Your autistic habits - No powerlevels, only puzzle pieces

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I lock the door four times, and check every other door and window in the house before I nap.
 
OfficerBagget said:
I think back on embarrassing moments or moments I think was embarrassing and then blurt out words or sounds because of the embarrassment I'm feeling remembering the moment, then confusing people who are around me and thus creating a new embarrassing moment to look back on, its a vicious cycle.
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^This, and also this:
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Put another one down for talking to myself, ever since I was a kid. I end up having full on arguments though, including:

"fuck you asshole!"
"No, fuck you, you condescending dickbag!"

"I can't goddamn stand you."
"The feeling is fucking mutual."

" How are you feeling today?"
"That's a loaded question and you know it."

Sometimes I wonder if I'm going insane.

Arguably the most autistic thing I do is whenever I have a frozen dinner, I eat it in a specific order, always starting with the worst part (the fucking dessert).
 
talk sh1t said:
Can you elaborate on this? What do you mean.
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Well, I wanted to write fantasy stories, I devoured anything I could get my hands on about how to write (this was pre-internet so it was scarce) and when I found out I was terrible at it I started journaling lists of sayings, phrases and just words I liked.

I'd swap the order of them, list what words rhymed closely and what rhymed loosely. I'd add things like what words must look/taste/smell/feel like and just sort of collected and studied them.

They made me angry a lot because people didn't use words and phrases in any logical way as far as I was concerned and I wanted to get to the bottom of it.

I was a bit of an odd child.

I never did get to the bottom of it though. My writing carried on sucking until I gave up and I still communicate like a tard, but I've moved on to cataloguing invertebrates and couldn't be happier for it.
 
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I lock my car 8+ times because I always feel like it didn't lock. Even when I hear it lock over and over, I have to give it a good 3 more clicks of the lock button on my keys.
 
Having the most limited music tastes ever.

My music taste could be described as less Fantano, and more iHeartRadio. Don't know if that's autistic or just normie.
 
Weed Eater said:
When I say "talking to myself", I don't mean rehearsing conversation or just musing to myself about the things I should do in the day. I'm literally holding conversations with myself as if there's another physical person there. The conversations can be about anything, though it will usually be influenced by whatever is present on my mind or if I'm watching something I find interesting. :oops:
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I developed something like that, probably from a combination of growing up with depression and having no real friends when younger. I'd have conversations with a "reassuring" or accepting voice in my head. To tell me things are okay and walk through what's bothering me or what I need to do. It's still just me thinking to myself though. For what it's worth, the voice/persona is "masculine" (I'm female) and I'm not entirely sure why.

I have a very hard time working on crafts or other activities without having some kind of video, podcast or music playing. It's probably counterproductive/distracting but I've conditioned myself that way.
 
Lame Entropy said:
I save the fur I brush off my cat. Don't ask me why I do it because I don't know, I just started doing it one day. I've got a nice little ball going.
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I do a crafty version of that? I like to cross stitch and embroider and I save the cut thread ends in a small glass jar. It's an interesting way to see the colors I've used over time.

When I sewed with felt I would cut the scraps into tiny pieces and separate by color. I had planned on doing some soft colorful "mosaic" with them sometime but I tossed it when I moved. I feel bad about that.
 
I have spent the last two years using my free time to design a medieval world in Minecraft based off an imaginary island archipelago I developed after researching currents, climate systems, and continental shelves.
 
talk sh1t said:
That's pretty autistic, and something I can see myself doing if I weren't so lazy on top of being autistic.

Hopefully you're contributing to your local wildlife monitoring groups with the invertebrate cataloguing, and you're not just keeping the data to yourself.
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What can I say, lists and diagrams are cosy!

I've never actually thought about sharing my data tbh, I always figured it was too messy and not useful like all the other lists. Making something of it is a bloody good idea!

BUUUUT I do hang out in bug forums and chat about my findings. I also draw diagrams and catalog the visuals of what I find and the species I keep that I put out into the world. There's a few fellow insect crazies out there in the world with my designs tattooed on them. That's a kinda embarrassing honour, I can't imagine how chuffed I'd be to contribute to the scientific community.

Thank you. For asking. Seriously I'm a soppy shit and it genuinely makes my day to be asked about special interests. Specially when mine are so bloody boring and bland. :P
 
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