Im posting this here to see if anyone has any solutions or help. I am diagnosed with autism, and I often get embarrassing special interests or hyperfixations.. usually it would be like Miraculous, kids' shows that can also be seen by teens and adults but as of 3 years ago I've gotten really into Go Diego Go.. its the only show I'll watch, and I'll only draw and think about Go Diego Go. But every time I talk to anyone about i fear they're giving the dirty look behind the screen or thinking Im a weirdo in their minds if its in real life. I hate being autistic.

My problem is I get so obsessed that it hurts if I don't talk about it to people, like my brain gets so full that I can't function if I don't share it and I only have one last friend who won't judge me but they're always busy and I can tell they don't really want to hear about it. At the same time if I've yapped about something too much (like my infection au for GDG) it gets TIRING to yap about it further as if I've beat the dead horse into non-existence. It's awful.

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[–] 6 points 5 days ago*

I feel this lol

I have gotten "lucky" in that one of my special interests is my work, and it's my job to be a subject matter expert but that doesn't mean that people don't get sick of me or that I don't overwhelm people with info. The other issue is that I don't stop working 😬

Do you think you would have the same benefit from a blog? Are there any forums for your interests? Sometimes I yap into the void and while it's not as fun as someone being interested and asking questions, it's not that far off.

The other benefit is that my info might be useful to others. I'm sure you are not the only person obsessed with these shows. Maybe someone would love to come across a blog with deep analysis.

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