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13 Mar 2011, 5:45 pm

Is it normal for autistic people to simply not care about things that are important? Like for example, I really want to get good grades in college, but at the same time, I just am not interested enough to be able to concentrate on studying, because I simply can't visualize or feel how it would be to fail or succeed.

It could be depression related, but I'm also wondering if it's partially related to autism making it difficult for me to feel motivation, even when I really want something, and even enjoy, because I'm overfocused on something else.

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13 Mar 2011, 6:06 pm

I have a similar issue myself.

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13 Mar 2011, 6:15 pm

I have had this problem as long as I can remember...I have things I am interested in and want to WANT to do, but I can't seem to motivate myself to do or to even care in any measurable way.

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13 Mar 2011, 6:47 pm

Snap.

I have A LOT of work to get done. I WANT to do well, but the motivation has died. Even me worrying and getting stressed and tearful about it every single day isn't enough to push me. I'm doomed.

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13 Mar 2011, 6:51 pm

Maybe it's the dreading of hard work you need to do to accomplish it. Even if it's not hard it is still time consuming and involves a lot of organisation.

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13 Mar 2011, 6:54 pm

Yes, not being able to care about anything other than your interests in a common Aspie trait.

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13 Mar 2011, 9:56 pm

I can definitely relate. Although, there was a period of a couple of years in my life when I did not have this problem. I would so wish to be as I was back then, but I have been unsuccesful in trying to get there. I'm just not strong enough.

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13 Mar 2011, 10:12 pm

I keep saying to my self, "Focus, little Grasshooper", one of the things that kills me is interruptions, I often have to literally stop moving and purposefully remember what I am supposed to be doing and it's actually draining. If I don't force myself to focus on the task at hand, it doesn't get done. I'm one of those people that gets as much done between 5 and 7 as I do between 8 and 5 because all of my interruptions have gone home!

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14 Mar 2011, 2:42 am

budgenator wrote:

Unfortunately forcing oneself doesn't work too well with tasks that are intellectually challenging, does it?

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