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Summer, not long now
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-Waking up and having your first thought be about your special interest
-That feeling you get when you make your special interest both your icon and the backgrounds on your computer/phone
-Being unable to concentrate on work unless you incorporate your special interest to some extent
-Pushing your special interest into everything you do in some way, even if subliminally
-Breaking through executive dysfunction only to create things related to the special interest
-Breaking through social anxiety only when the special interest is mentioned
-Constantly rambling about your special interest even when you know you’re annoying everyone
-Fearing talking about or drawing things related to the special interest because you don’t want people to think you’re obsessed
-Literally having your special interest on your mind 24/7.
-Becoming stupidly frustrated when someone knows more about your special interest than you do, even if it’s the creator
-That SPARK you feel when you discover a new special interest. It’s never a slowburn attraction, but more like an instant click. You just know
-Getting called obsessive or addicted by everyone
-”It’s just a phase!”
-Being made fun of for liking your special interest
-Hiding your special interest from your friends and family so they don’t make fun of you or judge you
-Having to hear allistic people refer to their hobby as their “special interest”
-Hearing ADHD peeps talk about their hyperfixations and feeling a sense of solidarity
-Changing special interests as often as once a week, or as rarely as once a year, if ever
-Remembering an old special interest you had, so you look it up again thinking “I’m over it so there’s no harm in looking at it now”, only to have it become your special interest again
-Being able to count the amount of times you’ve gone through a particular special interest, as well as knowing when they occurred.
-Hating yourself during every second when your special interest becomes something embarrassing or bad, yet you can’t stop yourself from obsessing.
-Having more than one special interest so you try and mash them into one thing
-Having multiple special interests at once, but one is clearly more powerful than the others
-Secondary special interests that will pop up for a few days before leaving again
Feel free to add more.