Fewer Special Interests As You Age?

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09 Aug 2012, 9:38 am

My interests have waned an extreme degree from youth to 17...I spend almsot all my free time on art, video games and music except for brief times with photography and such when in the past I'd research a wide variety of topics. I do love exercise and outdoor recreation when I can do them though and plan on working out after letting my body develop some fat.

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09 Aug 2012, 9:57 am

When I was a kid it was obvious when I had a special interest.

Now I find it much harder to tell.

I don't really know if the number is changing.

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09 Aug 2012, 11:06 am

sluice wrote:

For the first time, I seem more interested in learning about myself on a personal level. I do find myself studying autism spectrum disorders and spending time meeting people on the internet much more than I probably should. I worry I have just changed topics again.

I believe you are right. To me, its strange nature will always be there; but it may take a different form and with maybe less spent time with it( as posted in thread). Strange.

sluice wrote:

I ask myself why I spent an entire year of my life learning some subject to where I could discuss that something with an expert, but never actually use it for anything. There are whole chunks of my life that I would have been better off living and experiencing normal life instead

Surreal and especially in the light of the fact of these "interests" consume gobs of time that displace whole sections of " normal living." I had ( and do have ) cycles or periods of self reflection with the subsequent 'blues' when considering what has strangely happened: You are behind the wheel driving down the road and it hits you that you are so different; alone; and somehow tied and confined to this one dimensional thinking/behavior. :help:

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09 Aug 2012, 12:53 pm

dyingofpoetry wrote:

The duration is what has changed for me. When I was growing up, I would have obsessions and special interests that would last a year or two. Starting in my twenties, the length of time that I was interested in one topic shortened to maybe six months and now, in my forties, they only last a month or two.

Sometimes I have mini-obsessions that last only a few hours. I'll see something on television, or my boyfriend will bring something up and I'll immediately need to know everything about it. After I've gone online and researched it to death, I'll drop it.

It's the same for me. I spent the majority of my childhood on a handful of topics, but now (just over 30) my interests can last anywhere from a few days to a few months. I have to say, I really preferred the long-lasting obsessions.

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09 Aug 2012, 1:01 pm

I dunno....I'm 21 now and Pokemon is still quite a special interest to me and some days i'll just do nothing BUT pokemon and i'll try to act like my favorite characters and....

....but, yeah, i'm also into other things now. :wink: But a lot of the time, it could be cuz they remind me of pokemon or i'm just reminded of pokemon overall when I do them...
:oops:

But yeah. I do reach out to non-pokemon things now.....unlike when I was 13 where, thanks to pokemon...xD; I missed out on getting to play Kirby games. :cry:

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09 Aug 2012, 6:12 pm

What's the difference between interest and special interest?

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09 Aug 2012, 6:22 pm

My interests have pretty much stayed the same since I was younger. I have gained a few more being electronics and android in general.

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09 Aug 2012, 8:33 pm

NOPE...definitely more.

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