Playful and Child-like normal for Aspies?

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It's certainly normal for me... drives my two younger sisters a bit nuts though. Fortunately I think it's funny. Growing older is compulsory, growing up is entirely optional

I feel that I am not as child-like as I used to be (i.e role-playing with stuffed animals and dolls, watching cartoons, drawing and writing) before my diagnoses. This may be because I have found other ways to cope with the world, but it often makes me feel frustrated and upset because it's like I have no imagination or playfulness any more. In fact shortly before my diagnoses I started losing interest in "kid things" and was very angry and miserable all the time because of it. On the plus side I don't obsess as much over organizing and rotating my collections... although that also makes me feel like a slob.

I can definitely relate well with and play with children 3-5 years of age...as long as there's an actual grownup around to take care of them--because I cannot do that!

"Jesus however called the infants to Him. "Let the little children come to me," He said; "do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of God belongs."