@rebeccacrow9427
There is only one person in this world who is allowed to interrupt me when I am in hyperfocus, and that is my cat. Because let's be honest, she's my primary special interest, i love her, and she is an innocent little bean.
@towzone
It’s so very easy to have diverse interests and be able to switch focus quickly when everything is shallow. It’s hard to turn an iceberg.
@jenbloom6848
As an echolaliac autist, I must say “I’m shyyy” at the start of your videos. It readies my brain.
@jesterr7133
You have a hilarious way of explaining it, but you are absolutely correct. There is nothing more annoying than being interrupted when I am doing something. My brain instantly goes into what I call "Go the fuck away" mode, and I do whatever is necessary to make my level of annoyance perfectly clear to the person that has so rudely interrupted me.
@jamesgoodwin9310
This video hits home. I was late diagnosed with ADHD and Autism at 43, and it all started when my 9-year-old was tested, leading us to learn it’s hereditary. I’ve realized I can go all day without eating unless my wife brings me food at night or my stomach finally demands attention. For years, I thought this was a habit I picked up from my busy military days—eating only once a day because there wasn’t much time. But the more I reflect, I see this pattern was there even before the military. I’ve always just eaten when my body reminded me to, and now it all makes so much sense.
@julieprins9825
I don't usually allow myself to get deeply into anything anymore, because I hate the interruptions so much. Because of this, I get very little done.
@oddikak
I was today years old when I found out I use monotropic thinking!
@TheLavenderLover
I now understand why someone interrupting my teaching or suddenly showing up to “observe me”, hurts my brain and makes me angry.
@AyaOwenn
I am autistic, and I think I might be also ADHD, 'cause my special interests keep changing. I just spent almost a week, 9 to 12 hours a day, creating a whole new ttrpg combat system, based on my favorite video game. I build minis in clay, I wrote a guide, I spent hundreds of euros in battle maps and crafting furnitures, hours balancing the fun and difficulty of the gameplay of each type of character, and I'm very proud of what I've done. I proposed to a few of my friends to come test it one day. And I woke up a few days ago, and I'm so bored of it, I can't work on it anymore, and I don't know what to do. I feel I've exhausted myself, I messed up my sleep schedule, I lost my routines, I ate sugar for days, because I didn't want to leave my work to buy groceries... Monotropism is nice, but I can't handle it, I always end up like a mess. And I'm currently unemployed, but when I am, you can imagine the effects on my job ! I feel like sisyphus, and my rock just dropped to the bottom of the mountain.
@assimilateborg
While watching the video, I suddenly thought about a situation at work... and now I have to rewind the video because my brain just did not register anything while my mind was somewhere else. And what part of the video was it? Well about that most people can do many things at the same time. How fitting!
@Andrea-orchidsadutchy4940
When I was a teenager once I was reading in the kitchen, when my father came and started to make popcorn in a big pan in the stove. At some point he decided to go do something else, and asked me to call him when the popcorn was starting to get ready (it should be easy to notice, because the popping noise is fast at the beginning, and then it starts to slow down until it stops). I don't remember whether I acknowledged him or not. I might have grunted something in response, and he left. I continued reading. At some point my reading was disturbed by him angrily screaming at me. Apparently, the popcorn had gotten ready and started to burn, and the whole kitchen was covered by a thick smoke, and I was still concentrated on my reading, completely unaware of the smoke. (There was no fire, we didn't have a fire alarm, and the popcorn was burning inside the pan). I didn't smell nor see the smoke, and I didn't notice the noises of the popcorn popping nor the popping ending. He was not understanding at all. It's funny to think of it now, 30 years later. Both my father and I are autistic, though undiagnosed. Maybe if we knew we were both autistic we would have been more understanding to each other. He passed away years ago, undiagnosed. I understand him much better now, with all the knowledge about autism I have acquired.
@yonni8604
Thanks man. I'm newly diagnosed (at fkin 50). and you make things feel less scary by far.
@TricaudaeStudio
I deeply appreciate the point that you brought up about the physical and physiological discomfort that can happen with interruptions. For me, it also happens when I have to think about a task that is coming up - even if the task is fun, that sinking pit just yawns open from under my ribcage and threads its tendrils of dread up through my chest and into my throat. The worst part about it is that I will never escape that feeling for as long as I live. I do my best to ignore that fact through diversions and finding joy as much as possible; otherwise the mire just pulls me in. Thank you for your humour and candor!!! It is so refreshing!
@ForeverIslandGirl
Omg, this!!! I am an educator and let’s just say, I go ALL in! I call Autism my superpower. ❤
@maidofcornwall
I love your videos 🥰 When I'm focused on doing something, we say I'm on a mission. I knit, and an adult garment isn't something that can be made in one day. So when I'm on a mission with a jumper, it's all I want to do until it's finished. It really bugs me when I have to stop for anything sometimes. When I'm writing I get so involved in the story that I'm there and the transition back to real life is very unsettling. And yes, I can easily miss meals and loo breaks too.
@Galifay
Man, I can't count tbe number of times I've stayed at work until 6:30+PM to get something done. I was diagnosed this past April, and I'm slowly realizing that my behaviors were VERY autistic lol. I'm glad for videos like this that are so informative 🙂
@xzonia1
OMG! My whole life, I've thought I've had a bad memory because I'd literally forget very basic things like eating or going to the bathroom. I had to learn to remind myself to do these things, and even then it's just so hard to remember! I guess I have monotropism though. Lightbulbs are exploding and fireworks are going off in my head hearing this. Thanks! X)
@forakermm
Holy shit! Is it dark outside??!! I say this at least once a week. (I thought it was just me…..being lazy and not doing things I should be doing 😬)
@juliegolick
I'm still on a journey of trying to figure out whether I'm autistic or not, but this entire video resonated so hard for me. I think the only part that didn't resonate with me was the "needing more time to think of what I'm going to say" or "needing to focus on lots of different things during a conversation." But everything else, 100% spot-on. Thank you so much for this!
@lhans1368