Special interests

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Sonic the hedgehog,

I doubt I can remember all of them...

*Professional wrestling (and to a lesser extent boxing and UFC)
*Death metal
*Certain TV shows including Daria and the Red Green Show
*Japanese culture
*Video games (3rd-6th gen)
*History, particularly specific events and dates

That'll do for now.

Avro lancasters and disney world holidays.

Alice in Wonderland, Tom Hiddleston, Pokemon, anime, music, writing, trains, Doctor Who, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Japanese Culture, mental illness/disabilities, animals (especially cats), plushies (mostly anime), kid's cartoons...

I have a lot compared to most on the spectrum lol. However, I don't 'obsess' over all of these. I just have been into them for a really long time that I consider them to be special.

Video games, animals, history of Catholicism, Roman and Greek history, Pokemon, music and wrestling.

I try to keep my interests to a minimum. If I have too many I find my brain goes crazy.

Autism and other disorders, wicca, Otherkin, insects and animals.
Used to be more narrow obsessions with more information about them, as I act more like a neurotypical I lose more of my ability to focus so obsessively on something, I could get it back but I'd begin tuning people out and acting more oddly...

Solving problems; tetris; human behaviour, how it differs in different societies, and why/how it evolved (I guess that's a subject within anthropology).

Edit: @ Nasha, I understand what you mean so so so much, it couldn't be overstated!! It's incredibly frustrating that as part of acting NT, you lose your focus on your special interests and even though you become more successful in the real world, your everyday life feels less fulfilled because you don't actually get to be you. I do also feel about myself that if I started to immerse myself in my past interests (basically solving maths problems and creating new ones constantly) I would slowly lose my ability to act like a normal person again. I wish I knew which one was more important... I think I used to be happier when I was less socially capable, but maybe that was because I had less worries because I was a child.

Sociopsychology, anthropology, paleontology, historiography, ancient languages, physics, philosophy, religion, musicology, folk lore, the show jeopardy (I would actually like to be on the show and I think I can perform well enough during auditions to get on), memorizing large tracts of the bible, old english parables, poor old richard's almanac, I really have too many interests and I'm not satisfied until I feel encyclopedic.