Graelwyn wrote:
I have seen a sort of trend among the female aspie population in particular, where the leaning of obsessions seems to differ.
Some tend towards the more typically male aspie interests of science and technology, while the others seem to lean more towards language, literature and the arts.
I myself, although interested in science and technology to a degree, tend always to have had obsessions revolving around people, tv shows, music, specific books and collecting things, as well as the human mind, aka psychology, but not in the textbook sense of the word, rather by reading biographies and autobiographies about such things as serial killers and abducted or abused children, now adults.
What is your leaning? Are you scientific in interests or do you lean more towards the arts ?
Some of both.
Fascinated by words & also very curious about science. Haven't much interest in either literature (fiction) nor technology (way too hard for me to understand). Am always thinking about intersection of psychology, sociology, philosophy, linguistics, biology, and how these overlap with my personal experiences as well as how they play out in the world at large.
Esp. interested in when things "go wrong", or not as planned. As child, was drawn to articles & books about serial-killers & disasters (whether natural or man-made). My mother became overprotective about my being exposed to description/depiction/knowledge of such things, which of course didn't do a thing to dampen my enthusiasm. As an adult, my appetite for such things has muted somewhat (have had my fill, to some extent)-but I still get a kick out minor mishaps, such as snafus on tv shows. Example: when the Weather Channel was supposed to go to another screen but instead camera showed empty chair of anchor who'd gotten up to head for the greenscreen map-that went on for about a minute before they noticed their glitch.
Have no interest in apparently popular things like anime or mean-spirited reality shows. Enjoy documentaries that are even-handed & show "slice-of-life" (
both the nice & not-so-nice truths).
Some famous people are of interest to me, but beyond learning their names & what I've seen them in, I don't care-unless they say something I personally relate to, then I want to know more. For instance, Christopher Walken is a nifty actor (in my opinion)-and I found out he doesn't drive. I can't drive, so I feel "validated" in some small way just because Walken (someone that other people venerate) is "imperfect" in an unusual way with which I resonate/identify.
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