Any other autistics who love change?

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For as long as I can remember, I have rejected monotony. Even as a young child I didn’t like going to the same restaurant more than twice a week, or eating the same meal more than two days in a row, or doing the same things day in and day out. I hated constant routines. I found them to be unbearably dull. Maybe that’s my ADD. Even now as an adult, an overload of routines will zap me of my energy. I can appreciate the comfort of small routines like tea before bed, but then it has to be different teas. I’ve always craved new experiences. I know that autism in the media can never represent everyone, but I just feel like every single representation I have ever seen or read involves the fear of change, the utter rejection of change, or an abnormal discomfort of change. It seems to be one of those symptoms that’s a constant in everyone with autism. Or maybe that’s just the impression that the media has given me. Is there anyone else who seeks out change and new experiences?

I’m not all that much into change.

I like change: quarters, nickels, dimes......

Count me out.

I do like to try new restaurants and new dishes if I've researched the restaurant beforehand.

Otherwise....nope.

I would get tired of the same routes sometimes and I loved surprises like going to the playground or going on field trips because all that was fun and I always needed stimulation. I can't sit for hour and listen to the teacher talk or doing school work for long hours. I also was diagnosed with ADD. I also loved it if we had classroom parties because we would just play and watch movies and we would get gifts. I also like to explore new things and discover things even as an adult and try new foods and ice cream flavors. I will also seek out videos to watch and movies I have never seen. When I was a kid, I was more into sameness like with foods and movies I watched and TV shows. I didn't try to seek out new things unless I saw ads for it and they looked interesting and I wanted to see it.

Also i think you might be getting confused here, autistic people only like change if they impose that change on themselves and planned it. It's just that people with autism don't normally like change they were not planning and it gets imposed on them without their consent. After all you don't need to have all the symptoms to have autism and you could lack this symptom unless you mean you like change because you plan it and impose it on yourself.

Exactly. I like change as long as it's pre-planned and I'm in control of it.
For instance, I enjoy travelling to different places for my work, seeing new things and trying new food.
But I get freaked out by sudden changes in plan, especially if it's out of my control.

Depends on my mood. Mostly, I don't like monotony. I don't even like routines!.
Routines and sameness to me is falls with 'needs' than 'wants'. And I don't like needs.

When it comes to changes, if I'm only involved I'd get one myself.
If it involves someone else, I'd likely wait for one.
If I'm my shameless self, I'd put it in a suggestion. The more shameless and bored I'm, the more likely I'd cause them. The most shameless self would do so spontaneously.

If I plan any change, I want as little preparation and less effort needed as possible.

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Change terrifies the heck out of me, especially if it's not my doing. If I do decide to change my routine in any way it is thoroughly researched and I have to mentally prepare for it in advance.

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I like new experiences. I was sick of being indoors all the time, doing nothing.

monotony and lack of change are not necessarily exclusive. I totally enjoy listening to the same songs and doing my routines - exercises, eating etc etc - ( right now, my routines are all over the place because I moved house and am no longer a student )

Too much changes destabilises your mind and body. I don't like it at all. That being said, I have been through a lot of changes in my life (often had to adapt) and some (some!) of them have turned out pretty good.

The concept/ phenomenon of change still terrifies me. I can't get my head around it.

When I travel on vacation I'll eat out at new restaurants, but I'll also go back to the old ones that I remember as being great places to eat.

I constantly seek new experiences, try new things, travel a lot, I keep changing jobs as I get bored easily.
For me I think it's more like sensory underload. I can't eat the same thing every day, I can't do the same thing every day.
But as others pointed out it's okay when I change things. When somebody else forces me, I get upset, anxious, frustrated, I think that's the end of the world and I hate the person making me feel that way.