Ever feel uncomfortable sharing obsessions with others?

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Before my diagnoses I had a really bad problem of nearly annoying people to death by talking only about my interests. My mother used to really chew me out for doing so. "No one wants to hear you talk about Garfield cartoons or video games or the last Disney movie you've seen". So in other words don't talk at all because everything you say is nonsense and no one gives a rat's tail about it. Gee mom, why didn't you just poke me in the eye with a sharp stick? She understands a lot better now, though, and I've gotten better at having decent two-way conversations. But I often feel embarrassed or ashamed for sharing my interests so much in the past. My mom says I shouldn't but I do.

Some obsessions I feel very comfortable talking about to other people, and others I don't mention much at all except on this website, because of the haters who hate and judge you without having a clue who you really are, that you're more than just some person who likes Disney cartoons or Nintendo games. Well, I can tell a lot about who they are by what *they* say.

Yes. When I do finally share them, I can't stop talking about them. Even though I can tell everyone's sick of it. When I'm doing very well I can talk about my interests without annoying people.