IdahoRose wrote:
Last year (or perhaps even the year before that), I was obsessed with Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls (BJDs). I hated it because they're extremely expensive (they cost as much as, or more than, a new video game console). I knew I would never be able to get one, so I forced myself to quit obsessing over it. It still flares up every now and then though, much to my chagrin.
I like dolls, especially porcelain ones. I never could figure out what to do with them other than rearrange them and look at them, though.
IdahoRose wrote:
Yes. Recently I feel like I've lost interest in Tim Burton films - which is what I've been obsessed with since January. I could already tell that I was getting tired of Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the only reason my interest in Sweeney Todd stayed for as long as it did was because of Helena Bonham Carter's role as Mrs. Lovett.
But the one film that absolutely breaks my heart to lost interest in is Alice in Wonderland. It had so much sentimental value for me that I was certain I would be in love with it for years to come. But I had learned everything there was to learn about it, and one day when I woke up, my passion for it was gone. Just like that - an obsession that I expected to last for years was gone overnight, and its actual duration was only about half a year.
I feel nostalgia for some of my past interests that I had years ago. I think it's interesting that other people here have also had the experience of being "over" an interest before they really wanted to be.
This is kind of unrelated to the original question, but - I know it's not just people with AS/autism who get obsessed with certain things like anime or Star Trek. Is there a qualitative difference?
02 Oct 2010, 10:33 am
