I recently got diagnosed with autism (and ADD), and I think I just realized something funny about myself 😭
I’ve been watching Barbie movies since I was a kid with my sister. Back then, as a little boy with too much ego, I would never admit it… but lowkey I always thought they were actually really good 💀 Like the colors, the music, the whole vibe — it just hits.
Now recently I started watching them again, and it turned into a full special interest.
I literally spent 3 hours talking with a girl about Barbie movies… not just casually, but actually analyzing them:
- the lore behind the worlds
- the characters and their personalities
- their goals and motivations
Like a full deep dive for HOURS 😭
I also have synesthesia, so for me it’s not just watching — the music and scenes feel like colors, atmospheres and almost like “textures” in my head. That might be why these movies hit even harder for me.
And the crazy part is: I don’t even do this on purpose. My brain just locks in and starts connecting everything.
At the same time I can forget basic stuff like what I ate earlier, but somehow I remember random details from Barbie movies or come up with interpretations out of nowhere.
Is this a normal autism thing? Like getting super deep into something and analyzing it way more than expected?
Because it honestly feels like a buff and a debuff at the same time 💀