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FireBird
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21 Mar 2012, 11:03 pm

When I am depressed I don't have a special interest or any interest for that matter. Right now I am depressed.



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21 Mar 2012, 11:10 pm

FireBird wrote:
When I am depressed I don't have a special interest or any interest for that matter. Right now I am depressed.


I am curious how prevalent this is for people on the spectrum, I mean the lack of a special interest causing depression and vice versa.


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21 Mar 2012, 11:14 pm

This happens to me. I've always had very few interests.



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21 Mar 2012, 11:19 pm

And now I wish I had what you had. I always either want to duel or play a video game. And I have not had a formal break through my special interest. It's come to the point where my special interest become my only thought and it becomes very distracting. I get anxious or tired or bored if I cannot pursue my special interest. Like in school at college after a while I start thinking about my special interest.



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21 Mar 2012, 11:20 pm

Callista wrote:
I sometimes wish I had lifelong interests like so many Aspies seem to have, instead of interest binges that come and go and are ridiculously intense while they last.

I wish I had lifelong interests too. I don't understand how some people can be into the same narrow subject for longer than a couple of years, and I envy the longevity of their interests.



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14 Oct 2024, 3:56 am

I've never had that problem. Even when I was clinically depressed I had a special interest. Getting better :lol:



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14 Oct 2024, 3:56 am

FireBird wrote:
When I am depressed I don't have a special interest or any interest for that matter. Right now I am depressed.


Can I make a suggestion? How about you become interested in getting better?



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14 Oct 2024, 4:50 pm

I don't think I've ever gone through a period without a special interest. I almost lost a special interest earlier on this year.


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