wozeree wrote:
JSBACHlover wrote:
Stoek wrote:
The real answer is that we don`t actually care about our interests so much. It`s just that they allow a place for our minds to shut off, and reach a different level of brain activity.
This is why a repetitive and predictable interest is so enjoyable, as it allows fro the most amount of disconnect.
No way! It's not avoidance! Here's what happens: I get bit by a question that really affects me, then I just want to KNOW STUFF because my brain wants to answer the question and have a romp! It's the best!Yep that's how it is for me. I really do care about my interests but I guess that's because they stem from wanting to know how to do things in my own life - most of the time (I will admit, sometimes I go off on some throwaway tangents of research).
"Yep that's how it is for me. I really do care about my interests..."
Me too. I more than just care about my interests. I've discovered life is extremely bleak without them to say the least (
see my previous post about the drinking and the depression and the...blah bla blah)
JSBACHlover summed it up quite succinctly by saying:
JSBACHlover wrote:
my brain wants to answer the question and have a romp! It's the best!
They are and always have been an integral part of who I am for as long as I can remember - ever since I used to stand outside in the freezing cold night for ages as a young child looking up at the stars totally and absolutely pusscinated and obsessed with Space & Astronomy.
I love having Special Interests. I love what having them means and says about me.
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27 Dec 2013, 5:56 pm
for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.
