Shedding skin (will I ever shut up about neurodiversity?)
I’ve often gone through these cycles; I’ll get restless and bored and seek and find a new focus. My cycle of obsessions are often observationally subtle; going through different fashion trends, binge watching specific types of shows I’ve become obsessed with or bingeing everything a certain actor has been in, I’ll deep dive into YouTube rabbit holes researching “how to find your body shape” to find the perfect style for me or go mad on Pinterest looking at a haircut or colour I want (but likely won’t dare try)… I’ve always got something I’m keen to verbally vomit onto you if you bring the topic up. My restless obsessions and hyperactivity tend to be VERY internal and unseen much by others, but in classic introvert style if I get on the right topic with people I trust and have opened up to, then I literally won’t shut up. Yet occasionally, I will find myself feeling an obsession slip away from me without a new one on the horizon and I’ll feel strangely empty, and the restlessness feels ...
