Aspies without special interests

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Do they exist? I’ve heard some aspie girls don’t have special interests. I don’t know how it’s possible. I’ve also heard some girls never get into unusual looking interests such as math or trains. Apparently math type interests are more male? If they’re so male, why was I so into that stuff?

Everyone is different. I think autistic people who don't know their special interests either don't recognize them, or have not found them. The lack of women in STEM is part society and part natural. I think you being into math is cool.

I don't have them. And I believe it's to do with my perfectionism and hatred of mess and clutter. So, I'll be interested in something, and I'll begin to research it, but then I'll get confused by all the conflicting or unclear information. I'll hate not knowing what is true and what is not, and it just seems like too much effort to pick my way through it to really, truly, understand a topic and be confident that I've got it right and got ALL the information. After going through this headache enough times I think my brain learned not to even bother.

But I do WISH I had special interests, and the ability to pursue them. My brain has the desire to focus intently on something, but only if it's not messy. And everything is messy.

I've noticed that ever since being on antidepressants, my capacity for special interests has diminished. The meds not only get rid of bad obsessions, but good ones too.

i have theorized the the obsessivness comes come the inability to adapt to change naturally. this can be expressed many ways such as

- extreme organization
- repetition
- strict routines and rituals
- attachments to objects
- meltdowns
- special interests

therefore, maybe an Autistic person is extremely organized and particular but lacks a special interest, thats because they are already expressing their inability to adapt to change.

its also a Coping mechanism, to bring a sense of safety in a very confusing and chaotic life.

i have repetition, special interests, attachments to objects and meltdowns, although i do enjoy and follow routines im actually pretty relaxed about breaking routine every now and then (although i wasnt always this way)

this is just my own personal feeling about it though.

Apparently there are some aspies who lack them, but I don't know how common it is

I thinked about myself, that i don't have any special interests. Later I realized how much time I spent in the past by certain activities.

My long-term special interest is in captive animals... I have bought literally hundreds of pet-care manuals and training guides for rats, parrots, dogs, lizards etc. I read pet care books for fun and I feel lost and unhappy if I don't have a new one to read.

I usually have a more intense special interest, usually in a work of fiction, at any given time which is more intense but less stable and usually involves an imaginary character in whom I am particularly invested. I have fantasy worlds based on these obsessions, usually involving a love-affair. I spend hours watching movies and reading books, "absorbing" fictional people and replicating them in my head. For a while (four years) I was obsessed with Andrew from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I would spend hours talking to the him and the other protagonists of that TV series as a more pleasant substitute for social interaction.



(I'd forgotten how adorable he is, dammit...)

Right now all I can think of is Thor: Ragnarok and Loki.

I do the same thing.
I just listen to a fantasy hear book in my bed and imagine the world and the characters.
In school I then start conversations with the characters when I am bored.
Also I dream lucidly and am part of this world.