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Autistic girl community 1w
Just checking: Is it actually not normal for people to have “special interests”? Like doesn’t everyone have something theyre really passionate about or likes to talk about, or is it somehow different with us?? 😭😭
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Anonymous 1w

It’s a difference of degrees, like everything with us. NT people have interests, but they’re not going to obsess over them the same way we do. Just like they might not like certain foods, but it’s not going to trigger anxiety or pain etc. for them if they happen to eat it

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Anonymous 1d

Intense and obsessive specific interests for longer periods of time are a characteristic of autism, most people without autism don’t have special interests

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Ok I understand that thanks. Some things just hit me and I keep wondering if they’re actually me being ND or if everyone actually experiences these things

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