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An odd phenomenon i noticed.
Usually people like to share their hobbies to whoever is willing to listen and especially to people close to them.
What if that doesn't work? Like the complete opposite, trying to hide their hobbies especially from people close to them and really uncomfortable if any questions are asked about it or any comments made to the degree of not actually even engaging in any hobby activities in the fear of getting any attention on it?
I know it's not normal. I just can't figure out what that is or how to fix it?
Or is that too heavy subject for casual conversations?
Telling people specifics about my hobbies has always been scary. Particularly when it's weird or doesn't fit the way I assume people see me. For me, I ascribe it to social anxiety mostly, esp resulting from a bunch of childhood occurances that made me very insecure about being open about my interests. Probably one of those things that's not directly autism, but commonly happens in autistic people because of the social issues that often comes with.
That's interesting, thank you for sharing.
So it's more of a correlational relationship rather than causational.
Does it happen with people close to you as well? Like with people who you can trust and logically know wouldn't say anything bad or shame you for any of those hobbies?