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Welcome back to the place where we think differently daily
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My name is Diane and today I'm doing a video all about autism obsessions
and how it's a good thing that can absolutely help you so much.
So having an autism obsession or obsessive interest, um, Can be quite,
um, can be a negative thing actually.
Um, cause you could be a holder, you could collect too much,
spend too much money on things.
There's a whole bunch of things that having the obsession with something
continued to in an unhealthy obsession, but, but there is a bunch of things
that you can do, which is super awesome for like, Um, people who want
to use it as a, as a superpower or a tool or weapon in that arsenal,
which is super, super awesome.
So I've done this video in a way that I can basically give you three tips of
how you can actually use it for your, um, your, for your advantage basically.
And that's basically it.
So without further ado, let's get into it.
But before we do, I just want to ask if you haven't already.
And you want to download my free autism life hacks PDF book.
Then you can do at autismhacks.net.
All right.
Let's jump into the video.
Okay guys.
So number one is calming down.
So if you find joy and comfort from obsessive interests or a topic of
interest, um, and like, you know, you, you, you feel relaxed and calm
when you're studying penguins, right?
If you are in a situation where your work there or you're stressed, or
you're going to have a meltdown, then if you stop your obsessive interest
topic, like if you start reading about.
Um, penguins are discussing stuff about penguins, or looking at penguin videos
that is going to calm you down and help you feel so much more at ease.
So you're using it as a tool to help you overcome something that is, you
know, detrimental or negative outlet moment in time, which my friends is
a super awesome, super comfy hack.
I use.
All the time.
No joke.
Okay.
So number two is finding a job.
So if you have an autism obsession, um, with like say a really interested
in like computer science and coding, right, then you could potentially become
a knowledge base on that subject and be really good at it, which would give
you a really good, um, Uh, leeway to go for a job interview and potentially
getting a position in the company.
If you're really, really good at a certain thing, like the company really, really
needs, which I think is really, really awesome because you know, people with
obsessive interests and topics become kind of like the master in what they
really, really enjoy mastering what they like, which is the thing that they love.
You know, you could be like a game kind of like Wiz kid and then.
You could get a job with a game company.
Cause you'd be like a knowledge base more so than anybody else,
which is just absolutely fantastic.
So on that, let's move on to tip number three.
So tip number three, here is making friends now one of the biggest
struggles, I feel like people on the autism spectrum do have, is
finding friends and making friends.
And, uh, this is, uh, due to a bunch of sort of things, social communication
aspects, social conformity, we'll do different things that happen
socially, which do impact it.
The person's ability to, um, uh, you know, act in social situations, but that is
an upside to having obsessive interests.
When it comes down to making friends, if you, uh, are interested in a
certain topic, Then you can go and find friends within that certain topic.
So basically if I'm interested in Star Trek, I can go to Star Trek
forum after conventions, spark conversations and discuss those things.
Because the people who will find you interesting, because they will
know that you are interested in the same things they're interested
in, but your like a knowledge base, like a wealth of knowledge.
Yeah.
Which is super dope.
Like everybody's going to be like, Whoa, this person knows
all the stuff on Star Trek.
And like now, well, it can be.
BFFs forever, which is super, super dope.
So you can see how you can turn obsessive interests from being something that
people kind of go, Oh my goodness, they're holding the house with all this
junk to be in something like, Whoa.
Now you've used it as a superpower in your arsenal because you
are awesome and you've done it.
You beat the system, guys.
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