#ASPERGERS HYPERFOCUS TV#

I can get so absorbed in what I am researching that hours can go by between when I look at the clock. To most people, researching topics seems tedious and boring (and indeed I find research boring when it is based around a topic that I have little or no interest in) but, to me, when I am researching a topic that I am obsessed with, I don’t see it as work-I enjoy it and see it as fun. My answer is that I see it from a different perspective. Several people have asked me in the past how I can concentrate on researching something for such an extended period of time. I guess it’s a fundamental difference between how people on the spectrum class as an obsession versus how people who aren’t on the spectrum class it.

#ASPERGERS HYPERFOCUS TV#

I have met a lot of people who say that they are obsessed with something-a particular TV show or a band, but actually can’t retain half as much information as I would be able to if I was obsessed with the same thing. I believe that it is this trait that allows us to retain so much information about our obsessions and spend so much time on them.Ī lot of people who aren’t on the spectrum don’t fully comprehend the level of concentration and time that we dedicate to our obsessions. When I am interested in something, I can spend up to 10 hours at a time obsessively researching it and everything related to it. One trait that is shared by a lot of people on the autistic spectrum is that of being able to hyperfocus on something which is fascinating to us.

Aspergers hyperfocus