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Originally Posted by mossanimal
Also.. how do you distinguish a 'goal oriented' obsession? I feel like my obsessions are linked to a final 'goal'.. and when I've attained it I drop it. For example my latest obsession (which led to depression and the hospital) was to unite pottery with my metal smithing job/interest and to have a big gathering of metal smiths, potters, etc to demonstrate these connections. I worked on this in such an intense manner that I fell way behind on my business leading to blah, blah.
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Because you want to share your beliefs and interests so much and many different things are all connected and used to achieve basically one goal, it's very likely part of a psychotic, manic episode.
If treatment for ASD would help you a diagnosis might be a good idea. All I can say is that I don't believe the two can co-exist.
Hope this helps you a bit to clear things up and helps you do decide what things might be most important to mention to your doctor.
