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Hi there,
As my first post, but this is where I'll start.
At 32, I have many stories, as we all do, regarding challenges being on the Autism Spectrum. While knowing in my heart, somehow, that I thought differently than others, I pursued what I loved and cared about regardless of peers' opinions. That included encyclopedias, bugs, trees, fish, trains, buses, and various interests. Others my call them obsessions, but to me they were about learning details that my brain enabled me to analyze and remember very easily. I don't think non-ASD people understand how easy these details can be for us. So we end up struggling to put our complex analyses and interpretations into words, and still nobody gets why we say or think what we do. Yet we don't understand social activities they consider simple and easy. You can't be everything, though. So keep finding yourself, not become what society thinks or expects us to be. If an obsession is strong enough, do something with it. For example, I have 100+ trees of all sizes in pots in my yard for less than $100. Do I know where I'll plant them someday? A few ideas, but I don't worry about that. I just enjoy watering, watching them grow and changing colors through the seasons. Whatever it is, the doing rather than just thinking, heals me and keeps me highly functional. Finding the place and time management that the 'doing' can happen is very important. Need ideas on that? Please ask me. I am glad to find and read on this site and see how many others there are out there.

welcome!

Welcome aboard the Wrong Planet, GreatTrees.

Hi GreatTrees, You seemes to be a nice person. Welcome to join in and talk with us, Feel at home!

100+ trees of all sizes that's sooo cool. welcome to wp!

To WrongPlanet!! !

Welcome.

That sounds like a rather interesting hobby.

Welcome to WP!

Thanks for the welcome everyone. My many hobbies occupy me almost too much sometimes. How to drop them on behalf of social activities is challenging, as we can all relate. But at least I haven't set up my extra 5 aquariums yet! Truly! That hobby was huge, but slowed down a lot in favor of others. I'm glad to have found WP to help me add some kind of social interaction/distraction, so thanks again.