Autistic Special Interests | AUTISM IN GIRLS

In this week's video, I talk about Autistic Special Interests! I go over what they are, the pros and cons of them, how Autistic girls' special interests often mirror their NT counterparts, and then my personal special interests throughout my life (featuring pictures you won't want to miss! LOL).
I'd love to know what your special interests are, so leave them down below! :)
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[@alexamunoz7943]

I can literally lose sleep over my excitement to learn about something I’m interested in! Tropical fish, aquarium plants, ponds, house plants, gardening, cloth diapers? Chickens?! ... sometimes I can’t shut my brain off at night and I have insomnia so I just get up and research my interest. I’m always disappointed when there is nothing new to learn about a topic. Have always loved reading.

[@Camsas14]

I completely understand you. I do this all the time too

[@meriadocbrandybuck9833]

Oh my goodness, chickens! I have loved birds since I was 7. I have a chicken recuperating from minor infection in my bathroom right now (don’t worry she’s chillin’ in a kitted out box & doesn’t want to walk on her injured foot anyway). I have off and on read every surgical veterinary medicine journal on specific veterinary conditions, right now I’ve read every one on her specific condition. Last week I spent 6 hours in the middle of the night figuring out how to explain my brain to some of the computer programming engineers at my work. Basically my brain runs in DOSS.

[@SHEvans]

Absolutely me too!!! I love new ideas and new interests...

[@scottanderson2871]

I am literally in tears after watching this. Sometimes I just need someone to hold up a mirror for me to see what is going on in my life.

[@Akatharie]

At 65 I have not yet been diagnosed officially; My special interests since childhood have stayed in my life to this day. They include reading, music, pure physics, engineering, painting, space travel, pure mathematics, a wide range of crafts especially making unique wedding dresses and ball gowns, wildlife and the ecology of the planet. I get so focused that I didn't even react during a hurricane when a tree smashed a 13ft wide window in LOL

[@Adeline9418]

Same!! I'm almost 65 and am also self diagnosed!!! Music,adult coloring, diamond painting,horses,edc,prepping,certain health remedies,distilled water. And those are just a few!!!

[@mariaasensio8454]

"oh thats why" is my new state of life since i was diagnosed

[@lynnemarie7885]

I feel that!

[@NigeriaSimone]

My lifelong special interest is The Sims. I’ve played since I was 11. Now I’m 30 lol. I’m also becoming interested in k-pop which is blending into Korean culture, language, and shows. I’m sooo glad you mentioned short lived special interests. I’ve had a bunch. Usually different softwares..

[@maxllon]

sims as well for me! especially sims 2 :) im 20 and since i was like 6-7

[@NigeriaSimone]

@@maxllon Sims 2 was the best! I wish they’d remaster it

[@onlyfrog]

i actually don't know yet if im really in the spectrum, but it's the same for me! i've played the sims for nine years, and have been into kpop for almost seven. my obsession with both never goes away...

[@meggie19]

This has been really confusing for me as someone with autism, since I may also have inattentive adhd as well. It’s really hard to make these distinctions. Is it that autistic people can have life long and short lived alternating special interests, or is that only or more commonly in combination with adhd? I have consistent interests I have however I switch between them sometimes after a month, a week, or even constantly throughout the day. I’ll wake up contemplating my philosophical views researching and end reading about autism or miraculous ladybug. It’s great to see people have similar experiences as me but as I said it’s confusing trying to form an understanding of the autistic experience especially for myself and other girls when many Autistic people also have additional disorders.

[@TheNessa284]

Mine too! I'm I have all of them 2,3,4 lol . Currently loving sims 2. But Sims 4 is getting story progression soon. So excited.

[@Catlily5]

I like collecting marbles, world coins and stamps. I also like maps, reading and art. I cycle between hobbies. Right now I am in a learning all about Autism (and other diagnoses) phase.

[@kittikoko]

I collected marbles and stamps when I was a child, and my sister collected coins. 😊

[@Catlily5]

@@kittikoko That is cool! I love collecting!

[@artisticautistic9664]

Illustrating, castlevania: symphony of the night, magic: the gathering, psychology, tarot, myers briggs, Socrates, and clash royale.

[@FutureAuth0r]

My special interests are neurodiversity videos/memes, games, mental health and writing.

[@Isis7Wolf]

I'm not 100% sure I'm on the spectrum but highly suspect I am. I'm a 30 year old female and into photography, learning about politics, sociology, feminism, debating, the esoteric, movies, shows, and watching KZbin! I get depressed and burnt out easily so I prefer interests that don't take out a lot of energy like watching shows.

[@bestplanetever6048]

I'm lucky my main special interests have always been part my career, but my wife is now used to my 'great ideas' that last a weekend.

[@britbrit115]

I also wish I could stick to one special interest. I buy all the things for each one...really adds up haha. I have loved reading (hyperlexic) forever, I also have loved true crime since I was a pre teen. Through high school it was serial killers, mobsters then porn stars haha.. Looking back I think I was just trying to understand how they think. I loved football, but only obsessively for a few years. And finally crafting! I have latch hooked, knitted, crocheted, diamond painted, and for the last year and a half it's been cross stitch while listening to audiobooks. I crave it! LOVE your videos, keep up the awesome work :)

[@janefrancis5771]

This made me sit down and write out a list of my own special interests. What's good to hear is that you also just suddenly go off things, as this seemed odd to me that I did this. Many of my SIs have been related to my life and what is going on, so for example I was obsessed with parenting babies (eg breastfeeding, attachment parenting) when I had babies! As soon as my children weren't babies any more, I lost interest. I believe this is common in women on the spectrum, and may be another reason why we are under diagnosed? To be honest I have also several times tried to 'professionalise' a special interest, and it almost always doesn't work out. I try not to do that now but it's hard to resist.

[@nathanchowdry6599]

Keeping immaculate documents makes for good governance.

[@zachsmith9127]

I was really intense about Mindhunters. I would research the famous killers and criminal history. I am really impressed by how you learned furniture building.

[@neurodimensions7509]

You special interests are all very unique! You seem so confident and authentic when you talk about them. And I can tell that they have all brought you happiness :) I have some special interests have that changed over time and one in particular that always finds its way back into my mind and life. I’ve cycled through Barbie dolls, Polly Pockets, different movies and characters, amusement parks and water parks, American Girl dolls, magazines, and books, goats, cows, and farming, and gymnastics. My strongest special interest involves disabilities, medical conditions, mental health, etc. It actually led me to figure out I’m Autistic because I starting learning a lot about autism. I am also hoping to make a career out of working with other Autistic adults :)

[@patriciadepiazza1182]

I had a run in my “rabbit hole” of depression that lasted 2 1/2 - 3 years a few years ago and survived on every episode of Dr Who (reboot) I watched them over and over and over. The Steven Moffat ones were the most interesting to me as they were more complex and had a thread connecting seasons together. When Chris Chibnall took over his writing ruined it for me. I transferred over to the MCU, not leaving the house I watched them all on prime. I’ve had a thing with Baking and The great British bake off for a good many years now, though I don’t tend to bake it as much in the summer as I do in the winter. Beading, polymer clay, water color, colored pencils have all been players. Thank you Olivia for all your videos, I’ve been helped immensely by them.

[@Summer-sc1ph]

After 20 years I finally burnt myself out on Sims, but my current special interests are religion/theology, cults, true crime, the Simpsons (until season 12 or so lol) and psychology. They've actually all been life-long interests. Also autism, emotional intelligence and child rearing. :) Thanks for sharing yours!

[@AmidalaEmma]

Meeting someone with whom I can quote the simpsons with and they get it makes me so happy!

[@unhingedskrunkly8512]

Yay, I love learning about special interests. Personally, the paranormal has been my longest special interest since childhood. I also hyper fixate on Pokemon, true crime, the Child's play horror franchise/horror movies, fashion and The Sopranos. 😸

[@k9roppi]

yea same i hyperfixate on crime and my mom is like "are you alright?'

[@unhingedskrunkly8512]

@@k9roppi we're not alright! 😂❤

[@maryrose9292]

My main interest since childhood is biology (especially evolution, cells, illnesses) but I also often have a second interest that keeps changing (horses, nutrition, astrophysics, the history of my family, true crime was the last one). I guess I just like to learn new things lol

[@Tarahhh]

My special interests are almost all physical - skipping, long distance hiking, paddle boarding, weight lifting...etc. In a way, it's good, because it's possible to progress with all of them and it rarely leads to boredom. Creating paintings and videos are also special interests of mine, and it's great because I can share them with others and even make money off them. They've all been intense obsessions, and now I can cycle through them moderately, though I have so many hobbies that I barely have time for them all 😂

[@Vic-se1fz]

My main special interest is animals. Sometimes I become more focused on different groups and types. I've gone through big cat phases, cetacean phases, etc. Sometimes I do closely study topics outside of wildlife, but not as much haha. Love your videos!

[@angsfeatheredfriends]

My special interests have always been animals and video games from a very young age (around 2 or 3 years old). I have also had a bunch of other things that have flitted in and out over the years. I would examine, dissect, research, put in %10,000. Next day, I was bored of it. Depression is making enjoying my 2 main interests harder and harder sadly. Lost all motivation to even try anything new as well. Not sure how to get past it. I am on anti depressants I don't feel work, and have a therapist. What else can I really do. Get more pets I guess? I cannot even find a video game I can sit through for more than an hour now for some reason. Which just makes me even more depressed.

[@makotomodachi]

I was diagnosed with autism at age 5 and my lifelong special interest is music. However, I had many sub-interests that changed over time when my main interest stayed the same. My longest running sub-interest is the diatonic harmonica. I grew up listening to country music and the song that got me hooked to the instrument was "Ain't Goin' Down ('til the Sun Comes Up)" by Garth Brooks. I was fascinated by Terry McMillan's harmonica playing on that track because he sounded different from other harp players that I've heard at that point in my life. The way I could describe his playing style was that it's very bluesy, but still had that "country" sound. I'd listen to his playing on the radio and even though I couldn't pinpoint his name as a kid, he had a very unique sound that I wanted and still want to imitate. However, a lot of much older harmonica players have bullied me because of it. I was constantly told to give up the instrument, that I was obsessive and rude, and that I should stop thinking about my special interest. But my motivation kept me going from throwing in the towel. Last year, I started hanging out on Zoom with a professional musician from North Carolina named Todd Parrott and he's a very understanding and non-judgemental guy. I told him the day before my first lesson with him about my autism and he told me he was comfortable with that. Ever since that first lesson, we developed a cool friendship especially since he also was influenced by Terry McMillan as well. A few people online still try to bully me, but I'm a lot better both sound-wise and mentally because of Todd.

[@Piotr.Wysocki]

I don't have an autism diagnosis and can't say I experience any of the other symptoms. But the "special interests" part? Totally 100% accurate description of how I deal with my interests. I kept smiling all through the vid, because what you described was so darn familiar. In no specific order: Ancient Rome. Oceanography. The Carboniferous period. 1950s industrial design. Ocean Liners. Pleistocene Australia. Airline management strategies. The Mayan civilization, Mauritius-Reunion ecosystems...

[@DC-xi6gd]

Olivia! Your videos are so comfortable for me to watch. The quality and the formatting and your topics and your personal shares are just so..pleasing for my mind. Thanks for all the effort you put into making the some of the highest quality content on KZbin. 💗

[@luthientinuviel3883]

When I was young I was extremely passionate about a lot of things, to the point where I could barely focus on anything else. I was into Tolkien's Middle-Earth abd obsessively made lists and family trees, trying to soak up every last piece of information. It was so fun but NOBODY wanted to talk to me about it, even though it was all I could think about. My family has become used to my obsessions by now tho, and I apreciate that they let me infodump on them about my interests

[@elizabethdrz3953]

My special interests are fanfiction (reading, collecting, and categorizing), audiobooks (especially video game world themed fiction), Jane Austen, Harry Potter, antiques/art/interior design, phone games that focus on merging and organizing, and film/ book analyses. I tend to focus a lot on a one or two of these at a time, and need to remind myself that I do still need to sleep/eat/brush teeth/work etc at times, especially sleep.

[@lupinbun7240]

My lifelong special interest (and I know this is weirdly specific!) is The Karate Kid universe. I bought the movie in every new physical format (so VHS, DVD and Blu-ray), it was the first movie I watched on my new TV, I have Popvinyls, comics, autographs of the actors, custom photo jewelry and pin badges... The list goes on. I also may have been writing the same fanfic for over a decade now!! Don't judge me!! I know fanfic is considered cringe but it makes me happy.

[@ginac7235]

One of my more recent special interests was cooking...especially when I went vegan then completely healthy whole foods plant-based no oil or sugar. All of a sudden, I LOVED cooking and learning new recipes. I went through Cornell University’s plant-based nutrition program. I was super-charged to protect animals and turn people’s health around!!! I helped my uncle reverse his Type 2 diabetes. This consumed me all day. There’s even a drawing of me in the kitchen with roots growing out of my feet. But then I became so burnt out! I’m still vegan, but not WFPB...as much as I still believe in it and want to be. I’m the only one in my family who cooks and am sick of it now. So we eat out almost daily. Your football story brought me back to my baseball love when I was younger :) But, yeah, this video resonated so much. When I get into something I don’t want to be bothered with the ins and outs of daily life

[@kimvillasenor3]

We loved reading and playing Nancy Drew!

[@annoyingfandragon]

I got stuck with a “cringy” special interest… the undertale au fandom… not just undertale. Specifically the undertale AU fandom. I love it so much and I want to share it with everyone I know but I have no idea how to present it in a way that “normal” people would understand…

[@wvdrummerchick]

I’ve gone through a lot of phases with hobbies/special interest. But music and make up are my top two.

[@MamaEvaUSA]

I’ve always loved the idea of travel and adventure. I got the chance to visit one of my aunts in Seattle, WA (I lived in FL) after I graduated eighth grade. Before I went, I devoured every book I could find in the library (this was before the internet 🤪) about Seattle, Washington, it’s history, prehistory, natural history, flora, fauna, etc… I was like Cliff from Cheers (“Little known fact…”)🤣 Then I was interested in archaeology as a career (around the age of 13 or 14). I loved Indiana Jones and wrote a paper in school about archaeology and had the magazine (Archaeology), and got lots of books on the subject. I ultimately got to do archaeology at university with a couple of professors and other students in Belize. After that trip though, I suffered severe burnout and that was the end of that. BUT I did get my bachelors in anthropology (barely😵‍💫…long story) and used that degree to become the Director of Education at the local museum! Due to lack of funds (i.e. getting paid minimum wage) and little interest on the part of the community I ended up leaving that job that I loved. But throughout my life I have always been interested in nature, travel, adventure, hiking, camping, and the like. Everything I’ve done has been in that realm. 🌼

[@viviancovington7813]

Reading, crocheting, carpentry/woodworking, sewing, planning, organizing.

[@Nami-dq3ox]

I have significant autistic traits, but now I'm second-guessing myself if I'm actually wired differently or if I'm just a socially-inept weirdo. I've gone through phases of special interests all my life- I think less pronounced than actually autistic people, but more obsessed than the people around me. Maths, Kingdom Hearts, Hapkido, Catholicism (to the point of wanting to become a nun!), veganism, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, tax law, Myers-Briggs, autism. I was never interested in horses, but when I was in primary school I pretended to be because all the girls my age were (I fooled everyone except myself).

[@whitneymason406]

Great topic and I loved your childhood pictures! Thanks for sharing!

[@kdcraft89]

Thank you for this! I'm figuring out, in my old age, that I'm probably on the spectrum. I ran into several videos, then more and more, and more things have been clicking. This one really clicked for me. I just picked up doing art after many decades, and yes, I am now doing it obsessively and am becoming much better than I expected. Also, have done woodworking and got very good at it. Along the way, I've found that I can always calm down using these things, even when I hit major life problems. So glad people are finding these things out at much younger ages.

[@sunflowerrosem.8651]

Great video Olivia! 😊 I really enjoyed the pics of you at different times in your life! But I wanted to look at them longer! 😍 I just recommended your channel to Beatrice today. She was recently diagnosed with ADD , on the spectrum, and I think she'd find your videos helpful and uplifting. Keep up the great videos! 😊

[@SamiBennett]

This is so helpful for me understanding myself. Thank you for making this video!!

[@fasttraxs2]

I love listening to your videos and your energy. For the first time in my life I make sense to myself of who I am. Thank you

[@wjadkins8463]

You are helping so many by explaining autism reactions . Most of us no nothing about autism

[@jasonneugebauer5310]

Awesome video! I enjoy listening to people talk about their special interests. Special interests are intense, kind of fulfilling, and bring joy. Thanks.

[@anneliediederiks]

All of the above! Lol! No, seriously, I love true crime and mysteries. I was intrigued with unsolved mysteries when I was younger, but prefer solved ones now. Friends is my all time favourite series and I collected and watched series at one time. I also play games on the computer and now on my phone a lot! Too much actually, but I can’t stop. I love animals and animal behaviour. All things medical and natural remedies… My newest favourite channel to watch is Observe where I learn more about non-verbal communication and I find that it helps me a lot at understanding people better.

[@justmaggs]

Yesss. True Crime has been one of mine for a long time! My others are Harry Potter, journaling, hand lettering, watercolor painting, and woodworking! Since having my daughter 2 years ago, I'm really interested in making wooden toys and also wooden signs. Basically scroll saw stuff. I have been dealing with burnout alot this year though so my creative interests have not gotten much attention 😥

[@sarahbeaulieu999]

I listen to a true crime podcast (We Saw the Devil) about a month ago she did an entire episode on women and why so many are interested in true crime. I often wonder if there are not way more women that that were not diagnosed. I was born in 1978 and back then my mom struggled to even get an ADHD diagnosis for me because just like with autism at that time they were insisting that ADHD and Autism we're really things that mostly boys had, or that you had to be non verbal, and have really extreme behavior.

[@rrmother3748]

Hi Olivia! I’m neuro-typical with an autistic teenaged daughter. I learn so much from you!!! Thank you for your videos!! My main special interest is baseball, specifically Red Sox baseball, because it doesn’t require a whole lot of focus or brain power to watch. I have multiple chronic illnesses that cause a lot of pain, so I need extra special interests that keep me occupied but also don’t take much effort! Also love to crochet, knit and sew.

[@alihayman3834]

I have way too many special interests. I love butterflies, llama anything, collecting stamps and bookmarks and postcards, collecting Disney pins, Baby Yoda/The child, Star Wars, Disney, musicals, painting canvas, scrapbooking, crafts, owls and certain other animals, hedgehogs, collecting Alex and Ani bracelets, reading, dancing, singing, Zumba, journaling, photography, minions, Harry Potter, Ghost shows and the paranormal, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift, Jonas Brothers, dachshunds and lots more.

[@Dulcimerist]

Thanks for another excellent video! I'm a male who seems to have female traits for some odd reason. My special interests have never been the lifelong type. They go for a period, and either fade from burnout or physical fatigue - or will reach a breaking point or bad experience that sours them. Now I'm at a later point in life where I'm resistant to get into any special interest that involves acquiring physical things, due to storage issues and the hassle of dealing with it when I do lose interest. I was going to say that I'm so bored with life that I have no current special interests, but then you reminded me that I'm heavily into baseball.

[@persian9259]

WOW your baking looks fantastic!! Well done for sticking with your business and keeping it a success. I wish I could make my interests into the success' that you have!

[@deannang455]

This is very encouraging. I used to be obsessed with book series e.g. Animorphs, Lord of the Rings, and various novels. Long term things are anything with aliens, and practical things like writing, marketing, community resources, and places e.g. Greece, Egypt and Israel. Glad I'm not alone.

[@ellabiddy4741]

In middle school I would make “art” about all my favorite TV shows but it was mostly just the name of the show in block or bubble letters, with every single characters names or quotes on it, and I remember being really happy about just knowing every single major and minor character of my favorite show. I’d watch the interviews of the cast and find their social medias and also read fan fiction of them. I literally still have a binder full of all the “art” I made lol

[@artwithmamafairybreadd]

OMG. You’re so talented…you do your passions so so well…your cakes and furniture look top notch…they are amazing….

[@Natalie-Cornacchione]

You have no idea how helpful you are 😭

[@mitzi66]

I'm not quite sure if I'm on the spectrum, would make sense if I was, I struggle with people and their illogical life choices, amongst many other things, but current all in obsession is card making. I'm not too well, lost a lot of mobility, and it's calming and quietens everything, and I watch tutorials constantly. If you haven't seen Emma Kenny here on KZbin, she's definitely the best for true crime, another obsession. Love your videos. I'm constantly trying to understand my autistic boyfriend, and myself, finding them very helpful ❤️

[@vickimaroney800]

Thank you for this video! I love the energy you put into it, plus you remind me of myself in some ways. I went from horses to football too. In my case that was English soccer. Since then I've been interested in other things too. Bands (U2, Duran Duran, Green Day, MCR ), and spirituality (Reiki and Witchcraft)... World of Warcraft (see my profile pic). I struggle a bit with focus so I don't remember lots of facts, but some of those interests have taken over my life before now

[@insertwittyname5649]

My obsession is Legend of Zelda. I picked up Twilight Princess at my library when I was 12 and I've been hooked ever since. I have all the games, the Mangas, all the books, and I modge podge-d some puzzles to frame them in my room. I even have a Triforce barrette I'm wearing right now. 😅 I'm lucky enough to have another Aspie friend who loves it too and we talk about it constantly lol

[@bookiemeow173]

Thank you for your videos! Formula one is my long time special interest, already since 1994. At the moment I am also very much into Astrophysics, science fiction (Star Trek) and ancient Egypt.

[@jflaugher]

My lifelong special interests are the Beatles, Batman, X-Men, the Pheonix Saga, Dungeons & Dragons (designing NPCs and monsters for D&D was my go-to for calming down), Rock 'n' Roll history, Star Trek, physics, Greco-Roman culture, the Druids, Stoic philosophy, Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Humanism, the anthropology of human origins, the anthropology of religion, and Jesus as a historical figure.

[@jflaugher]

@notThatBad411 yeah

[@MaiiOrduna]

I have long term special interests that I cycle through: Dinosaurs (my oldest SI, I've had it for as long as I can remember), True crime (serial killers especially), Greek mythology and Star Wars. And then I had other more short term interests that went away and never really came back: horses when I was a child, the Avatar movie with the blue people, Imagine Dragons and most recently this year, plane crashes. Usually when I have a new special interest I know because it's the ONLY thing I can think about all day and the only topic I research and want to talk about which can be bad sometimes because I neglect my other responsibilities and even forget basic stuff such as showering, eating, exercising and socializing (I basically become a hermit that wants nothing to do with the outside world).

[@lynnemarie7885]

I honestly always thought I was just super in to my "hobbies". Obviously, if you ask other people they usually don't lose sleep or almost get fired from their jobs or get super irritable if they can't do the hobby... it's just a totally different level. On the other side: I have made some of my special interests into my career, meet amazing people, explored the most fascinating subjects, moved to a foreign country and so much more because of special interests. 🤷🏽‍♀

[@themadpaintress3255]

I have both long term and short term special interests. But I have noticed that my absolute fervor for the long term ones does have an ebb and flow. My big long term ones are barbies (and similar), cars, cats, and art/crafting. Shorter term ones I've had too many to count but a number of them could be considered aspects of my major special interests like a brief time where I was super into police and military vehicles that technically falls into my car special interest as does a time period where I was really into RC cars. But then there are other interests that seem to stand alone like my interest in meterology.

[@kittikoko]

Really interesting to hear the evolution of your special interests. 😊 I can't believe you didn't get into baseball earlier, what with your family ties to the sport! My lifelong special interest is theme parks but I've had other little obsessions along the way... like yodelling, woodlice, snails, caves, etc. 👍

[@kittikoko]

Oh, and a severe obsession with Beanie Babies about 15 years after everyone else had stopped caring about them, haha. I had about 1500 and I just talked about them online all day, every day. 😅

[@daughteroftheking2344]

Hi! I think I might be on the spectrum, but need an official diagnosis. I obsess about true crime documentaries and researching true crime in general, walking workouts lol, cats, anything to do with The Rapture, and psychology( specifically ASD, narcissism, borderline personality, and psychopathy). Appreciate your awesome videos 💜

[@kjhartstudiosexperimentala9314]

My special interest is art and films. For filmmaking, I write some scripts, but some haven’t reach there final production yet.

[@hayliwells55]

I also always wondered why I would be so obsessed with something and then all of a sudden it didn't interest me any more and then Id move on to something else. Currently mine is plants!

[@lauras.2887]

You really just listed all of my special interests in chronological order when you said “xy are special interests more likely seen in girls” 😂😂 that funny. Anyways, I also remember being SUPER into lion king, I did not watch anything else, I watched the musical three times, wrote letters to the actors, knew all of the songs by heart (even the African ones wtf), and only listening to these songs. I still love it to death but not as extreme anymore. Same with horses, but it’s just given to the fact that I’m my current life status I am unable to ride or take part time care of any horse because I live in a city. Still I sometimes watch hour long nerd videos about them and almost cry in joy when I see horses. It was literally all I could think about. I would only draw them, I would write about them (even my thesis for school), I knew everything…after that cheerleading came, but got replaced with dance until today. I would refer to horses as my life long special interest, and I feel like dance will always be somehow too. Oh, and obviously like many of us also psychology. I’m still waiting for the day I’ll stop consuming these videos like air, but I still dig it..let’s see :D I remember even when I was smaller I was really into these topics somehow. Oh and not to forget rollercoasters…that was something…and as you mentioned: make up! I’m quite pleased with this one because it lead to me being super good at it today because I watch every tutorial there is and I have phases where I practice it every day, so yeah, that’s cool :) I really love my special interests, what I don’t love tho is, when there is no one to share them with :/ Ok I clearly can’t tell a short story either..bye 🧡 Oh and now that I continued watching…BAKING 🤩🤩

[@colettesargeant6581]

I am also autistic and have had a special interest of true crime since I was 14 (I'm 27 now). I watch them to relax or when I can't find anything to watch.

[@ArrozConPollllo]

My current special interest obsessions are enlightenment philosophy, dutch art of the 17th century, collecting antique books, and bodybuilding lol

[@shayvecc7849]

I love the Red Sox! My great uncle threw out the first ever pitch at fenway park. Who is your grandfather?

[@ProjectCreativityGuy96]

Detective Olivia, We need Your assistance!

[@feathers13]

My two special interests are anything with true crime (hence why I'm studying criminal psychology,) and also artwork, specifically adult coloring books. Art is more the therapeutic and relaxing special interest, while true crime is more related to my future career. Now that I think about it, another one is also dungeon crawling games (first-person and third-person.) That one is more when I want to do a mindless activity and not think so much, like if I've had a shutdown or a bad day and know that I won't enjoy my artwork as much!

[@ashleighg.3366]

Oh my God I want to visit the body farm so bad and that woman's forensic sculpting class would be so fun

[@Roshia_Cryo]

I love anime, black cats and Nintendo games. According to my bio mother I was a pro gamer around 3 or 4 years old when it took forever for her to get through a level on any games, when I moved into my forever new family, she told my new mother That I'm into video games, I was givin a Nintendo 64 and to this day I'm still goin strong with it.

[@marliehodge9763]

When i was a kid, it was doctor who, my whole room was covered in doctor who stuff, i could tell you anything about it, I can piles of books on it, and watched it all the time. Now it's horror movies! I can tell you the year almost any horror movie came out (and a lot of non horror movies as well)

[@kimb5573]

OMG! I play it too!

[@gundamginger9859]

I often change my interests often and that's all I can focus on until I'm tired of it lol! I recently learned how to crochet, started painting, went down a very deep spiral of learning all things RVs (I want to do this sometime!) I've changed careers to be around an interest before, such as veterinary medicine to real estate to IT to accounting. I tried to get into football. I asked my ex step dad to teach me and take me, and he refused. (womp womp and RIP that interest) Also, my granfather played for the Red Sox too!!

[@YouHaveAGoodPoint]

Classical macroeconomics, sewing clothes and costumes, cross stitching, kareoke, green living, my dogs, organizing spaces and setting up routines and systems, vegan cooking, office supplies, reading, & conspiracy theories are my interests.

[@CarolAnneHysell]

I’m also on the spectrum. I feel like we have experienced a lot of the same. I can jump in quickly but get burnt out just as easily. The two things that have stuck with me are crocheting and Harry Potter. Stay with me here. Crocheting is repetitive knots. I freaking love it. Harry Potter is this whole basically parallel world next to ours with a whole world unraveling. I can quote it chapter and verse. Everything else I have obsessively loved has come and gone, maybe come again and gone again.

[@JustMe_OhWell]

If you like June's Journey then you will love Unsolved. It's my favorite so far.

[@yundorphin]

Flashback to two months ago when I couldn't sleep because my brain needed to make sure I understood how the Steins Gate world line worked.

[@junkabella6324]

My special interests are rocks, space, scifi and dead languages. Amongst many others! :D

[@allisonhase9473]

I’ve been obsessed with ghosts and the supernatural my whole life! Also religions. For the past 15 years, it’s been UFO’s…I listen to UFO podcasts every night…I’ve watched all the MCU movies three times..I used to be obsessed with Harry Potter…..I’d read all the books and watch the movies over and over and over. I have also been obsessed with diet and nutrition my whole life….used to be a raw vegan…I had all the cookbooks and knew who all the influencers were…For the past three years, it’s been the Carnivore diet! LOL!

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

I love languages, the Golden Gate Bridge and pagodas. But my main obsessions are Aston Villa FC soccer club (since 1974) and the Swedish rock musician Tomas Ledin (since 1980). I am completely besotted with Tomas.

[@Connibolognese]

Steady special interests are nature&garden (relations between animals, humans and plants) and astrology of different countries&cultures, psychology and health philosophy in context to history. In between these ones, it often keeps changing, though i want to learn everything when i discover a new kind from these subjects 🤔🙈. Persistent is my interest and sympathy for animals, plants and friendly humans&cultures. Everything especially interesting to me with persistence since childhood is books. As a child i wanted to read everything, as teenager i wanted to become an author and wrote all the time, then during intensive personal crisis times, i discover self-expression through painting. In the last 3 years i came across the world of junk journals. Which is now my top persisting special interest apart from nature and friends. I tend to hoard paper for all my life. Throughout binding books, i'm hoping to give this a little sense and express a story. 🙂

[@AmidalaEmma]

I get REALLY into tv shows, movies, or books. Especially ones that continue for a long time so there is increasing content to consume and learn about/interpret.

[@SneakyPeakyLeaky]

YES, same here!!

[@galaxythedragonshifter]

I've had MLP, Ninjago, Art, and more recently, FNAF as my special interests, and they still are lol. Dragons as well. That one started 3-4 years ago

[@lordfarquaads_mom3683]

I love your videos :)

[@wendymcnees81590]

I just wrote a comment on one of your other videos I'm here to say I have a alot of interest that I have fixated on that I forget to eat and do anything else around the house my husband has to say Wendy stop what you're doing and do other stuff I can spend 24 hours on my genealogy. And I have watched all kinds of murder mysteries real ones and other ones like SVU Law and Order all kinds of one's all the way back to when I was a little kid when I used to First Watch Columbo and all the other ones. I I also like watching documentaries doesn't matter what it is mostly history. I also like what I also like reading nonfiction. And I also like doing yarn with plastics you know the ones with holes in it. I even tried looming but I got frustrated and stopped. I have had so many interests that I have given up counting all of them. I try them for awhile then lose interest in them. I love Disney movies and mostly musicals like Meet Me in St Louis and Sound Of the music and Newies and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I have so many musicals I love. I also like Don Knotts he is one of my favorite actors I like all the things he has been in. I really like The Apple Dumpling Gang. I also love Country music and Bluegrass music and gospel music and sock hop and Motown music and easy listening like Frank Sinatra Sammy Davis jr. Dean Martin Nat King Cole Mel Torme. I love Disney movies so much I have named all my cats after characters. I love your videos they have helped me understand myself a little better. Thank you for making them.

[@StillGamingTM]

Honestly I think it functions as a sort of anchoring mechanism

[@chronometa]

Right now for me. Headphones, dacs, music collecting, bikes, data, crows, horology, Belgian beers, exercise science.

[@aida1289]

Interesting! I thought this was 100% normal and something that all or most people experience 👀 I too go all in for different subjects and hobbies until I get bored of them just to find something new

[@autoingrement]

I'm into the elder scrolls game series and I know everything about it and I think about the games every day all the time (although I'm really into red dead rn) it's hard for me to have conversations outside of these games as they take most of my brain capacity lol

[@hufflepuffsixtwosix5711]

Dogs. I would literally go to the library multiple times a week and bring home STACKS of books from the non-fiction section regarding dogs. Breed specific books. Breed encyclopedia books. Dog care books. Dog training books. ALL.THE.BOOKS. And now at 35 yrs old, I am the kennel manager at a veterinary hospital :) I should have been a vet... but cptsd and undiagnosed adhd/autism took me down several other paths and hyperfocuses. But one day I will own some land and start my own dog boarding business right next to my house :)

[@karlaarvayo2132]

Still on the diagnosis rollercoaster but I share Formula 1 and furniture building.

[@charmiiex]

hi!!! nervous making this comment as I’m not sure nor diagnosed and have a LOT of imposter syndrome, but I relate to a lot of autism content haha, including special interests!!! I suspect my spin is my original characters. they are my favourite thing and take up a very large expanse of my brain!!! was actually drawing one of my characters while watching this video, her name is Whitney and you reminded me of her, she too loves football (plays it professionally) and looks similar to you in a way???? her boyfriend’s name is Robert and he’s one of the characters I think about most, he is from the story Run-Away Sunshine which revolves around Robert trying to find himself again after being held to ridiculously high standards as a child for being demon royalty, and through a convoluted series of events ends up unsure of who he really is with a need to hide his identity as a former, supposedly banished king and a fear of the blood that keeps him alive, being part vampire and all lol. he then meets Whitney through an apartment-wide party invitation, she was particularly nice to him despite the fact that he was too afraid to speak to her or open the door. he decided to go to the party solely to meet the lovely person who gave him the invite!!! they become friends and later lovers, it’s so sweet. he also reunites with his brother, Shadow, who was also banished. Shadow helps Robert find himself again, teaching him that it’s okay to be himself even if that “himself” is very different to other people, it makes me so happy and inspires me to be more myself too, in fact thinking about Robert and Shadow is one of the reasons I’m here today, as I probably wouldn’t have suspected autism if I didn’t start ig “unmasking” (though I have imposter syndrome about that too and I can’t be completely sure that’s what I’m doing HAHA). nonetheless despite still being different to him in some aspects (like the whole demon royalty thing LMAOOOO) I feel like Robert is the most relatable character ever made, maybe alongside another one of my original characters, Charmie. Robert shares so SO many traits with me, and he is just my favourite character ever. may have shared a bit too much there haha, but nonetheless!! I often wonder if I have had other spins over the years too, I often suspect I had a special interest in Beanie Boos, Shopkins and Num Noms when I was about 11!! I’d collect all three (I have over 600 Shopkins), was very active on the Shopkins and Num Noms wikis, would constantly watch Beanie Boo KZbin videos as well as having my own Beanie Boo channel, would sort them all very often, they were a huge part of my personality and I wanted to be a collectible toy designer!!! I can’t really research my OCs and there isn’t much community to share with unfortunately as I made them, so them being my only interest really is quite isolating. I do think about them constantly, talk for hours and hours about them whenever I get the chance, engage with them a lot (mostly drawing and sorting), I would have a more active channel for them if it wasn’t for fear of people in my house hearing me make videos!!! I often find it hard to do things that aren’t related to them in some way and a job that doesn’t involve them feels like torment. they are basically my personality today LOL and I love them so dearly. also sometimes suspect a second spin of autism itself HAHA I think about if I have it or not constantly and I know a large amount of information about it!!! I don’t think it’s at that spin intensity just yet but I would think if there is anything I’m interested in other than my OCs, it’s autism!! this is why I’m here in the first place haha!!! I love these videos :D

[@micheller3251]

music used to be a very big one, not so much anymore. Video games have ALWAYS been a big one, although I don't like playing that much because it distracts me from properly analysing the content. Japanese anime were a big one when I was a teen. Psychological horror, witchcraft and occultism, drawings, street and alternative fashion.... and I recently got into perfumes and scavenging.

[@MartinZeitler]

Distributed systems (my job); gardening, cooking & baking... even used to be a Patissier once. Especially when dealing with vast complexity, it gets obvious that information is being linked differently; NT people may sometimes complain that they find some of the links illogical, but it's probably not their job to judge what they don't even comprehend - or are able to follow... even when watering it down to the least, they often don't even know the terms which I use. I even try to make it understandable by simplification; but I never can talk straight and be understood.

[@aboomination897]

My special interests so far seem to have been dinosaurs, drawing, cycling, weightlifting and gaming. Ok, my elementary school teachers noticed an above average level of general knowlege, but no teacher ever asked me about dinosaurs. Don't know if I'm ND (quite certain that I have ADHD tho), but gaming ceeertainly classifies as special interest on an autistic level ^^ It's not healthy at times. Weeks, months, years. 16+ hours a day as a student. Like, getting into an MMORPG, joining a top endgame kinship after 3 months of full-on grind to level cap (multiple chars) and watching guides before crashing. Then lecturing the raid leader, getting away with it (cause I'm right), becoming co-leader 4 months in and dropping out after a year, cause I couldn't neglect RL anymore. Always thought it was an escape mechanism cause I suffer from depression, life wasn't always easy etc. Oh well, I will probably find out more about myself this year. An unexpected journey, indeed. ps: Your story is inspiring! Best of luck, traveler. edit: There was one person that became my special interest. That went south fast.

[@jakemichael8586]

That is cool you did diy in a apartment! O i like cars to! Burned out on them grew up around them had a 1977 f100 that i made rode worthy and a dayl driver. Then worked as a mechanic got burnd out and quit! Love vintige drag racing!

[@ProjectCreativityGuy96]

That's My problem also. As an adult, I burn out easily, and then I go back to it again! Truthfully, people only see the small frame of what Autism is like, when clearly.... The bigger picture is covered! *(Sighs)* When suffering with Autism, I just can't be free from the oppression that society puts on Me! And all this bulls&@% about Jesus telling You He can save You and all that crap, I am sick of it! No disrespect to those who are believers, but they just don't understand that Faith/Religion just doesn't work for some people, and yet they go about shouting like nutcases out on the streets just preaching lies from a mythical book! Anyways, great video, Olivia! 😉👍

[@bevr2164]

I trust you will soon get a revelation from God that He not only created the universe, he created you, my friend. John 3:16. Don't wait until it is too late to accept Jesus into your life and save you from hell. It is an eternal place of fire torture and torment for eternity. I will be praying for you Creativity Guy. God created a void in all human beings that only He can fill.😇🙏♥️

[@karbear04]

ok, so I grew up in North County San Diego, going to Chargers and Padres games in Jack Murphy Stadium, before they renamed it Qualcomm... And then I moved away and it all went downhill from there. I felt so betrayed when the Chargers left. But since you were a Chargers fan, you might appreciate this joke: when I die, I want the Chargers to lower me into my grave- so they can let me down one last time 😂😂😂

[@JaneSmith0709]

I've had a million in my 57 years of life. My mom has always asked me why I never stick with anything, and, of course, I thought that meant it was a character flaw. I didn't want to be "that" person so I tried my best to stick with things more but I just couldn't do it. I'm still not great at it. I've had so many different jobs and career paths that it's hard for me to find work now because my resume has me jumping all over the place. If I could change one thing about myself it would be that - I would choose to be more stable in my interests. I find I dump friends too, when I get bored with them. It's not that I don't like them anymore, but it's like I get burnt out or something. I don't like this trait in myself. Right now I'm on a crochet kick and doing hair. I've watched every KZbin video there is on how to bleach, highlight, cut, style, and anything else you can do to hair. I feel like I could go to hair school right now and be the top student in the class. But I know a career as a hair stylist requires continuing education, which requires not losing interest in what I'm doing, so it probably wouldn't be the best career path for me. I wish I could just be happy with one or two things. Why do our brains do this, I wonder?

[@jessicalowther56]

I built my own bed once lol, sanded the pallets in my room