@candy.courn: is it a special interest or a hyperfixation? 🤔 honestly it doesn’t matter too much in my opinion but if you’re looking for distinction…I typically find that special interests are long-term(often lifelong), based on a pre-existing passion, more holistic to an entire subject, strongly influence life choices, and are an immense source of fulfillment for autistic folks. Hyperfixations are usually more short-term (weeks to months), novel in nature, usually based around a singular activity, incredibly time consuming, and can often make us feel exhausted and burnt out afterwards. Now, there’s still a ton of gray area and plenty exceptions to these definitions, as well as folks can experience both (like I do as a person with both autism and adhd), even at the same time! 🌈 #specialinterest #specialinterests #hyperfixation #disabled #spd #adhd #audhd #adhdadult #autism #autisticadults #actuallyautistic #audhd #autismmemes #autismmeme #adhdmemes
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Thursday 17 April 2025 00:22:04 GMT
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kumapony :
"fixations within their special interests" like how the interest will lie dormant in the back of your head until someone mentions anything to do with it and you perk up like I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED
2025-04-17 00:58:06
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⋆⭒˚.⋆ Mqrning ⋆⭒˚.⋆ :
i definitely have a special interest and hyper fixation on bl lmao
2025-04-17 00:28:53
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mgeekingout :
i always struggle to know how long is "long-term" since some would say it's years and some – months 😩 same with "short-term" – months? weeks? shorter?
2025-04-17 07:59:01
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jaspurr🐈⬛ :
how did you duplicate
2025-04-17 04:35:10
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⋆.˚✮Starzxy✮˚.⋆ :
So all my interests in my fandoms have been hyperfixations? Cause a lot of the hyperfixation things line up when I get into new fandoms and etc
2026-05-20 22:50:46
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jacob hackerman :
can i be autistic without special interests?
2025-04-17 09:54:40
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Rizzy 🧸⁸ :
kpop is my special interest 🥀
2025-04-30 05:43:41
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Aal :
My special interest in drawing has helped me develop strategies for how I function, but my hyperfixation on this one OC world has caused me to turn in hw late and made me physically ill
2025-04-18 03:14:18
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Providentia365 :
@🍉 courn 안 I just learned today that ASD folks can get fixated on people (I was the one they fixated on a while ago) could you speak to your or others experience with this?
2025-04-17 00:44:26
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Crowns B Chillin :
what qualifies as long term?
2025-04-23 04:20:23
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Shiggyscrustytoe 🇵🇸 :
I think it’s both at the same time 🙏😭
2025-04-17 14:46:19
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AgonyUnt :
Allistic ADHD here. I have long term fixations which fit the definition of special interests but I've heard some autistic folk say that ADHDers can't use the tern special interest. Why is that?
2025-04-18 10:58:38
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Xitsen🇺🇦🍉🇬🇪 :
Can you elaborate on each question more with examples please? It feels very unclear otherwise still :(
2025-04-17 08:45:04
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Furbyandfriends :
I’m autistic and I always just assumed that I could only have one special interest, but is it possible to have more than one? 💖
2025-04-17 11:41:22
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☆Finntastic☆ :
What if its both?
2025-04-23 05:40:42
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𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕣~❀❁❀ :
What if it has a mix of answers from both
2025-04-17 01:58:58
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Wizard★彡 :
It’s been seven years
2025-04-17 12:08:00
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⋆✴︎˚。⋆𝓐𝓼𝓪𝓱𝓲 ⋆✴︎˚。⋆ :
I have so much hyperfixation omg...
Anyways chat wanna hear it ?
2025-06-27 20:52:11
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Puddle🫧🩵 :
can you have both at the same time?
2025-04-17 10:12:58
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🚦ᴡʀ3ɴ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ :
can you have a special interest with adhd bc im not sure if i have autism but I think I've had special interests before
2025-04-18 15:42:02
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🕸💤cipher (protags gf)🐈⬛️☕️ :
How long does it have to be to be long term? 🥀
2025-04-17 15:34:13
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let :
Can u have a hyperfixation on a special interest if that makes sense? Theres this one game i like a lot since 2021 but last year for around a week or two i got super addicted to it i couldnt do anything else without thinking about it , got rly hyperfixated but it went away and i continued to like it idk if i explained Right
2025-06-04 04:11:36
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gabriel🎯 :
my hyperfixation kinda evolved into my spin, i used to be obsessed with marvel for a few months when i was a kid and now it came back as a spin
2025-04-19 03:02:35
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mysweetjongseob (saw piwon) :
can i have adhd and have a special interest…?
2025-11-12 00:37:56
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⊹ ࣪ ˖𖦹 𝙉𝙮𝙭 𖦹⭑.ᐟ :
i'm convinced my obsession with eevee and the eeveelutions is a special intrest. ive been collecting merch for YEARS!! i kid you not my collection is worth over 500€
2025-06-07 21:56:45
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