#as someone w/ both intrusive thoughts and hyper-fixations pls actually learn what those things mean before using them so liberally | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

rayvern-sheep · 2 months

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I have noticed an annoying increase in ppl using “hyper-fixation” to describe something they enjoy…

Please look up what terms mean instead of just repeating them because you saw someone else use it. The context they used it in might be wrong.. It makes it hard to actually talk abt this shit when everyone severely misunderstands what the term means.

It’s not as serious as misusing the term “intrusive thought” but it’s still not great.

#shut up ray #my friend the other day seemed to get special interest mixed up w/ hyper-fixation #she loves sonic and she has done since she was a kid #… she described her love as a hyper-fixation #and idk… i cant stop thinking abt it..#girl that is NOT a hyper-fixation that is a special interest my fellow neurodivergent friend #i know very well what a HF is like and it is not like that alfjskfj #you are very invested in the thing and love the thing and know lots of stuff abt the thing #but it has not taken over your life to the point that its ALL you can think abt #im not too knowledgeable of what having a special interest is like as i am not on the spectrum #but i know from personal experience what a HF is like and oh my god its intense #yknow.. as ‘hyper’ and ‘fixation’ would imply..#but i keep seeing other ppl doing this #thinking ‘hyper-fixation’ is synonymous w/ ‘I love and care abt this thing’#bro that is not the saaaaaame #HFs take over your life for the whole duration #you will think abt them almost constantly in any situation #you will want to just spend your whole time invested in this thing to the detriment of your own bodily needs #the misuse of mental health and medical terms is so frustrating…#as someone w/ both intrusive thoughts and hyper-fixations pls actually learn what those things mean before using them so liberally #they’re genuine fucking things w/ actual meaning lmao

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