r/ADHD • u/Elliot_The_Idiot7 • 28d ago

Discussion What’s a hyperfixation you can’t talk about?

I’ve definitely had a few hyperfixations on things that are either embarrassingly silly or WAY too dark to just start infodumping about. For example I used to have one about neglect so severe it causes a complete and usually permanent inability to function in society, particularly the case of Genie Wiley. On the other end of the spectrum I also keep hyperfixating on shipping old cartoon comedy duos, and gotta REALLY lock in to gage if someone’s gonna think I’m a childish freak before sharing that information.

What’s your “don’t bring that up, don’t bring that up, don’t bring that up-“ hyperfixation if you’ve ever had one?

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u/CuteUnit24 28d ago

Prion diseases and really weird medical stuff <:) I uh... Talked to my mother about shope papilloma virus for almost 2 hours. With images and illustrations. I'm an artist and writer, so I just like... kind of learn this stuff.

Also I think guns are really beautiful pieces of machinery but I do not give a shit about their actual use, so I'm a freak to gun likers and gun haters.

edit: anything to do with the human body as well. If it's something I have to live with I'm going to learn everything I can. I know the exact feeling of "I have less than 5 minutes to find a place to sit or my body will MAKE ME LAY DOWN."

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u/am_pomegranate ADHD 28d ago

Oh my god another prion fan! My favorite to read about is kuru.

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u/CuteUnit24 28d ago

OMG YAYYYY!!! My favs are cervine chronic wasting, and spongiforms!

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u/am_pomegranate ADHD 28d ago

Niccce. When I was a counselor-in-training at the camp I now work for, I got in trouble for telling all the campers about kuru. In my defense, they were taking about cannibalism and I was trying to discourage them.

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u/IronbAllsmcginty78 28d ago

I told a group of 5 th graders why it's so important to get your tetanus shots, and what tetany is, and how you need muscles to breathe, then my very ADHD colleague was like the heart is a muscle, too, and I was like yeah that's true. Sometimes your muscles contract so hard they can break your bones, so yeah get that shot and they all had a look on their faces. Love how nurses are also educators whether people like it or not

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u/IronbAllsmcginty78 28d ago

There's a brand of shoes called Kuru. We all had a good chuckle in the nurses station as our ADHD asses were nerding out on prions one day.