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HAL_9000
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23 Mar 2009, 1:55 pm

They are quite literally becoming more than simply obsessions. It's almost an addiction, drawing or writing to extent of not stopping to really eat properly. I don't talk to anyone or anything. It's kind of scary, realising that entire years of my life are just being used up in isolation, hunched over a computer keyboard. What do I do to try and get a hold on them?

I'm not sure if my apathy towards people has anything to do with it. I used to try and talk to people, but now I don't even bother, even if they try and talk to me. It's a serious drain on my brain even trying to have a single conversation with somebody.



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23 Mar 2009, 2:04 pm

HAL_9000 wrote:
They are quite literally becoming more than simply obsessions. It's almost an addiction, drawing or writing to extent of not stopping to really eat properly. I don't talk to anyone or anything. It's kind of scary, realising that entire years of my life are just being used up in isolation, hunched over a computer keyboard. What do I do to try and get a hold on them?

I'm not sure if my apathy towards people has anything to do with it. I used to try and talk to people, but now I don't even bother, even if they try and talk to me. It's a serious drain on my brain even trying to have a single conversation with somebody.


World of Warcraft is like this to me. I sit there for hours doing nothing but killing creatures and fictitious characters in this game, and I LOVE it but it is all-consuming.



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23 Mar 2009, 2:09 pm

As long as you are good at it I doubt anyone would really mind. I know I wouldn't, as I'm like that myself.


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23 Mar 2009, 2:30 pm

This is pretty normal behavior for somebody on the spectrum so don't let it get you down. You'll get used to it eventually.


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