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ASPERGERS In Adults: (Obsessive Interests what YOU NEED to know) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So Asperger's inaudible talking about Asperger's and adult not
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  specifically talking about obsessive topic of Interest.
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  Now. I want to talk about obsessive
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  topic of interest because I love this because obviously I have an
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  obsessive type of interest and I love talking about my topic of
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  Interest which is obviously, you know, because I'm on the
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  Spectrum, that's what I do. So I'm going to talk about what
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  is an obsessive interest. Like what is that then I was
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  talking about an example of like obsessive interest in people
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  with not Tradition and then right at the end.
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  I'm going to talk about how this can actually be beneficial not
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  only to you but to the greater scale of society at large.
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  Okay. So basically what is it
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  obsessive interest or obsessive topical interest?
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  It goes like this because of the way that the autistic brain is
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  wired people with an Autism Spectrum condition will usually
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  have an obsessive topic of Interest or an interest of topic
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  that they dive into obsessively not every single thing about
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  it's because that they find comfort in Routine that they
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  found comfort in looking for something that will stimulate
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  their brain in a way that its rhythmic for routine.
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  But it also has this kind of educational pattern.
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  There's something that they can learn for it because the
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  autistic brain always thirst for Learning and you know people who
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  are autistic love learning new things.
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  I love learning things in general So I myself I love
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  learning stuff about science and like geopolitical economics and
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  things like that. And so I'm I really into
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  conspiracy theories and Aliens because this is kind of like my
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  passion for science because I'm also a scientist coming into
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  play with my passion for wanting to learn new stuff because I'm
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  always want to learn new things and that is how the the brain is
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  kind of like thirsting for that knowledge.
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  So with a person who is on the spectrum, they will have a topic
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  of interest that they are obsessed with that.
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  They it could be absolutely anything and then what are
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  examples of it in a minute and they could just be Really
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  obsessed with all know everything about it the one to
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  just learn it constantly that will be that go-to thing.
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  I'll be honest like a comfort blanket if you like.
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  They'll be a wealth of information on this topic.
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  Let me actually become an expert in this field because of the way
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  their brain is wired and I think that's an amazing thing so
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  examples of this like what is an example of an obsessive
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  interest. So for me aliens conspiracies
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  and all that kind of stuff is an example where this is what I
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  would do I would any down time I have when I'm not like working
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  on my YouTube stuff I'm researching like UFOs.
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  I'm looking for like documents and go to NASA and you know
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  looking at what freedom information stuff that they've
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  actually released and then I'm looking at forums for what
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  people are saying about you know, I don't web hackers who
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  found stuff undocumented about UFOs.
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  Then I am buying audiobooks and eBooks about it.
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  I'm downloading tons and tons of PDs on the specific subject and
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  listening to podcast talking about those aliens and those
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  healing experiences and then I'm going out to sites that have
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  like had a lien Act Is he I'm looking at those on studying
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  pictures and sending pictures in my local area that have had
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  alien activity and getting really involved with that.
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  Then somebody asked me he done what you have to do and I've
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  been saying oh, well, you know we're looking at alien patterns
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  in the sky and I'm like talking about it for hours and I could
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  literally look at the person and just bow out for hours and hours
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  and hours stuff about aliens UFOs geopolitical kind of like
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  scientist and stuff like that. And that is an example of like
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  an obsession for instance of a friend of mine knows somebody
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  who is on the Spectrum who was obsessed with Marilyn Monroe.
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  And big shout out to Maryland because I have a tattoo of
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  Marilyn Monroe here. So you can see her here and
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  Marilyn Monroe was a fascinating character and she had a very
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  interesting history and all the whole life and death thing.
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  But the most interesting thing is the guy that we know was so
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  obsessed with Marilyn Monroe. He even went to like where she
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  used to live and there we know first Americans who are the
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  house issues to live on to the place where you used to live and
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  visited the areas of where she visited has every book on it.
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  You know, I don't know life and death every autobiography.
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  She'd ever kind of released any kind of anything to do with
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  Marilyn Monroe. He has it in a memorabilia
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  former and there's nothing wrong with that.
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  I think that's cool. I think it's healthy.
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  I think it's nice to have topic of interest, you know, and it
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  could range from anything. So the also some like topical
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  examples of popular culture, but people could be obsessed with
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  camera lenses, right and you could be like the most
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  knowledgeable person on a camera lens and not specifically a
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  camera guy, but just a guy who knows a lot about camera lenses
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  you could be Somebody who knows everything there is to know
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  about drill bit or screws or screwdrivers and there's nothing
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  wrong with that you can get obsessed with absolutely
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  anything and that is like people on the Spectrum have Obsession.
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  Do you usually carry around things like Doctor Who or sci-fi
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  or Sciences or math or whatever but it could be absolutely
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  anything. It doesn't always have to be
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  those things that just those things keep coming up time and
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  time again, like Comic-Con and comic books and you know, sci-fi
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  and Star Wars and Game of Thrones and all these things.
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  So, you know, and this is no exception.
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  This is Asperger's in adults if you're male or female How's this
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  specific like topic of Interest trait if you like?
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  Okay, so another Mountain Oil the types and topics and all
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  those kind of things. But how is this beneficial to
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  anybody other than just pleasing the self of the person who is
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  exploring those topics. Now, this is beneficial in a
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  simple way. That's where it this way
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  Microsoft for instance knows that there are a large number of
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  autistic individuals who are very good at computer
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  programming because they become obsessed with it and they learn
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  everything there is to know about it.
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  So now Microsoft have a program where they Specifically hire
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  autistic individuals to work for them because they are going to
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  be the most knowledgeable people on that platform showing other
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  people how to do things that probably never seen before for
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  instance with myself. I'm obsessed with search engine
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  optimization and how to optimize content on social media so much
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  so that when I was doing a talk in the autism ball for the
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  national autistic Society a couple of weeks ago, I was
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  actually approached by a firm and maxing film.
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  He wanted me to come in and do a bit of a talk about that
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  obsession with SEO could I teach some stuff could I show them
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  some things but I do a talk for them in their staff.
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  Could they learn from me? And so I went there and I did
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  the talk and because I'm obsessed with it.
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  It wasn't really hard work. It was just me talking about
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  something like I'm obsessed with and I absolutely love I like I
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  just can't get enough of those specific topic of interest and
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  that was just fascinating. Also another version of this is
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  where it led to me and making a video on Aliens conspiracies.
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  I'll leave that on the link above here as well.
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  So you can see that even conspiracy.
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  Video if you want and let me know if you want to see more of
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  those because if you guys are returning subscribers big shout
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  out and a big hello to anybody who's new but people who are
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  returning your my Super Hero Squad the astral Spirits God.
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  Thank you so much for returning and let me know if you'd like to
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  see more alien conspiracy kind of videos.
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  So how is this valuable again? Looking at things like Nikola
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  Tesla Albert Einstein Bill Gates Eminem to name a few people on
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  the autism spectrum who are contributing to our society with
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  their specific topic of Interest Who are pushing something.
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  Would I also love making videos? This is kind of like one of my
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  interests as well as making videos making YouTube stuff
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  which ties along with SEO and things like that.
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  So it's adding value to Society on just like an amazing scale
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  that is amazing having people who are interested in something
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  so much so that they are adding mass amount of value in
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  scalability to society is totally worth it.
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  So I am just honestly just obsessed with loving the fact
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  that autistic individuals have obsessions.
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  I love it. I think we should always ways
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  encourage it parents come to me is sometimes an ask Dan, you
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  know, my kids really interested in Minecraft in gaming and
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  obsessed with game. What should I do?
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  I say will encourage it because maybe they could become a game
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  programmer maybe one day they can review games for a living
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  maybe one day. They can be a consultant for a
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  gaming firm, you know, you never know what opportunities lie
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  through professional interest of somebody who knows a lot about a
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  good topic and a good subject.