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04 May 2011, 11:39 pm

I don't consider all of my obsessions embarrassing but I would feel VERY uncomfortable about sharing them with others regardless. Maybe because I'm afraid people will get on me about it (either positively or negatively) to the point where I cant enjoy it anymore.

When I was visiting my aunt in Texas, I found out she was also watching Fringe which is my biggest TV obsession right now. It did feel rather awkward I should say as I've been able to really enjoy watching Fringe more by being very private about it and only sharing my passion for the show on internet forums. I do think that some of my family members are aware that I watch it as I tell people to go away whenever it's on. :lol: I usually share some of these shows that I watch/obsess/enjoy with a friend but I prefer keeping this one to myself just because I'm more comfortable enjoying Fringe this way.

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04 May 2011, 11:52 pm

I'm not embarrassed about what my interests are, or the intensity of my interests. There, I've said it!

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05 May 2011, 1:41 am

My obsessions have always been a bit unusual, because I tend to cycle more rapidly through them than how most other people with AS describe. Then I have overarching obsessions that last for longer periods of time. Sometimes I'm not sure where the line is drawn between obsession and interest.

For a year I was obsessed with my weight, and with maintaining a healthy weight. I thought about it almost every waking minute, and I was ashamed of this obsession. It also caused me a lot of anxiety and stress. I spent almost the whole year before that obsessing about my future career pathway. I got extremely upset about this because it seemed vital that I make the right career choice and take the right course. I talked on and on about it to everyone I knew, researched it, visited career counselors, and even drew up diagrams of different career pathways with illustrations. It got so bad that my mum actually banned me from mentioning it when I talked to her on the phone - if I started she would just talk over me; "I don't want to hear it!!"

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05 May 2011, 2:29 am

Am not embarrassed by mine i have an obsession about reading the news on line i check every half an hour to see if anything has changed and i check the bbc news ,sky news CNN news.
Also i have an obsession about post it notes i have loads in my house and i keep buying them

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05 May 2011, 12:33 pm

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Although it may not seem like it online, in real life I'm embarrassed by my Helena Bonham Carter obsession because of its intensity. I like to collect magazine clippings of her and watch DVDs of films where she is one of the leads. And now I even have a doll of her! I'm always worried that people are going to label me a stalker, so I try not to talk about it to anyone outside of my parents and brother.

I'm also embarrassed that I'm a woman who is obsessed with another woman. I've been questioning my sexuality since I was 9 years old. I tried coming out when I was a teenager, but that did not go over well with my family, so I have spent the past several years trying to convince them that I am actually straight and I was "just confused back then". It worked for awhile, but my Helena obsession is probably blatant evidence that I am just lying about that, especially since it's obvious that I'm not interested in her as a fashion icon as many other female Helena fans are.

I've always thought people might get gay vibes off some of my obsessions. I tend to be obsessed with men, but really I think it's in a similar way to how some gay men are obsessed with female 'gay icons'. You know, guys who like Dusty Springfield, or Madonna, or Judy Garland, or various other such divas (usually bisexual and screwed up women in the entertainment industry). I tend to like the male equivalents. It's hard to explain. I think my current obsession is an example of what I mean. I used to be obsessed with Morrissey when I was about 15, which is another example.

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05 May 2011, 3:37 pm

sunshower wrote:

I suppose my obsessions work quite alike.

Currently it takes a lot of energy from me to write and read here on WP, it might be considered an obsession at the moment.

Longer lasting obsessions are for example listening to music, keeping/collecting audio equipments and records (LPs, CDs, R2R tape recorders, amplifiers, tuners etc. etc.), astronomy (as opposed to astrology), cycling.

I'm not embarrassed by them, and I don't think I overdo any of them, except for listening to music perhaps. Well, I don't frown upon myself having all these and more.

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05 May 2011, 3:53 pm

I'm not embarrassed at all by my obsessions or the intensity of them. My obsessions are an important part of who I am---the same way that autism is an important part of who I am.

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05 May 2011, 3:55 pm

All of my obsessions are, in a way, embarrassing, as in the sense that if I brought them up in casual chit-chat, people would get weirded out. My current person obsession freaks me out a little as the guy I like seems to run through my head every few seconds. My crushes are intellectually based too, meaning I try to figure out as many of the details as possible about the person, like the names of their relatives. Creepy, I know. This may not even be AS based though...my therapist thinks it may be OCD.

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05 May 2011, 4:09 pm

I am not embarrassed by any of mine.

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05 May 2011, 4:48 pm

I'm not embarrassed by my obsessions, if anyone thinks I should be, well they can sit on a cat (figuratively speaking).

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05 May 2011, 5:20 pm

OJani wrote:

sunshower wrote:

I have very short obsessions too that can just last a day, or a few days. I think this could possibly even be my ADHD interacting with my AS in some weird way. Yesterday I was obsessed with centenarians, and the day before I was obsessed with mathematical connect-the-dots puzzles. Both days I would talk about these topics non-stop.

ammeurysm wrote:

I have had crush obsessions too, more than once. Plus I know of other people with AS who have had crush obsessions. It happens. I am ashamed of these and I don't normally share...

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05 May 2011, 5:22 pm

Yes, crush obsessions are the most humiliating. I've never had one end well.

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05 May 2011, 8:52 pm

Not embarrassed at all, because my obsessions could be seen by some as academic geekiness....

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05 May 2011, 11:01 pm

I have a MASSIVE obsession with music..... and it goes far beyond being a geek about it..... I'm just weird with it.

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05 May 2011, 11:06 pm

I'm not embarassed by my obsessions, but I am very careful of who I discuss them with.

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