Most Aspies can become focused on their special interest without another person, but in my case my obsession is so specific it takes another person to keep it under control.
For instance, it's like having a specific food obsession and the only person with the recipe dies without having it written down. Then you develop anorexia without that food item available on the shelves.
How do you work with that? I hope I've described what I mean accurately. It's a bit difficult to talk about what I mean by this, because I don't know the mechanics of why I'm obsessed with my special interest.
See, I'm obsessed with an anime character, and everyone's moving on. When someone role-plays that character for me, I become better functioning. When I've gone on for so long without my "fix" that's when I start becoming barely functioning and psychotic.
Why though? Is there a way I can control this or at least move on as well? I've tried everything I can think of that doesn't involve another person, and nothing works. I feel a bit trapped.
The length of this obsession is 4 years and counting.
Last edited by Lerena on 20 May 2011, 9:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.