Are you open or secretive about your special interests?

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I always try hide my obsessions

I am open about most of my special intense interests such as roller coasters and house plans. Almost anyone that knows me will quickly think of roller coasters when they think of me.

I used to be very very open about mine and not talk about anything else, but then after a while my "friends" started to get really annoyed with me and call me all sorts of things and then walk away. So when I meet new people I hold it pretty secretly because I don't want to scare them off.

if i can present a visual representation, or a musical analogy of what springs from my imagination, then i will apply moderate effort to craft a vehicle for it's representation.

if i can see that it would take a lifetime of descriptive effort to describe a thought i have had, then i will tuck that thought away because i do not want to forget it (even though i know i will never be able to communicate it).

i do not want to hide anything from anyone. i just can not see the sense in trying to explain things to people who do not even care about things i care about.
it is like shouting at a french baker (who only speaks french) in english.

i do not care if i get barnacles (minor real world hangers on) on my hull until they slow me down.
then they must be removed.

barnacles can become quite enraged when they are told that they will be moving, but thankfully they are stuck fast to my hull and they are prevented from moving until they are chiseled off summarily (barnacle riots have never happened in history (due to lack of mobilization)).

i tend to talk on a supercilious level, and so i will stop now and say sorry.

I'm open about alot of my interests, including MLP:FiM, but I keep certain ones to myself.

For example, psychonautics (exploring inner space and altered states of consciousness) because its a personal thing, and people wouldn't want to know about the otherworldly place I was transported to while meditating, and obscure music, because talking about it would make me look like a pretentious as*hole.

I'm usually secretive about my unusual special interests. I might bring them up once in a while, but I try not too talk too much about them.

Mostly secretive. I try to be cool when I'm around other people, and apparently it isn't cool to like things.

I try to be secretive about mine but a few friends have figured it out unfortunately. Its rather embarresing, Im obsessed with people, it makes me feel like a creep.

If I was obsessed with a subject matter like, math, chem, animals, etc I would be a lot more open about it and people would just think I was a weirdo rather then a creep.

I try to disguise my obsession in the form of something more typical of a female. I mean females get all wrapped up in interpersonal matters all the time. So that's not that unusual. My fixation however is.

I'm still gob-open-in-amazement at how many others on here have obsessions with people!! All my life I've thought it was just me! I'm so glad I've found you all and I'm so proud to be Aspie

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I'm open about my special interests when I'm on WP or with my friends. I'm secretive about my special interests when I'm with my peers, my family and my relatives.

Yeah, the more obsessed about an interest I am, the more likely I am to keep it secret. My interests are my "precious" and I don't want other people to get involved. I usually have a list of "stock" or "politically correct" interests that I feel comfortable talking to other people about. Sometimes I think my behavior is a little pathetic, but I try not to think about it too much. I think the tendency to keep an interest secret is in part related to social anxiety. Also, it's similarly a bit elitist on my part. I have this nagging doubt/cynicism in my mind that others can appreciate the same things that I do with the same intensity. I think that part stems from a lifetime of people pretending that they are interested in what I have to say, but in reality don't care all that much. All of these issues I should probably be working out with a counselor or something.

One of my special interests is writing stories from the perspectives of serial killers, and I keep that one secret from everyone I know, but most especially my parents.

Another one is looking through all the pages of lolcats on I Can Has Cheezburger, and I also keep that one secret, because it is too obsessive.

A third one is being on WP, and that one is public knowledge, and I use it to cover up for the other two.

I've learned to keep a lid on it, when it comes to special interests. Most people I find aren't interested or have no clue what I am talking about. Plus, I've gotten myself in trouble numerous times in the past talking too much about them.

However, others are allowed to prattle on about sports all they want and that's ok.