beneficii wrote:
For many of my interests, I am terrified of having the extent of my interest discovered. If I reveal the fullness of that extent to someone and the person's response is anything less than approving, I will assume the worst. I will then regret my stupid decision to reveal my innermost thoughts, to make myself vulnerable. In certain contexts, I will fear, or even experience, someone trying to drive me from that interest, the intrusive mf'ers! I will become wracked with shame and a sense of the future becoming blocked, that my actions will be restricted from here on out, that I will be brought into line, that I will have that which makes my soul burn alive with flame extinguished.
Welcome to life.
Nobody knows how another person will react to something you're interested in.
Such revelations can help strengthen a relationship, or even end one.
What concerns me is that you
anticipate people rejecting you because of the things you're interested in.
What is it that so worries you?
Do you like to set fire to cats?
Do you like to run thru neighborhoods at night throwing rocks thru people's windows?
Do you take candy from babies?
Without knowing exactly what your worry is, it's hard for us to reply.
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AQ 31
Your Aspie score: 100 of 200 / Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 101 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits
What would these results mean? Been told here I must be a "half pint".