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i've been thinking that perhaps i attach too much of my identity to my hyperfixations, which also makes it kind of difficult to let them go once i'm no longer as into them. i think this is partially inevitable because a lot of neurodivergent people do form really personal connections to their hyperfixations and i do think losing that sucks. however i do want to form healthier relationships to mine.
ultimately they aren't what makes me who i am, they are just something i feel strongly connected to, and it's okay to let them go if at some point they no longer do for me what they used to.
i think part of the reason it's also hard to let go of them is because for a lot of people i think i've become "the guy who likes x" and that makes it harder to distance myself from those things, since even other people attach them to me.
i've never actually lost a major hyperfixation aka the ones i really care about, but i do have a fear that one day i will and i need to be less afraid of that and just live in the moment and deal with things as they come. and even losing the more minor ones can suck for me.
ultimately they aren't what makes me who i am, they are just something i feel strongly connected to, and it's okay to let them go if at some point they no longer do for me what they used to.
i think part of the reason it's also hard to let go of them is because for a lot of people i think i've become "the guy who likes x" and that makes it harder to distance myself from those things, since even other people attach them to me.
i've never actually lost a major hyperfixation aka the ones i really care about, but i do have a fear that one day i will and i need to be less afraid of that and just live in the moment and deal with things as they come. and even losing the more minor ones can suck for me.
