How long do your 'obsessions' last?

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I am very much like you! I have what I call "rapid fire" special interests where I will have a very intense interest for a few weeks, maybe months, and then I will totally lose interest again. This is most frustrating when it's a new hobby that needs equipment which I buy and then end up with a bunch of stuff! A while ago a friend suggested we needed a neurodivergent hobby-swap club!

I also have a few long-term special interests that have stayed over the course of my lifetime, but these are quite rare and few.

I, too, have people still share stuff to me from a special interest I had about 12 years ago, and made a post on facebook about how excited I was about this thing. I'm kind of honoured that people remember, but it also confuses me still!!

My obsessions come on strong, last several months to a year or so, and then completely go away.

As I've gotten older these obsession cycles have become fewer and far between.

Thinking about actual times - I know my parents were fed up with my obsessive singing when I was only 3 years old. And I often go on an hours-long internet binge about some random topic, then spend the next day wondering why I lost sleep over THAT. So, I have a range from "two hours" to "39 years and counting."