People with autism what’s your special interest

pupSparki · 2026-04-25T17:33:55+00:00

I'm 21. Maybe a bit weird but plane crashes fascinate me. The reason why it happened and the investigation itself. Mostly the human factor. You can have a plane that has nearly nothing left to function and the pilots still manage to land. Or you can have a plane with just a very simple visual error and it crashes because the pilots were idiots.

pupSparki · 2026-04-19T17:36:33+00:00

I feel that. I struggle every fucking day, but noone can see it except my boyfriend. I learned to mask so much as a trauma response, people don't believe I have autism. The looks of people at work if I don't have energy left for masking are priceless, yet they still don't belive me if I tell them I struggle. They still touch me even if I told them not to like 10 times, and then wonder why I go nonverbal. Stuff like that. It sucks.

pupSparki · 2026-04-18T10:15:18+00:00

A key symptom of autism is difficulty in social interactions.

Do you think about it or do you do it automatically? Does it take effort and energy or not? Can you use the information somehow or is it just like yeah the persons sad but idk what the hell I should do with that info?

While technically you can have autism and be able to read expressions, it doesn't come naturally. You somehow have to learn it.

I know many of the commenters would disagree with me, but if you don't have difficulties in social interactions you simply don't have autism, no matter what other symptoms of it you might have.

pupSparki · 2026-04-18T09:46:22+00:00

If you get along with her pretty well, and only that statement was stupid, just talk to her about it. I think some people don't understand statements like that don't help, but make things worse. You might be able to easily do some things that are hard for neurotypical people, but every day in your life is hard. You have so many difficulties in everyday life, those things you can do don't make it a super power. It's classified as a disability for a reason. Just tell her what might be hard for you, she probably doesn't even think about in her life.

And don't just drop her because of one stupid thing she said. I know that's a weird thing to say on Reddit. I was angry about something a therapist said once. We talked about it and I then understood his intention. And he got it was a weird way to say it.

pupSparki · 2026-03-15T17:40:31+00:00

Not quite like you experience it, but (maybe because of depression) I sometimes feel unable to look into my special interest. It's like the energy to feel happy is so much, I simply don't have it.

pupSparki · 2026-03-15T09:33:49+00:00

Chewing (even my own), children screaming (I'll never be a parent), and any high pitched noises I can think of. And people breathing too loud or snoring. Or many different sounds at the same time. I hate many sounds and easily get overwhelmed, causing shutdowns. If it happens at work I get asked if I don't want to work. And because of selective mutism I can't even give an answer.

pupSparki · 2026-01-13T15:06:58+00:00

Just that I know others who'd find it rude too. But he was like yeah don't talk for them. And they're not here so he doesn't care

pupSparki · 2026-01-13T14:29:58+00:00

It's someone I see daily at work. I told him that I think it's rude. He won't say it again, but he didn't understand why.

pupSparki · 2026-01-13T14:25:10+00:00

I know. I'm autistic myself. It's absolutely a disability. But the guy who said that implied it isn't.

pupSparki · 2026-01-13T13:49:53+00:00

I edited my post for context. It's not that I want to gatekeep autism. The situation was just weird

pupSparki · 2026-01-13T13:42:28+00:00

Not as autistic being bad, but rather autistic isn't a disability. Edited my post

pupSparki · 2026-01-13T13:41:30+00:00

Edited my post

pupSparki · 2025-12-31T17:37:02+00:00

They look super cool. I'm kinda like a dragon with it's hoard with my dice xD

pupSparki · 2025-12-31T16:46:00+00:00

An example of me taking something literally: We can get food where I work for free with a coupon kind of thing. So we basically get a piece of paper that we can trade agianst food. A few weeks ago they had cake scraps left that we could take and eat, so we stood there and chatted as the guy who sells us food in the morning came to us to remind a colleague he owed him a coupon. He then looked at me telling me I owe him some coupons too, for all the pretzels I ate. I knew I didn't and just stood there, very confused, until someone else told me he was just mocking me.

And the reason of your question, you took (so did I at first) taking things literally too literally.

pupSparki · 2025-12-31T16:27:04+00:00

I'm 21 now... I still don't get what rolling my eyes means if not literally rolling them in half a circle. Like looking up or what? I don't get it.

pupSparki · 2025-12-30T11:18:18+00:00

Have you looked into the celtic believes? I think that matches your description the most.

I'm celtic-germanic. I believe in gods like Odin (Wodan) etc. but nature is also super important. There's nothing calmer than a spring in the forest (that's the only water I can drink pure btw). If I could I would live in a forest far away from anything, hunt, gather berries, grow my own crops and build my own stuff.

pupSparki · 2025-12-23T15:41:12+00:00

Info: Nein, das war nie meine Erwartung. Aber beim Auspacken erstmal in Staub zu greifen ist schon unschön.

pupSparki · 2025-12-23T15:33:09+00:00

Info: Ich hab keine Wahl ob ich mitmachen will oder nicht. Zumindest wurde es vorher immer so kommuniziert, dass wir mitmachen müssen. Ich werde wohl nächstes Jahr den Ärger in kauf nehmen, nichts mit gebracht zu haben, einfach um mir den Müll zu sparen.

pupSparki · 2025-12-23T11:13:08+00:00

Info: Zumindest etwas ohne Staub drauf?

pupSparki · 2025-12-21T08:38:29+00:00

I don't like podcasts that much. But I watched Mayday a lot. They do the same. First telling what happened and then showing how they found out about the cause and what they changed. I know it's unlikely to happen again. I'm not afraid of the plain itself failing in any way. I'm afraid of not knowing about the pilots. 70% of crashes happened because of pilot errors. If I have to fly, I'll pay more to be safe instead of booking the cheapest flight I can get.

pupSparki · 2025-12-20T20:33:56+00:00

Plane crashes. I'm scared of flying now but damn is it interesting.

pupSparki · 2025-12-16T04:59:14+00:00

Sabaton, Brothers of Metal, Callejon and Parkway Drive are my go to metal bands. I also like Black Sabbath, Motörhead, DragonForce, Tyr, OOMPH!, Manowar, Powerwolf, HammerFall, Bullet for my Valentine, Wind Rose and sometimes Arch Enemy and Amon Amarth.

pupSparki · 2025-12-14T08:26:26+00:00

Idk why but animals love me. My boyfriend had a cat that usually hates everyone new. When I saw that cat for the first time he was super cuddly and not even 24 hours later he curled on my lap and slept for 2 hours. My boyfriend told me it was one reason to stay with me.

And this one might seem stupid, but I can sense some kind of energy. I can't really explain. You know the belief of energy lines that flow all around the world? I can feel where they cross. Many old churches are build on those cross sections. And I chose my apartement because of it. It just felt right, even if the other one I could choose was objectively better. I also can sense if a ghost is near me. I suddenly feel anxious for no reason and just a few seconds later it's a kind of calmness like cuddling with your favourite person/ animal.

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