Special Interests?

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It makes no sense to me but I am really interested in conjoined twins. Anytime there is a set born I devour all the news articles. And I can't believe to this day there is still no explanation as to why it happens. Yes, the egg doesn't fully split, but why??

AnnieAnn,

I have watched medical documentaries on conjoined twins. I think my interest is part of a greater interest in medical topics. I have researched a range of medical and disability issues.

Chang and Eng, called the original "Siamese" twins were actually mostly Chinese, not Siamese (Thai). Chang was an extrovert, while Eng was an introvert.

I have had many special interests through the years, but the first I can remember clearly is The Little Mermaid. We didn't have a VCR so I only saw that movie once at a friend's house. Since children are limited in what they can access and purchase (books, toys, etc.), my fascination was mostly played out in my head through drawings and play in my aunt's swimming pool. I did get an Ariel doll for Christmas once. I could have cared less about Barbie type dolls, but I loved this character. I was about seven.

Next came this Australian tv series called Mission Top Secret. I would usually focus on one specific character who was some sort of role model for me, in this case a bespectacled computer genius named Jemma Snipe. I drew her a lot, created my first fan fiction stories and once found a black and white picture of her and other characters in a tv guide. That small clipping became one of my most precious possessions. I was ten.

At 12 years old, I was shown the movie Jurassic Park at school. I was transfixed. By that time, my father had purchased a VCR and I saved my pocket money for weeks to buy that videocassette. I watched it to pieces. I could quote the movie from beginning to end. I spent a lot of money on books, magazines and other related things I could find. Fan fiction stories and original material inspired by those characters, especially Lex and Tim Murphy, came about then.

Next came Fly Away Home. The character of Amy Alden helped me achieve a sense of style in my clothes and I kind of liked her independent, nonchalant attitude. It was a Canadian story too, so that gave me pride in my cultural identity.

I had a special interest in Celtic music and culture all through high school, particularly Mary Jane Lamond's music. Something in her intellectual and artistic approach resonated with me. She is a genius when it comes to vocal harmonies and arrangements. Her voice is beautiful without sounding show-off.

I discovered The X-Files in 2012 through Netflix. I knew about it back when it was on television, but I was too young and it would scare me half to death. I was ready for it as a young adult and explored it in depth. I had a particular interest in the hybrid characters and produced some artwork and fan fiction from this. I traveled to British Columbia in 2014 to see the place where most of the series was filmed. I also began delving into paranormal phenomena at that point to overcome my fear. I dug deeper into the whole area of spiritual warfare. I read a lot of books on the topic and I still do today.

Next came a resurgence of interest in the Canadian television series Due South. I used to watch it as a youth. I happened to watch an episode I had missed at the time featuring the lead character's sister, Constable MacKenzie. I was so inspired I basically built the Due South wiki from the ground up with another Aspie friend. A series of fan fiction stories came out of this, some artwork, and finally, my first published novel. With that novel came all the research about Inuit culture and the Arctic.

That's pretty much where I'm at right now. As a Christian, I have often felt as if my special interests were some kind of idolatry. Now that I understand the autistic mind, I don't know what to think anymore.

Martial Arts, Magic, Bushcraft, Ancient Religions... They've all been with me since I was a kid. Interests rather than hobbies that I just can't ditch.

For as long as I can remember I've done puzzles of some sort. My avatar is a number logic puzzle called a nonogram - one of my favorite kinds to do. I spend at least 20 hours a week doing puzzles. I also like word puzzles but I don't care for today's computer generated ones. Codebreaking is fun too.
Not a hobby - often I can't sleep without doing them, they ground me (if that makes sense). Obsessive. If I can't get a puzzle I read newspapers.

The X-Files
Star Trek (especially The Next Generation and Voyager)
Doctor Who
Computers and technology
Medical stuff, like studying the human body and medical conditions
Animals, especially cats, dogs, and aquatic animals

Science fiction
Painting / art

I also collect:

Wrist watches
1960's die cast cars
(I maintain data bases of these and research notes on serial numbers, design, production and use)

My special interests are specifically Nintendo games and science in general. I honestly probably think about video games and science related things 75% of the time.

music is mine. completely obsessed. it's really only when i'm asleep that i don't listen to any. it just makes me feel so invincible! it's hard to describe. i collect cds and i like to learn facts and history surrounding bands and songs, too.
i also enjoy drawing and comics - not as important to me as music, but they give me so much happiness. i've been drawing digitally for around 4 or so(?) years now. i'm not fantastic but it's really fun! shade, the changing girl is my favourite comic at the moment.

Here are my list of special interest.

Lego, Succulent plants, walking through city parks, pools and clean swimming spots, photoshopping, cooking, music and film production.

My primary special interest is making YouTube videos and I would like to share one of my YouTube videos that's relating to the subject of "Special Interest".

I have a lot of hobbies but the true special interests that I have been obsessed with are:

Farming and gardening
Native perennial plants
Chickens
Pregnancy and parenting (no kids of my own)
Autism (current)
Traditional Irish and Scottish music

Biology in general, though I separate this one because it was my major in college. I think my special interest began in high school but it didn’t follow the normal trajectory of obsession>loss of interest because it was reinforced by formal education rather than the haphazard collection of everything I could find about it.

With special interests does anyone else ever feel overwhelmed by a perceived vast and endless sea of information that is both daunting and exciting? Like the breadth and depth of a topic are intimidating yet exhilarating? I get frustrated that I can’t learn absolutely everything but it’s also comforting that there’s always more for me to find. Or am I just stating the obvious?

Someone pointed out to me that they loved the way I was “all in” when I found something that fascinated me. I didn’t realize that my level of interest was unusual. That sense of loss when an interest wanes and not being able to care that much about something feels like a loss of identity until I find a new interest.

Mine change frequently. I have always been interested in music and I listen to many different genres of music.
My favourite thing to do is to compile playlists on Spotify - I have a few hundred playlists. These are either genres, mood based, certain years, playlists of artists born in certain cities/parts of the world, evolution of certain genres, soundtracks etc.
I am very good at genealogy and I like to help other people with their own family history research when mine hits a wall.
I also have some other interests that I will fall back on like playing the Sims (mainly just building) and watching YouTube videos of planes taking off/landing, trains and cruise ships.
I started working full time three months ago so I don't have a lot of time to do these things very much now which is a pain.
I have become recently become interested in collecting stickers too - a hobby I had as a child but it is very satisfying and it really helps me to relax.

mine change over time, they are cyclical

everything from nutrition to arts and crafts

some come back a lot

right now its sequin art and jigsaw puzzles

and nutrition and health and foodism...this one is constant

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