Hi
I might call it kind of love.the atracciones of love make us being crazy and lover for beads.we see beauty of beads.beauty is one of atracciones in love.we wear beads . people wear them . Again increasing beauty.i keep pigeons for 42 yeas.for me is like kind of love.but beside I keep my responsibility and love for my family. For me listening positive words, watching nice views nature, beads, pigeons, poetry.....all are kind of love.
Ali
After some limited reading on the topic, it seems that the autism spectrum disorders are not the same as OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, which I think is related to bead collecting. Autism and Asperger’s appear in early childhood, and are associated with a range of issues like communication and social problems, etc.
Having an otherwise normal life that also includes a passion for beads does not seem to fit the profile of any of the autism spectrum disorders. Of course any passionate hobby can turn into a destructive obsession if it negatively affects one’s job, relationships, finances, etc. In that case the person needs to join Bead Collectors Anonymous and follow a twelve step program to recovery. Hopefully there is a chapter in your area if you need treatment.
Additionally, I would be happy to take all your beads off your hands so you can concentrate on getting well.
After an enlightening Google-Search for "autism, collecting", I may autodiagnose myself at last.
Thank you, Fred.
I home-schooled one of my son's who has high functioning Aspergers.Trainspotting as it is called in England was one of the years long stages. This is rote memorization of engine types , specifications and old time tables etc. simply to fill a need.I suspect that high functioning Asperger people would gravitate more toward writing and publishing about beads as adults as the syndrome does seem to evolve with age into a more functional skill set. That same son went to Princeton where the joke around campus was that at least 40% of the students had high functioning Aspergers.The basis for passion and expertise may obviously be found in these people but the hollowness of our modern disjointed lives may well be where most of our aesthetic and cultural passion for beads comes from today.
