>>50581506I'm nearly 30, and a diagnosed aspie like yourself. I recommend you pick up a hobby to start practicing a skill that is more socially acceptable. I grow shit in my garden, and most people assume I'm just a green thumb guy.
I've had to hide my interest in pokemon, anime, manga and even vanilla shit like final fantasy since I was 10 due to how narrow the interests of my peers were. I live in a shitty, chav infested corner of the UK, so I've had to pretend to be as bland as possible just to not get the shit kicked out of me for being different.
I feel the need to ask, do you have a job? And if so, how do you approach situations where your coworkers bring it up? I've got a work friend who's so deep into this shit, he definitely browses this site just as much as I do, but I don't trust him to keep my interest in pokemon between us purely because of how open he is with it.
