#hyperfixations

[a-delicate-disaster]

And then people will be like, "isn't it exhausting analyzing all the time?" and I'm like, no?? I'm have so much fun??

the most fun a girl can have is finding parallels, noticing patterns, making connections, contemplating

[ricky-yaps]

[ringosmistress]

[zebracakesarecopingmechanisms]

ok so we know about the need to infodump, but what about the opposite? The need to absorb more information about your special interest like a sponge, but you literally can’t find any new material because you’ve already consumed every fact about it

[cloudofbutterflies]

Me on a crazed hyperfixation reblogging spree: oh my god... my mutuals... they must hate me for clogging up their dashes... plz dont stop following me i promise i won't be this annoying ever again

Me when my mutuals go on crazed hyperfixation reblogging spree: you go girl!!! reblog those posts!!! those two should kiss!!! they are the bestest girl!!!! go girl go!!!!

[mx-nii]

Being neurodivergent means constantly grieving your old hyperfixations or special interests as new things come and take over, sometimes permanently replacing the old.

Coming to terms with the fact that you’re allowed to love more than one thing so wholeheartedly, so consumingly, is something I still struggle so much with.

In part because I feel guilt for “abandoning” my old interests & not spending as much time/any time on something that would keep me up at night, feeling that love fade to the background - but also because it’s exhausting to care for things so deeply. It takes an extremely heavy toll to give 150% to multiple things.

[tremendously-crazy]

Pov: You've never had a good, proper friendship before, so the moment you have one with a boy, you convince yourself that you like him, and then you do all the things people do when they like someone, (complimenting them, trying to spend time with them, talking to them, thinking about them 24/7), only for things to get stressful and anxiety enducing when you both confess to each other because you don't REALLY know what its like to love/like someone romantically and everything he does grosses you out and now you're just texting him for hours but he won't even look at you in real life and LOOK NEW HYPERFIXATION!! GOODBYE KID MY NEW LOVE IS SHERLOCK HOLMES

[canonically-asexual]

Being an adult with hyperfixations is so embarrassing like why am I obsessing over gay pirates I have a mortgage and back pain

[ghostsfruit]

You know that moment you realize the small hyperfixation has become a full blown special interest.

Like how the fuck did we get here-

[xanyiaz]

[hyperfixationhorde]

Some hyperfixations are like “oh this’ll be cool for a few months!” And others are like “oh I’m gonna be stuck here for years”

[the-swift-tricker]

does the hyperfixation ever hit you in that extremely particular way where you want to be able to physically eat the thing you're obsessing over or is that just me

[chaos-in-one]

Genuinely wish people would talk about the existence of negative and distressing hyperfixations more often

Almost all the talk I see about hyperfixatons online or in media is just "oh I love this thing and can't stop focusing on it because I'm so invested in it"

And while those are a common kind of hyperfixation, they aren't the only ones. Sometimes people hyperfixate on things they don't actually like. Sometimes people hyperfixate on things they actively hate. Sometimes you can even hyperfixate on something that is actively triggering or otherwise upsetting to you.

[serikyl]

Combining two hyperfixations and thinking about them at the same time is like when Remy Ratatouille combines the strawberry and the cheese

[defective-and-effective]

if it’s not hurting you or anyone around you and it brings you a sense of peace or joy it’s not silly. it’s not stupid. it’s not annoying. it’s as necessary as the blood in your veins, and im grateful that you have it