#hyperfixations

[ricky-yaps]

[ringosmistress]

[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.

[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!!!!

[brattzbride]

The way that Caracalla seemed to view himself as inferior to his twin is so interesting, considering Geta seemingly did not mind sharing everything with his brother.

He never attempted to make himself appear superior to Caracalla in anyway, (that we know of.)

A possible source may be from Geta constantly trying to keep Caracalla in line, and Caracalla viewing that as him thinking he just knows better.

[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

[xanyiaz]

[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-

[the-chosen-half-of-one]

Don't impulse buy anything, the hyperfixation will pass, don't impulse buy anything, the hyperfixation will pass, don't—aaaaaaahhhhhhh *my psychic powers add ten different things to cart*

[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”

[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.

[charredmoons]

Some Phone wallpapers for you fruits ✨✨✨

The first one has Will Wood and Tally Hall, and the second one has ENA, Gravity Falls, CCCC/HMS and Weirdcore!

[forestgromlin]

btw dp you knwo how insane and weird it feels to have people irl tell you randomly that they like a fandom you were going to take to the grave?? i’ve NEVER had anyone like the same thing as me in the same way. like, i’ve had people vaguely like things i’ve likes in the oast, like harry potter and taylor swift, which are both very popular

but. in the past month or so i’ve had it happen TWICE.

first one of my bestie’s friends who’s also in choir with me revaled that she’s in the marauders fandom. and she’s obsessed with it. and likes jegulus and wolfstar and etc. which. fucking insane i never would have told anyone ever that i’m in the marauders fandom

AND THEN

2 days ago oen of my friends (who has adhd!!!!) started talking to me about hermitcraft and the life series and etc.!!!!!!! SHE’S HYPERFIXATED ON IT TOO

DO YOU HAVE AHY IDEA WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE

OH MY GOD THIS SI INSANE

okay so actually she hasn’t watched hermitcraft yet bc she said it’s kind of boring BUT she’s watched the life series and empires and is going to watch Joel’s hermitcraft season bc it’s impossible for anything he’s in to be boring (not that i agree that hc is boring anyways but you get the point)

but we had a christmas get together party thing last saturday and i was talking with her and her brother (who is like 8 years older btw also he’s trans which is unrelated but incredibly awesome and i felt like you guys should know) and her brother has watched hermitcraft!!! he watches joel grian and mumbo!!!!! I WAS SO EXCITED I NORMALLY PNLY TALK TO MY SILLY LITTLE MOOTS ON TUMBLR THIS IS WILD

anyways!! rambles are over i just needed to express how fucking insane this is for me i genuinlely felt not real for parts of this it felt like i was in a dream