If you are monotropic you may have noticed that when engaged in your passions or special interests you enter a type of flow state. It may feel like your normal human time is dissolving instead, ‘monotropic time’ consumes you.

Engaging in interests and being in monotropic time can feel like an endless expanse of potential where everything outside of your attention tunnel ceases to exist, you may even feel like you are entering a type of portal. Being able to be fully immersed in your passions, special interests, and the things that bring you joy as an autistic person is an important way to recharge your sensory system and body mind. Enabling time for young people to engage in their passions is really important, even if some of those interests make no sense to you as an adult.

If you are monotropic you may find that you get more work done in an hour of engaged flow in monotropic time than you would otherwise get done over several hours when trying to do something that is of less interest.

If you are monotropic you may have noticed… – Helen Autistic Realms | Facebook

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