Re: Are all aspies obsessive?

[Guest guest]

I try not to. Today I just feel like checking in and catching up on

my messages on my PC but I know I have other duties to perform so I

have to force myself away every so often. My son on the other hand

spends hours on his computer and I have lost track of all the

different techie equipment he has in his rooms. It is difficult to

distract him when he is is computer mode, his room is just utter

unorganized chaos whilst he is glued to his computer screen. You

take your life in your hands trying to walk across the floor which

is covered in computer related hardware/software etc: half of which

I have no idea what it is. I prefer to keep my rooms tidy and

organized I cannot tolerate a mess around me.

My ability to hyperfocus helps me with my job which involves a lot

of mundane filing which most NT's would find mind blowingly boring

but which I find quite good therapy.

Kate2

In , " greebohere "

<julie.stevenson16@...> wrote:

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> Just wondered do all aspies have this tendency to hyperfocus on

> something - quite often to the seclusion of other things?

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[Guest guest]

I have a real problem with becoming too involved in things to the

point of ignoring all else to the total disgust of my teenager who

pulls his hair out when I won't go shopping. I have a hard time

doing things if my routine is disrupted. My hubby was home for

three months recently with knee surgery replacemnent and I couldn't

get motivated to do anything. Small stuff like vaccuming and

cleaning were put off because I could not do them when I usually

would if he wasn't there. Back to the hyerfocus--I love Adobe

Elements and have spent weeks tied to the computer learning ever

cool thing I could do with it. It's hard when ya have kids to take

care of but also a good thing because without them I probably would

be a total recluse, indulging in one favorite thing like reading,

poetry, games etc... One problem I've had is whenever they have

some research to do for school or project I tend to get too involved

helping them find EVERYTHING there is to know. It bugs them

sometimes but they are also appreciative. I'm lucky they all go to

a gifted school and the teachers are pretty well read up how to

reach learners of all types. As far as obsessions go, I feel like I

only become interested in a subject, find out all I want to know,

play with it for awhile, then move on to the next thing. I feel

like it only makes me a better person for continuing my education

even if there isn't any " grade " involved.

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> Hi

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> from what I observe of myself and others with AS there seems to be

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> others standards/definitions (ie non aspies) obsessions and

obsessive

> behaviour.

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> I tend to develop keen interests in things - almost anything can

> become an obsession (by others definition), whereas I tend to see

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> as a keen interest and wanting to know as much as possible.

Sometimes

> I enjoy it - other times it can be a bit of a drain, there are so

> many things I want to know and I am prone to hyperfocusing - I

will

> go over subject material and anaylise it - I will cross reference

> etc - it can at times be very time consuming and I often have to

drag

> myself away from whatever I am hyperfocusing on - otherwise I

would

> get nothing else done :-)

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> Just wondered do all aspies have this tendency to hyperfocus on

> something - quite often to the seclusion of other things?

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[Guest guest]

Yes.

Currently it is redoing one of my mother's garden plots. I have

transplanted daisies, daffodils, tulips, irises, crocuses, and will

be transplanting a rose bush soon. I will also be planting four

bushes (don't know what kind yet) and two hostas. Plants a few other

things as well already.

I have the layout planned out in my head and it's currently all I

can think about.

Other times it is cats.

Most of the time these days it is Christianity.

Tom

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Just wondered do all aspies have this tendency to hyperfocus on

something - quite often to the seclusion of other things?

[Guest guest]

I just put a piccy of my two new pedigree kitties in an album in the

photo's section if you're interested.

Kate2

In , environmental1st2003

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> Other times it is cats.

[Guest guest]

I love gardening, I have all kinds of stuff out in my gardens. I haven't been able to get my spring cleanning in the garden done yet, cause of my allergies, can't breath while the forsythia is in bloom, when are people going to realize that bush is a weed. I find digging in the dirt is very calming, for me. Watching things grow chases away depression for me. I have planted over 8.000 crocuses in my lawn, over the past 4 years want to cover the whole front lawn with them and eventually I will. I also carve about 20 to 25 pumpkins around halloween, I love to do all of the intricute ones, I bake ususally about 25 different kinds of cookies crhistmas. In addition I knit, crochet, needlepoint and do crewel work, I can get very obsessive about any of these. I am a big reader also, Practically have every King book memorized, cause I have

reread them so often. Have quite a few authors I am like this with. I also am obsesive about research, and video games, athough I really try to control the video game compultions, cause I can really get lost in them. Bethenvironmental1st2003 <no_reply > wrote: Yes.Currently it is redoing one of my mother's garden plots. I have transplanted daisies, daffodils, tulips, irises, crocuses, and will be transplanting a rose bush soon. I will also be planting four bushes (don't know what kind yet) and two hostas. Plants a few other things as well already.I have the layout planned out in my head and it's currently all I can think about. Other times it is cats. Most of the time these days it is

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I tend to read to the exclusion of all other things, but I have a pretty decent sense of timing so other things can get completed.greebohere <julie.stevenson16@...> wrote: Just wondered do all aspies have this tendency to hyperfocus on something - quite often to the seclusion of other things?If you love something, set it free! So it is with books. See what I mean atwww.bookcrossing.com/friend/nheckoblogcritics.orghttp://notesfromnancy.blogspot.com Heckofreelance

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[Guest guest]

The angora has one brown and one blue eye? That's neat. The fur on

the British Blue Hair is beautiful. I like seeing the different

varieties that I didn't know about. Do they have different

personalities and traits per their kind?

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[Guest guest]

No she has one green and one blue, I've put a close up of them both

in the album now where you can see their eyes. I'm still working on

getting good shots of them, they are so active it can be quite

difficult, the best poses always happen when the camera is not

available quickly enough to catch it.

Yes I've read up on both breeds and what I've read matches them to a

tee. Amber (the british blue) is very loving, lively and extremely

vocal, she goes to all people and rubs round your face with her nose

and wants to sit on your lap. Pearl (the angora) likes your company

but does not want to sit on your lap or be held, but she just adores

having her tummy tickled and pretends to fight you off whilst she

playfully nips you.

Ambers breed is the one that advertises Sheba on TV and you can tell

that she could be trained to do something like that, she has an

insatiable appetite about everything that goes on day to day in the

home and at present is obsessed with the kitchen sink! So far I

have found her very difficult to train to behave, but hey she's

still a baby.

Pearl responds more to being told to behave and is a bit more quiet

she has her obsessions too, she likes the rustly sound of papers off

sweets and biscuit rappers etc; and will get on the back of the

chair and wait for you to throw the wrappers in the bin and promptly

get in the bin to get them out and play with them. She also likes

water and I have read that Turkish Angora's like to swim!

I have never had pedigrees before and they are definately very

entertaining if sonewhat exhausting to look after.

Kate2

In , " mikecarrie01 "

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> The angora has one brown and one blue eye? That's neat. The fur on

> the British Blue Hair is beautiful. I like seeing the different

> varieties that I didn't know about. Do they have different

> personalities and traits per their kind?

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[Guest guest]

Are all Aspies obsessive? Hmmmmmmm. I think anyone can have

obsessive thoughts and some can have obsessive thoughts that are

truly OCD in nature. Therefore, Aspies can be obsessive just as

much as anyone who is not an Aspie. I think what the question

should be is how important is exacting details for those with AS in

comparison to the importance of exacting details for those who are

not AS.

Do I obsess? Of course I do but only over things that truly matter.

I obsess over the quality of my music and because of this, my

writing is more than just notes or notes and alphabet letters tossed

about liberally over paper and a computer hard drive.

I obsess over the quality of the courses I teach and because of

this, enrollment in my classes yields a higher number of innovative

thinkers and entrepreneurial students.

I obsess over my parenting and because of this, I continue to reap

the rewards of cherishing my child's differences, encouraging his

uniqueness, nurturing his passions, and allowing him to be the free

spirit he is while guiding him through the maze a cruel world draws

before him.

And I obsess over doing the right things for the right reasons at

the right time.

Obsessions aren't always the awful, afflicting things many people

assume them to be. Sometimes obsessions are the fuel required to

turn incredible impossibilities into realities dreamers could only

imagine.

And for what it's worth, when the waters of my life are running dry

and I find it difficult to believe the inspiration of my dreams,

when I remember I live in a world that can break my heart in two

even when the colours of my music are swirling about me, obsessions

are sometimes the saving force that keeps me sane in an insane

environment.

Raven