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I’m a high functioning autistic. My special interests are computers/IT, psychology, and martial arts. I’m not an anime or gamer type and I don’t generally watch TV. Hacking is a lot of fun.

I’m trying to learn more about video games to be able to have that conversation with other hfas.

Hit me up if you wanna chat.
 
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Hello, it’s nice to meet you! My favorite thing to do is watch YouTube videos. I don’t really like to watch cable that much. I also really love to paint and draw. I hope you have a great time here. :cool:
 
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Hello, it’s nice to meet you! My favorite thing to do is watch YouTube videos. I don’t really like to watch cable that much. I also really love to paint and draw. I hope you have a great time here. :cool:
I think that watching YouTube can be fun. It’s sometimes hard to know what to search for in terms of normal funny videos that everyone is watching. It’s generally I watch stuff in my special interests.
 
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I learned how to fit in a few decades ago. Football, travel, politics, etc. I’m so good at it that nobody believes when I say I have Asperger’s. But I absolutely hate sports, going anywhere new, anything the President says. I just don’t care. In retrospect I believe that my life would have been a lot better if I had been allowed to focus my time and energy on the stuff I actually enjoy. Math, science, electronics, etc. I’d probably be in the control room at NASA when theres a space shuttle taking off.

My advice…. Do what you find interesting and don’t try too hard to pretend that you like anything that you don’t. We all need jobs, friends, and romance. Those things are available to us on the spectrum, although it’s a little harder to find. Spend your whole life trying to be like everyone else and it will become your whole life. It’s exactly what I have done for 50 years and it’s hard not to get depressed when I think about how much time was wasted being unhappy. Just be yourself and seek out those people who can appreciate your considerable gifts.
 
I learned how to fit in a few decades ago. Football, travel, politics, etc. I’m so good at it that nobody believes when I say I have Asperger’s. But I absolutely hate sports, going anywhere new, anything the President says. I just don’t care. In retrospect I believe that my life would have been a lot better if I had been allowed to focus my time and energy on the stuff I actually enjoy. Math, science, electronics, etc. I’d probably be in the control room at NASA when theres a space shuttle taking off.

My advice…. Do what you find interesting and don’t try too hard to pretend that you like anything that you don’t. We all need jobs, friends, and romance. Those things are available to us on the spectrum, although it’s a little harder to find. Spend your whole life trying to be like everyone else and it will become your whole life. It’s exactly what I have done for 50 years and it’s hard not to get depressed when I think about how much time was wasted being unhappy. Just be yourself and seek out those people who can appreciate your considerable gifts.
I agree with you. I think if you want to do something to fit it it should be tv, youtube, etc just to familiarize yourself with what most people watch. Video games too. If you don’t like entertainment or some sort of sports then you can kiss social acceptance with normies good bye.
 
Welcome! We've got folks with all sorts of interests, but there's also general discussion and fun threads as well :-)
 

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