Obsessions/Passions

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My obsession... one of them, is wanting to create more awareness. Unfortunately, most people around me are not on the spectrum and could care less, lol. I think they get tired of hearing about it sometimes, but I still keep going for some reason

My other big thing right now is talking about philosophy, but that could just be because I'm not sure I fully understand things I have read. Then again... I have been turning a lot of things into questions lately (well, I've been more outspoken about it at least).

I know that feeling. I love my job, even though I b***h about it sometimes, but thats because of other people who only do it for the money, and not becuase they believe in what they are doing. I also get other obsessions, like climbing, computers and stuff, and these take priority over each other from time to time.

Yes, that sounds more like paranoia of some kind , than the inspiring passion/obsession Amhealy seems to feel about his job.
It's surprising how many people there are obsessing in a paranoid fashion about things. Permanent victim dramas.
I sometimes wonder whether my own obsessive interest in the role of food ( the food opioids in gluten and casein particularly, aswell as sugar) in the development of civilisation, and continuing effects on people today could be described as paranoid. That my own beliefs about how wheat and dairy affects me and others might just be like those of the woman ( played by Julianne Moore) in that amazing film by Todd Haynes called "Safe" who retreats increasingly from wide world to igloo-like-hut in a "retreat" community/cult as "environmental" illness "engulfs" her. So that I am reassured when read yet another paper or personal account recounting how excluding gluten and dairy , sugar, etc , from the diet has transformed someones life.
But that is my obsessive interest, for about 15 years now , on and off, in waves, along with Saturn cycles and what I like to see as corresponding events/patterns in my life, following Saturns 29 year cycle, and its 7 and 14 year segments.

Cars.
Antique Cars.
Sports Cars.
Antique Sports Cars.

Ferraris, anything to do with Ferraris ....

I don't know about the other symptoms but you sound alot like hands who is jerry espenson on Boston Legal and his obsession with the law.

I suppose my passion is self-improvement. To adapt and improve as a human being. My psychiatrist ays I have made tremendous progress in the last few years, which pleases me.

the other thing is creativity. I find creativity in itself facinating. It is one of the last few psychological phenomena that exists.

Without sounding pretentious, I think I understand the unspoken rules that make creative expression successful. firstly I read alot into the little things, as lots of subtle effects can change the bigger picture.

I don't say this to sound arrogant, but many have told me that I am a great actor and possibly an even greater writer, as well as an OK drawer and singer. I put this all down to my attention to detail and my (presumed) theory of mind.