I posted this in the Borderline thread about identity and interests:
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Even as a small child my interests rather influenced my sense of self though, for example when I was into collecting rocks, I would go around announcing to all the parents in the playground that I was a rock now, the same for lorries and a Fisher Price cash till that I loved to play with - if someone else was playing with it in playgroup, I would just "be" the till myself and go around telling parents to pull the lever (my arm) and feed me coins etc.
I have read in a few books about autism how autistic children who do engage in "pretend play" often seem to pretend to be objects, but I have never come across this in another context.
So I am just wondering if a lot of people used to do this, and whether parents of both NT and ASD kids could let me know whether their kids do this too.