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hyper focus

  1. C

    How to curb hyperfixation and depression with ASD

    I am a young adult who is awaiting my second official diagnoses/test for autism spectrum disorder. If that information helps anyone. I am struggling a lot wirh this since I am one who does not present as obviously as others and I am a pro at masking. It feels lonely having no one to talk to or...
  2. jleeb05

    Romantic Relationships: Take Whoever's Available or Extremely Picky?

    When I was doing my assessment last week, the clinician said that because many aspies struggle with romantic relationships, we sometimes jump into relationships with anyone who offers one. It makes sense but that didn't resonate with me. If anything, I feel that my autism causes me to be too...
  3. Milliecat

    Hyperfix

    i have this thing where all of the sudden i get hyperfixated on a person, like a youtuber or an artist. I may not even have watched or listened to their stuff before, or just had like a song or two I liked by them or watched a coupleof their videoes. Then something just sticks in my brain...
  4. BeachLife

    I see "too much" detail

    Hi all, After recent diagnosis, I have a deeper awareness of aspects of myself . It is still like a mystery unfolding. I have been thinking a lot about hyper focus. I have seem to cause negative interpretions of my personality and annoying, upsetting or even angering people by including...
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