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When special interests become overwhelming instead of sustaining

Everyone says I should be grateful for my special interests but they consume me completely and I cannot function in any other area of my life anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very traits celebrated as autistic strengths can become sources of imbalance when they dominate consciousness entirely.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Autism spectrum — lived experience?”

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