet. I get so focused that I didn't even react during a hurricane when a tree smashed a 13ft wide window in LOL
Same!! I'm almost 65 and am also self diagnosed!!! Music,adult coloring, diamond painting,horses,edc,prepping,certain health remedies,distilled water. And those are just a few!!!
My lifelong special interest is The Sims. I’ve played since I was 11. Now I’m 30 lol. I’m also becoming interested in k-pop which is blending into Korean culture, language, and shows. I’m sooo glad you mentioned short lived special interests. I’ve had a bunch. Usually different softwares..
sims as well for me! especially sims 2 :) im 20 and since i was like 6-7
@@maxllon Sims 2 was the best! I wish they’d remaster it
i actually don't know yet if im really in the spectrum, but it's the same for me! i've played the sims for nine years, and have been into kpop for almost seven. my obsession with both never goes away...
This has been really confusing for me as someone with autism, since I may also have inattentive adhd as well. It’s really hard to make these distinctions. Is it that autistic people can have life long and short lived alternating special interests, or is that only or more commonly in combination with adhd? I have consistent interests I have however I switch between them sometimes after a month, a week, or even constantly throughout the day. I’ll wake up contemplating my philosophical views researching and end reading about autism or miraculous ladybug. It’s great to see people have similar experiences as me but as I said it’s confusing trying to form an understanding of the autistic experience especially for myself and other girls when many Autistic people also have additional disorders.
Mine too! I'm I have all of them 2,3,4 lol . Currently loving sims 2. But Sims 4 is getting story progression soon. So excited.
I am literally in tears after watching this. Sometimes I just need someone to hold up a mirror for me to see what is going on in my life.
"oh thats why" is my new state of life since i was diagnosed
I feel that!
This made me sit down and write out a list of my own special interests. What's good to hear is that you also just suddenly go off things, as this seemed odd to me that I did this. Many of my SIs have been related to my life and what is going on, so for example I was obsessed with parenting babies (eg breastfeeding, attachment parenting) when I had babies! As soon as my children weren't babies any more, I lost interest. I believe this is common in women on the spectrum, and may be another reason why we are under diagnosed? To be honest I have also several times tried to 'professionalise' a special interest, and it almost always doesn't work out. I try not to do that now but it's hard to resist.
Keeping immaculate documents makes for good governance.
Illustrating, castlevania: symphony of the night, magic: the gathering, psychology, tarot, myers briggs, Socrates, and clash royale.
You special interests are all very unique! You seem so confident and authentic when you talk about them. And I can tell that they have all brought you happiness :) I have some special interests have that changed over time and one in particular that always finds its way back into my mind and life. I’ve cycled through Barbie dolls, Polly Pockets, different movies and characters, amusement parks and water parks, American Girl dolls, magazines, and books, goats, cows, and farming, and gymnastics. My strongest special interest involves disabilities, medical conditions, mental health, etc. It actually led me to figure out I’m Autistic because I starting learning a lot about autism. I am also hoping to make a career out of working with other Autistic adults :)
I like collecting marbles, world coins and stamps. I also like maps, reading and art.
I cycle between hobbies. Right now I am in a learning all about Autism (and other diagnoses) phase.
I collected marbles and stamps when I was a child, and my sister collected coins. 😊
@@kittikoko That is cool! I love collecting!
My special interests are neurodiversity videos/memes, games, mental health and writing.
I was really intense about Mindhunters. I would research the famous killers and criminal history. I am really impressed by how you learned furniture building.
I'm not 100% sure I'm on the spectrum but highly suspect I am. I'm a 30 year old female and into photography, learning about politics, sociology, feminism, debating, the esoteric, movies, shows, and watching RUclips! I get depressed and burnt out easily so I prefer interests that don't take out a lot of energy like watching shows.
I also wish I could stick to one special interest. I buy all the things for each one...really adds up haha. I have loved reading (hyperlexic) forever, I also have loved true crime since I was a pre teen. Through high school it was serial killers, mobsters then porn stars haha.. Looking back I think I was just trying to understand how they think. I loved football, but only obsessively for a few years. And finally crafting! I have latch hooked, knitted, crocheted, diamond painted, and for the last year and a half it's been cross stitch while listening to audiobooks. I crave it! LOVE your videos, keep up the awesome work :)
After 20 years I finally burnt myself out on Sims, but my current special interests are religion/theology, cults, true crime, the Simpsons (until season 12 or so lol) and psychology. They've actually all been life-long interests. Also autism, emotional intelligence and child rearing. :)
Thanks for sharing yours!
Meeting someone with whom I can quote the simpsons with and they get it makes me so happy!
My special interests have always been animals and video games from a very young age (around 2 or 3 years old). I have also had a bunch of other things that have flitted in and out over the years. I would examine, dissect, research, put in %10,000. Next day, I was bored of it.
Depression is making enjoying my 2 main interests harder and harder sadly. Lost all motivation to even try anything new as well. Not sure how to get past it. I am on anti depressants I don't feel work, and have a therapist. What else can I really do. Get more pets I guess? I cannot even find a video game I can sit through for more than an hour now for some reason. Which just makes me even more depressed.
I had a run in my “rabbit hole” of depression that lasted 2 1/2 - 3 years a few years ago and survived on every episode of Dr Who (reboot) I watched them over and over and over. The Steven Moffat ones were the most interesting to me as they were more complex and had a thread connecting seasons together. When Chris Chibnall took over his writing ruined it for me. I transferred over to the MCU, not leaving the house I watched them all on prime. I’ve had a thing with Baking and The great British bake off for a good many years now, though I don’t tend to bake it as much in the summer as I do in the winter. Beading, polymer clay, water color, colored pencils have all been players.
Thank you Olivia for all your videos, I’ve been helped immensely by them.
Olivia! Your videos are so comfortable for me to watch. The quality and the formatting and your topics and your personal shares are just so..pleasing for my mind. Thanks for all the effort you put into making the some of the highest quality content on RUclips. 💗
My main interest since childhood is biology (especially evolution, cells, illnesses) but I also often have a second interest that keeps changing (horses, nutrition, astrophysics, the history of my family, true crime was the last one). I guess I just like to learn new things lol
My special interests are almost all physical - skipping, long distance hiking, paddle boarding, weight lifting...etc. In a way, it's good, because it's possible to progress with all of them and it rarely leads to boredom. Creating paintings and videos are also special interests of mine, and it's great because I can share them with others and even make money off them. They've all been intense obsessions, and now I can cycle through them moderately, though I have so many hobbies that I barely have time for them all 😂
I'm lucky my main special interests have always been part my career, but my wife is now used to my 'great ideas' that last a weekend.
My main special interest is animals. Sometimes I become more focused on different groups and types. I've gone through big cat phases, cetacean phases, etc. Sometimes I do closely study topics outside of wildlife, but not as much haha. Love your videos!
I don't have an autism diagnosis and can't say I experience any of the other symptoms.
But the "special interests" part? Totally 100% accurate description of how I deal with my interests. I kept smiling all through the vid, because what you described was so darn familiar.
In no specific order: Ancient Rome. Oceanography. The Carboniferous period. 1950s industrial design. Ocean Liners. Pleistocene Australia. Airline management strategies. The Mayan civilization, Mauritius-Reunion ecosystems...
I was diagnosed with autism at age 5 and my lifelong special interest is music. However, I had many sub-interests that changed over time when my main interest stayed the same. My longest running sub-interest is the diatonic harmonica. I grew up listening to country music and the song that got me hooked to the instrument was "Ain't Goin' Down ('til the Sun Comes Up)" by Garth Brooks. I was fascinated by Terry McMillan's harmonica playing on that track because he sounded different from other harp players that I've heard at that point in my life. The way I could describe his playing style was that it's very bluesy, but still had that "country" sound. I'd listen to his playing on the radio and even though I couldn't pinpoint his name as a kid, he had a very unique sound that I wanted and still want to imitate. However, a lot of much older harmonica players have bullied me because of it. I was constantly told to give up the instrument, that I was obsessive and rude, and that I should stop thinking about my special interest. But my motivation kept me going from throwing in the towel.
Last year, I started hanging out on Zoom with a professional musician from North Carolina named Todd Parrott and he's a very understanding and non-judgemental guy. I told him the day before my first lesson with him about my autism and he told me he was comfortable with that. Ever since that first lesson, we developed a cool friendship especially since he also was influenced by Terry McMillan as well. A few people online still try to bully me, but I'm a lot better both sound-wise and mentally because of Todd.
My autistic wife Irene likes routine.
We both love the Bible and we enjoy Bible study.
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Praise JAH
Praise JehovAH
Jah is a contraction of Jehovah
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I love the Red Sox! My great uncle threw out the first ever pitch at fenway park. Who is your grandfather?
I have significant autistic traits, but now I'm second-guessing myself if I'm actually wired differently or if I'm just a socially-inept weirdo. I've gone through phases of special interests all my life- I think less pronounced than actually autistic people, but more obsessed than the people around me. Maths, Kingdom Hearts, Hapkido, Catholicism (to the point of wanting to become a nun!), veganism, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, tax law, Myers-Briggs, autism. I was never interested in horses, but when I was in primary school I pretended to be because all the girls my age were (I fooled everyone except myself).
I got stuck with a “cringy” special interest… the undertale au fandom… not just undertale. Specifically the undertale AU fandom. I love it so much and I want to share it with everyone I know but I have no idea how to present it in a way that “normal” people would understand…
All of the above! Lol! No, seriously, I love true crime and mysteries. I was intrigued with unsolved mysteries when I was younger, but prefer solved ones now.
Friends is my all time favourite series and I collected and watched series at one time. I also play games on the computer and now on my phone a lot! Too much actually, but I can’t stop.
I love animals and animal behaviour.
All things medical and natural remedies…
My newest favourite channel to watch is Observe where I learn more about non-verbal communication and I find that it helps me a lot at understanding people better.
I’ve always loved the idea of travel and adventure. I got the chance to visit one of my aunts in Seattle, WA (I lived in FL) after I graduated eighth grade. Before I went, I devoured every book I could find in the library (this was before the internet 🤪) about Seattle, Washington, it’s history, prehistory, natural history, flora, fauna, etc… I was like Cliff from Cheers (“Little known fact…”)🤣
Then I was interested in archaeology as a career (around the age of 13 or 14). I loved Indiana Jones and wrote a paper in school about archaeology and had the magazine (Archaeology), and got lots of books on the subject. I ultimately got to do archaeology at university with a couple of professors and other students in Belize. After that trip though, I suffered severe burnout and that was the end of that. BUT I did get my bachelors in anthropology (barely😵💫…long story) and used that degree to become the Director of Education at the local museum! Due to lack of funds (i.e. getting paid minimum wage) and little interest on the part of the community I ended up leaving that job that I loved.
But throughout my life I have always been interested in nature, travel, adventure, hiking, camping, and the like. Everything I’ve done has been in that realm. 🌼
Yesss. True Crime has been one of mine for a long time! My others are Harry Potter, journaling, hand lettering, watercolor painting, and woodworking! Since having my daughter 2 years ago, I'm really interested in making wooden toys and also wooden signs. Basically scroll saw stuff. I have been dealing with burnout alot this year though so my creative interests have not gotten much attention 😥
I listen to a true crime podcast (We Saw the Devil) about a month ago she did an entire episode on women and why so many are interested in true crime. I often wonder if there are not way more women that that were not diagnosed. I was born in 1978 and back then my mom struggled to even get an ADHD diagnosis for me because just like with autism at that time they were insisting that ADHD and Autism we're really things that mostly boys had, or that you had to be non verbal, and have really extreme behavior.
My lifelong special interests are the Beatles, Batman, X-Men, the Pheonix Saga, Dungeons & Dragons (designing NPCs and monsters for D&D was my go-to for calming down), Rock 'n' Roll history, Star Trek, physics, Greco-Roman culture, the Druids, Stoic philosophy, Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Humanism, the anthropology of human origins, the anthropology of religion, and Jesus as a historical figure.
@notThatBad411 yeah
My main special interests are DINOSAURS AND GODZILLA! I LOVE THEM MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD... Im just so passionate abiut them specially dinosaurs, ive adored and loved them since I was 4. They are all I think about. I love therapod dinosaurs and hardosaurs in particular.
Spinosaurus is my favourite dinosaur, it is the longest (known) theropod dinosaur to walk the earth! It is named spinosaurus because it has these long neural spines across it's back, it's still a debate on what the purpose of it was; alot of people agree it could've been for display to attract mates. Although it couldve also been a way for cooling down.
Great video Olivia! 😊 I really enjoyed the pics of you at different times in your life! But I wanted to look at them longer! 😍
I just recommended your channel to Beatrice today. She was recently diagnosed with ADD , on the spectrum, and I think she'd find your videos helpful and uplifting. Keep up the great videos! 😊
One of my more recent special interests was cooking...especially when I went vegan then completely healthy whole foods plant-based no oil or sugar. All of a sudden, I LOVED cooking and learning new recipes. I went through Cornell University’s plant-based nutrition program. I was super-charged to protect animals and turn people’s health around!!! I helped my uncle reverse his Type 2 diabetes. This consumed me all day. There’s even a drawing of me in the kitchen with roots growing out of my feet. But then I became so burnt out! I’m still vegan, but not WFPB...as much as I still believe in it and want to be. I’m the only one in my family who cooks and am sick of it now. So we eat out almost daily.
Your football story brought me back to my baseball love when I was younger :)
But, yeah, this video resonated so much. When I get into something I don’t want to be bothered with the ins and outs of daily life
My special interest is art and films. For filmmaking, I write some scripts, but some haven’t reach there final production yet.
My lifelong special interest (and I know this is weirdly specific!) is The Karate Kid universe. I bought the movie in every new physical format (so VHS, DVD and Blu-ray), it was the first movie I watched on my new TV, I have Popvinyls, comics, autographs of the actors, custom photo jewelry and pin badges... The list goes on. I also may have been writing the same fanfic for over a decade now!! Don't judge me!! I know fanfic is considered cringe but it makes me happy.
Paranormal movies and doc's.
True crimes
90' grunge
70's causal
Metal
My hometown's blues and rap
I love the Blues!!
Vampires
Snakes
Tarantulas
Detroit Red Wings!
Nashville Predators
Memphis River Kings
👆🏻 Love hockey 🏒
Skating roller skates preferably. 😂
I’ve gone through a lot of phases with hobbies/special interest. But music and make up are my top two.
music used to be a very big one, not so much anymore. Video games have ALWAYS been a big one, although I don't like playing that much because it distracts me from properly analysing the content. Japanese anime were a big one when I was a teen. Psychological horror, witchcraft and occultism, drawings, street and alternative fashion.... and I recently got into perfumes and scavenging.
That's My problem also. As an adult, I burn out easily, and then I go back to it again!
Truthfully, people only see the small frame of what Autism is like, when clearly.... The bigger picture is covered! *(Sighs)*
When suffering with Autism, I just can't be free from the oppression that society puts on Me!
And all this bulls&@% about Jesus telling You He can save You and all that crap, I am sick of it!
No disrespect to those who are believers, but they just don't understand that Faith/Religion just doesn't work for some people, and yet they go about shouting like nutcases out on the streets just preaching lies from a mythical book!
Anyways, great video, Olivia! 😉👍
I trust you will soon get a revelation from God that He not only created the universe, he created you, my friend. John 3:16. Don't wait until it is too late to accept Jesus into your life and save you from hell. It is an eternal place of fire torture and torment for eternity. I will be praying for you Creativity Guy. God created a void in all human beings that only He can fill.😇🙏♥️
I have long term special interests that I cycle through: Dinosaurs (my oldest SI, I've had it for as long as I can remember), True crime (serial killers especially), Greek mythology and Star Wars. And then I had other more short term interests that went away and never really came back: horses when I was a child, the Avatar movie with the blue people, Imagine Dragons and most recently this year, plane crashes.
Usually when I have a new special interest I know because it's the ONLY thing I can think about all day and the only topic I research and want to talk about which can be bad sometimes because I neglect my other responsibilities and even forget basic stuff such as showering, eating, exercising and socializing (I basically become a hermit that wants nothing to do with the outside world).
My main special interest is animals. Sometimes I become more focused on different groups and types. I've gone through big cat phases, cetacean phases, etc. Sometimes I do closely study topics outside of wildlife, but not as much haha. Love your videos!
When I was young I was extremely passionate about a lot of things, to the point where I could barely focus on anything else. I was into Tolkien's Middle-Earth abd obsessively made lists and family trees, trying to soak up every last piece of information. It was so fun but NOBODY wanted to talk to me about it, even though it was all I could think about. My family has become used to my obsessions by now tho, and I apreciate that they let me infodump on them about my interests
Ok here goes
Spice girls, shania Twain, forts, ninja turtles, forts for my ninja turtles, F.R.I.E.N.D.S, criminology, psychology, drawing, bracelet making, cartography, geology, archaeology, photography, graphic design, dioramas, saving the earth, vermicomposting, fishing, parenting, crafts for kids, jigsaw puzzles, Minecraft, keeping fish, building tanks and stands, podcasts, reading, true crime, true crime podcasts, stickers, stamps, coins, fantasy baseball, Pokémon cards, vegan cooking, bullet journaling, writing novels, scrapbooking, gardening, home renos, free education courses, learning French, history, wwII, documentaries, metal detecting, abandoned places, supernatural stuff, table top terrain building, codes, secret societies, Illuminati.
I have way too many special interests. I love butterflies, llama anything, collecting stamps and bookmarks and postcards, collecting Disney pins, Baby Yoda/The child, Star Wars, Disney, musicals, painting canvas, scrapbooking, crafts, owls and certain other animals, hedgehogs, collecting Alex and Ani bracelets, reading, dancing, singing, Zumba, journaling, photography, minions, Harry Potter, Ghost shows and the paranormal, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift, Jonas Brothers, dachshunds and lots more.
i honestly feel like i'm a fake autistic since i've never really had a clear special interest. i mean sure, i also loved horses as a child and would spend a lot of time reading about them, horseback riding etc. and as a teenager i was obsessed with bands and youtubers but never to the point it was the only thing i’d think & talk about. nowadays i’m into a lot of different stuff but still i don’t dive as deep into them as other autistic people do. special interests are such a big part of neurodivergent culture and i’m quite sad i can’t fully relate to this aspect :( and yes i've been professionally diagnosed.
My special interests are fanfiction (reading, collecting, and categorizing), audiobooks (especially video game world themed fiction), Jane Austen, Harry Potter, antiques/art/interior design, phone games that focus on merging and organizing, and film/ book analyses. I tend to focus a lot on a one or two of these at a time, and need to remind myself that I do still need to sleep/eat/brush teeth/work etc at times, especially sleep.
I suspect I'm on the spectrum. One of my main interests I made into a business (I make wax melts) and my others are Halloween, Horror Movies, Board Games, Video games, animals and I've been studying Paganism on and off for maybe 4-5 years. Oh I guess also true life ghost stories or ghost hunting type shows.
Great topic and I loved your childhood pictures! Thanks for sharing!
The only game i play, is the game of life itself. But i gave you a "like"anyway, (i love my birds) 'cause, i like YOU. A lot eh?!
We loved reading and playing Nancy Drew!
I love anime, black cats and Nintendo games.
According to my bio mother I was a pro gamer around 3 or 4 years old when it took forever for her to get through a level on any games, when I moved into my forever new family, she told my new mother
That I'm into video games, I was givin a Nintendo 64 and to this day I'm still goin strong with it.
I have a black cat too. And I have also always enjoyed playing Nintendo games, but I was more so into the handheld consoles. Pokemon was a big special interest of mine growing up, and Nintendogs too when I got my DS. Now I have a Switch Lite.
Referees for Spurs basketball games completely ruined the sport for me. I tend to scream "$&%/ TONY PARKER" when I'm asked if I've seen the latest game, regardless of that dude playing. People stopped watching basketball with me. Couldn't take me anywhere. I was OBSESSED! I would talk about basketball plays during sex, AND get mad when he wouldn't.
Really interesting to hear the evolution of your special interests. 😊 I can't believe you didn't get into baseball earlier, what with your family ties to the sport!
My lifelong special interest is theme parks but I've had other little obsessions along the way... like yodelling, woodlice, snails, caves, etc. 👍
Oh, and a severe obsession with Beanie Babies about 15 years after everyone else had stopped caring about them, haha. I had about 1500 and I just talked about them online all day, every day. 😅
ok, so I grew up in North County San Diego, going to Chargers and Padres games in Jack Murphy Stadium, before they renamed it Qualcomm... And then I moved away and it all went downhill from there. I felt so betrayed when the Chargers left.
But since you were a Chargers fan, you might appreciate this joke:
when I die, I want the Chargers to lower me into my grave- so they can let me down one last time 😂😂😂
Thanks for another excellent video! I'm a male who seems to have female traits for some odd reason. My special interests have never been the lifelong type. They go for a period, and either fade from burnout or physical fatigue - or will reach a breaking point or bad experience that sours them. Now I'm at a later point in life where I'm resistant to get into any special interest that involves acquiring physical things, due to storage issues and the hassle of dealing with it when I do lose interest. I was going to say that I'm so bored with life that I have no current special interests, but then you reminded me that I'm heavily into baseball.
I’ve been obsessed with ghosts and the supernatural my whole life! Also religions. For the past 15 years, it’s been UFO’s…I listen to UFO podcasts every night…I’ve watched all the MCU movies three times..I used to be obsessed with Harry Potter…..I’d read all the books and watch the movies over and over and over. I have also been obsessed with diet and nutrition my whole life….used to be a raw vegan…I had all the cookbooks and knew who all the influencers were…For the past three years, it’s been the Carnivore diet! LOL!
Vegan to carnivore, a full reversal lol
My two special interests are anything with true crime (hence why I'm studying criminal psychology,) and also artwork, specifically adult coloring books. Art is more the therapeutic and relaxing special interest, while true crime is more related to my future career. Now that I think about it, another one is also dungeon crawling games (first-person and third-person.) That one is more when I want to do a mindless activity and not think so much, like if I've had a shutdown or a bad day and know that I won't enjoy my artwork as much!
Oh my God I want to visit the body farm so bad and that woman's forensic sculpting class would be so fun
I just wrote a comment on one of your other videos I'm here to say I have a alot of interest that I have fixated on that I forget to eat and do anything else around the house my husband has to say Wendy stop what you're doing and do other stuff I can spend 24 hours on my genealogy. And I have watched all kinds of murder mysteries real ones and other ones like SVU Law and Order all kinds of one's all the way back to when I was a little kid when I used to First Watch Columbo and all the other ones. I I also like watching documentaries doesn't matter what it is mostly history. I also like what I also like reading nonfiction. And I also like doing yarn with plastics you know the ones with holes in it. I even tried looming but I got frustrated and stopped. I have had so many interests that I have given up counting all of them. I try them for awhile then lose interest in them. I love Disney movies and mostly musicals like Meet Me in St Louis and Sound Of the music and Newies and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I have so many musicals I love. I also like Don Knotts he is one of my favorite actors I like all the things he has been in. I really like The Apple Dumpling Gang. I also love Country music and Bluegrass music and gospel music and sock hop and Motown music and easy listening like Frank Sinatra Sammy Davis jr. Dean Martin Nat King Cole Mel Torme. I love Disney movies so much I have named all my cats after characters. I love your videos they have helped me understand myself a little better. Thank you for making them.
This is very encouraging. I used to be obsessed with book series e.g. Animorphs, Lord of the Rings, and various novels. Long term things are anything with aliens, and practical things like writing, marketing, community resources, and places e.g. Greece, Egypt and Israel. Glad I'm not alone.
I have both long term and short term special interests. But I have noticed that my absolute fervor for the long term ones does have an ebb and flow.
My big long term ones are barbies (and similar), cars, cats, and art/crafting.
Shorter term ones I've had too many to count but a number of them could be considered aspects of my major special interests like a brief time where I was super into police and military vehicles that technically falls into my car special interest as does a time period where I was really into RC cars.
But then there are other interests that seem to stand alone like my interest in meterology.
My favorite baseball team is the Phillies. You mentioned that your cousin is on the Phillies. Who is your cousin?
Still on the diagnosis rollercoaster but I share Formula 1 and furniture building.
Does anyone have that you really go to in a band/ singer and you can repeat over and over the same song?
Yes I do that a lot.
Alrighty I tried to prove I ain't not ocd. Chris told me she bet I
can't lace & tie off my boots up different for a picnic. I made it
to 17:11.38. YEP they had a stopwatch going. You tell me who's ocd.
Also my brainpan told me they were done up wrong. And they felt wrong.
Reading, crocheting, carpentry/woodworking, sewing, planning, organizing.
Hey, since you like playing detective, can you make a review about the movie “Training Day”. 🕵️♀️
Mine have always been into anime video games and stuff like that.
My big ones have been, Pokémon, Jojo's Bizzare Adventure, Banana Fish, Death Note, Nirvana, Shitty flash games like Msp, Animal Jam and Moshi Monsters and....(wait for it...) fanfiction history..
I also always wondered why I would be so obsessed with something and then all of a sudden it didn't interest me any more and then Id move on to something else. Currently mine is plants!
I thought i would have friends fr this year bc i didn't have friends like .. NEVER? so i thought I HAD MADE FRIENDS LIKE THREE OR 4 MONTHS AGO IN MY SCHOOL BUT THEY LEFT ME AND THEY INSULT ME LIKE IN A WILD WAY BECAUSE THEY WE'RE... SCARED??? OR ... IDK BUT THEY DIDN'T LIKED MY SPECIAL INTEREST AND MY LITTLE AUTISTIC BRAIN SO THEY LEFT ME. I don't have friends currently so, uh, alone at school so, Alone at having meltdowns
My special interests so far seem to have been dinosaurs, drawing, cycling, weightlifting and gaming.
Ok, my elementary school teachers noticed an above average level of general knowlege, but no teacher ever asked me about dinosaurs.
Don't know if I'm ND (quite certain that I have ADHD tho), but gaming ceeertainly classifies as special interest on an autistic level ^^
It's not healthy at times. Weeks, months, years. 16+ hours a day as a student.
Like, getting into an MMORPG, joining a top endgame kinship after 3 months of full-on grind to level cap (multiple chars) and watching guides before crashing.
Then lecturing the raid leader, getting away with it (cause I'm right), becoming co-leader 4 months in and dropping out after a year, cause I couldn't neglect RL anymore.
Always thought it was an escape mechanism cause I suffer from depression, life wasn't always easy etc.
Oh well, I will probably find out more about myself this year. An unexpected journey, indeed.
ps: Your story is inspiring! Best of luck, traveler.
edit: There was one person that became my special interest. That went south fast.
You really just listed all of my special interests in chronological order when you said “xy are special interests more likely seen in girls” 😂😂 that funny.
Anyways, I also remember being SUPER into lion king, I did not watch anything else, I watched the musical three times, wrote letters to the actors, knew all of the songs by heart (even the African ones wtf), and only listening to these songs.
I still love it to death but not as extreme anymore. Same with horses, but it’s just given to the fact that I’m my current life status I am unable to ride or take part time care of any horse because I live in a city. Still I sometimes watch hour long nerd videos about them and almost cry in joy when I see horses.
It was literally all I could think about. I would only draw them, I would write about them (even my thesis for school), I knew everything…after that cheerleading came, but got replaced with dance until today.
I would refer to horses as my life long special interest, and I feel like dance will always be somehow too.
Oh, and obviously like many of us also psychology. I’m still waiting for the day I’ll stop consuming these videos like air, but I still dig it..let’s see :D
I remember even when I was smaller I was really into these topics somehow.
Oh and not to forget rollercoasters…that was something…and as you mentioned: make up! I’m quite pleased with this one because it lead to me being super good at it today because I watch every tutorial there is and I have phases where I practice it every day, so yeah, that’s cool :)
I really love my special interests, what I don’t love tho is, when there is no one to share them with :/
Ok I clearly can’t tell a short story either..bye 🧡
Oh and now that I continued watching…BAKING 🤩🤩
Dogs. I would literally go to the library multiple times a week and bring home STACKS of books from the non-fiction section regarding dogs. Breed specific books. Breed encyclopedia books. Dog care books. Dog training books. ALL.THE.BOOKS. And now at 35 yrs old, I am the kennel manager at a veterinary hospital :) I should have been a vet... but cptsd and undiagnosed adhd/autism took me down several other paths and hyperfocuses. But one day I will own some land and start my own dog boarding business right next to my house :)
Right now for me.
Headphones, dacs, music collecting, bikes, data, crows, horology, Belgian beers, exercise science.
Detective Olivia, We need Your assistance!
I am also autistic and have had a special interest of true crime since I was 14 (I'm 27 now). I watch them to relax or when I can't find anything to watch.
I've had MLP, Ninjago, Art, and more recently, FNAF as my special interests, and they still are lol.
Dragons as well. That one started 3-4 years ago
i’m a 26 yo autistic woman, recently diagnosed 3 months ago. my special interests are video games (especially pokémon tetris, and fortnite), cartoons and anime (adventure time), space, 80s/90s (retro) lore/nostalgia, psychology + autism, horror + true crime, and tech/ai. it’s really strange to have a special interest be autism lmao. some other ones fade, come and go, but there have been my main ones that have stuck around for longer than a few weeks/months/yrs. all of my main ones span from about 2-3 yrs of interest/research to my longest, around 22+ yrs.
I'm an 11-year-old girl and I love BEMANI. I want to code for Konami Amusement Co. when I'm a little older! I think the reason why you have short-lived interests is because you dont know what you want to do with your live yet, so you try everything possibe.
Heyyy! Here is the special interest comment! Reply your special interests as i will read them. Feel free to make long paragraphs. Mine is Japanese culture.
If you like June's Journey then you will love Unsolved. It's my favorite so far.
Can a special interest be about a specific person?
I believe so, but I’m not entirely sure. If it is true, it would make a lot of sense in my case as well
Awesome video!
I enjoy listening to people talk about their special interests. Special interests are intense, kind of fulfilling, and bring joy.
Thanks.
I honestly always thought I was just super in to my "hobbies". Obviously, if you ask other people they usually don't lose sleep or almost get fired from their jobs or get super irritable if they can't do the hobby... it's just a totally different level.
On the other side: I have made some of my special interests into my career, meet amazing people, explored the most fascinating subjects, moved to a foreign country and so much more because of special interests. 🤷🏽♀
In middle school I would make “art” about all my favorite TV shows but it was mostly just the name of the show in block or bubble letters, with every single characters names or quotes on it, and I remember being really happy about just knowing every single major and minor character of my favorite show. I’d watch the interviews of the cast and find their social medias and also read fan fiction of them. I literally still have a binder full of all the “art” I made lol
Hi! I think I might be on the spectrum, but need an official diagnosis. I obsess about true crime documentaries and researching true crime in general, walking workouts lol, cats, anything to do with The Rapture, and psychology( specifically ASD, narcissism, borderline personality, and psychopathy). Appreciate your awesome videos 💜
My current special interest obsessions are enlightenment philosophy, dutch art of the 17th century, collecting antique books, and bodybuilding lol
Question, can a special interest be over a person?
My special interests are rocks, space, scifi and dead languages. Amongst many others! :D
I've been told I've got autism traits and passed the score mark on aspergers test and psychotherapist said if I was formally tested there's a 80% chance I'd be at high functioning end I've been obsessed over two year of covid in doing a bucket list of where in world I'd like to go if money was no object I've got 3 folders crammed full of notes I've wrote on everywhere from UK to Arctic Russia religious and traditions of country's churches all over world and now I've covered it all I'm scraping bottom of barrel cos I feel a grief of it coming to a end at special needs unit at school I enjoyed doing research projects one on young people criminal system researching all juvenile borstels and secure units for kids I then wrote a song about a imagery child going into secure unit for kids I'm going to have to find something else to research if I had to leave my home in a hurry I'd grab these folders theyvjept me going through lockdiwn I live in sheltered housing so our lockdown was stringent
You are helping so many by explaining autism reactions . Most of us no nothing about autism
I've had special interests, but after growing into an adult they've become very short-lived. It's like it gets turned off before I've even gotten really into it.
Some things like video games, drawing and dinosaurs have followed me all the way from childhood though. But there were periods where I wasn't too enthusiastic even about those.
Now on top of games, drawing and dinos, it's cats.
But I'm wondering, is the extreme researching and and becoming an encyclopedia about a thing you live a "must" for autistics? Or do some not do that. I cannot name every single dinosaur there is for example. Am I a fake? 😂
Glad you asked that. I was thinking the same. I figure that my short-lived focus is due to the overwhelming allure of 'the next thing', kind of like some attention deficit disorder. I respond enthusiastically to my new ideas, and drop older ideas. Of course, given enough time, I eventually return to the old ideas. But such short-lived immersion doesn't help me master any particular interest area. There are, possibly, ways to discipline my 'study habits', for better retention and integration, but I haven't looked into that yet.
As a kid I was really into Pokemon and animals, especially certain kinds of animals that were my favorites. Music has also been a big special interest of mine especially since my teen years. I love singing and took as many choir classes as I could during school, voice lessons, then eventually piano lessons and majored in music in college. I love listening to music as well, and often times get obsessed with listening to and learning a lot about my favorite artists.
Flashback to two months ago when I couldn't sleep because my brain needed to make sure I understood how the Steins Gate world line worked.
I'm glad you didn't try getting into blacksmithing in your apartment.
I don’t think non-Autistic people are allowed to use the word Spiceal Interst !
I have a few special interests but my main one is all things Japan/Japanese. Also animals and the paranormal.
Well shit not the original thread.
Fuck it I'm not rewriting all that! 😅
Honestly I think it functions as a sort of anchoring mechanism
How long do the short lived special interests last? A few weeks or months?