Does it feel good to you when you infodump?

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I'm feeling depressed and It feels better when I info-dump on people. Do other people with Asperger's feel this way? Unfortunately there's nobody to talk to right now.

My husband says info dump is like a compulsion. He just cant help it. Worse yet, during the dump, the other person is irrelevant. He doesn't really care about them, just that he can get all the thoughts and information out.

If you interrupted him, he gets furious. You've derailed him, and he can talk for over an hour without stopping.

When my husband is in the middle of a serious info dump, I have to walk away. I just can't be held hostage any more, and he'll trail behind me still talking.

He says he gets depressed afterwards, but the compulsion is too great not to do it.

This has really hampered him having friends.

So, soo very good.

I am really, really grateful to the people who sometimes indulge me in this. Particularly when I know my wife has no interest in molecular biology or galactic evolution... But it is so good to get it out.

I have never info-dumped. I wish that I could do that sometimes because it sounds fun. I have so much knowledge stored in my head, but I'm way too reserved to share it with anyone unless prodded to do so. I have found myself to be rather quiet even by Aspie-standards.

I usually get cut off by with whomever I am conversing. It frustrates me, and, occasionally, I continue where I left off even if it is mid-sentence. That always gets the other individual's attention. I try to be brief, but when the other individual asks something with multiple variations or conditions, I feel it is only appropriate to answer all of them.

What I would like to say is a quote from Woody Allen in [in]Annie Hall[/i] when, frustrated at the bad manners of another person, he looks at the camera and says "what I wouldn't give for a gym sock filled with horse manure right now."

i don't really like info-dumping, it's more like a compulsion. like i NEED to. it's embarrassing.

if i get cut off, i dont get angry but it is a little annoying and kind of disheartening. even if the conversation moves on, i'll end up still info-dumping a little. i dont know how to explain it. it's less like a text wall and more like small paragraphs spread over a small amount of time.

I don't know what I am but I must info dump and I also don't have many people to talk to, probably because of this. OP, how did you get the evaluation numbers in your signature?

I try to keep it brief, but thats never enough to explain it all. I used to have a friend who would actually be interested, and she would info dump on me as well, and I found it interesting too.

I try to avoid subjects with people that I know they have no interest or knowledge in but I do like sharing what I know and am interested in with people. I have a real interest in politics, current events, and sports so most people have some idea what I am talking about or at least pretend to know. I think I do have a habit of trying to lecture and teach but whatever I guess.

In real life I can't manage much of an infodump because of my severe stutter and anxiety. Online I try to hold back as it usually illicits a negative response. Though it is great to find people with similar interests.

I do not believe I have ever info dumped, but I'm pretty sure that I know what you're referring to as my AS boyfriend does it often. Has anybody else reading also never done this? Is it uncommon for somebody on the spectrum to not have? I know that when it comes to me and my special interests, I do not like to discuss it with others at all, so maybe the same reason there is the same reason I do not...

Okay, it may be bloody stupid to ask this, but what the heck does 'info dump" mean?

having a one sided conversation where you just talk about information?


If I learn an interesting fact I will tell those I know, hoping it will start an interesting conversation, if they dont seem interested I just leave it at that.

Ahh.... that sort of thing.

These days I just try not to do it at all, despite the urge. Nobody ever listens, so it feels like such a waste....