Do you have barren walls and utilitarian design autism or horde of trinkets autism

Horde of trinkets. I wish I could declutter, but why would I throw away that Mini USB cable when I only have 3 more?!?!?!?!

the empty walls with only the few things i needed was my default. then i was married to a trash goblin for awhile. so now i've got artwork up and plants everywhere. but every single thing has a place it belongs and every surface is clear. completely empty spaces feel weird now but it cant be chaos piles ever again.

My rooms are covered in cables, motors, microcontrollers, etc. Wall to wall desks, soldering setup, 3d printing setup, music studio setup, temp protect setup, main gaming rig, etc. There are just kind of piles of laptops and PC parts. Oh and I have a home lab too. I need a garage but will never be able to afford it

I had a former coworker come pick me up one day after work to go for sushi and catch up. I just got home from work and needed a shower.

Tried to get him to wait outside because it was a beautiful day. Nah, he wanted to chill in my room. First thing he did was call my room a jail cell...

I've upgraded since then. Now I have a bunch of pothos plants and a depressed chilli pepper plant I keep watering because this creepy, demonic little puking worm lives in there. Only seen it a few times but it's there. I throw bits of food in the pot to keep it happy :)

Bit of both?

Balanced. Not a overstocked thrift shop, not an isolation chamber.

I recommend looking at DearModern's video's. He makes video's on how to design a living space as comfortable as possible.

Not in terms of looks, but in terms of feng shui. And not the spiritual kind either. Those who developed feng shui, found out how we as animals, scan our enviroment for threats. And positioning furniture, decorating halls and making zones can contribute to make a space feel safe and cozy.

I’ve done both. It just depends on how much money I have at the time. Or whether I’m moving often.

Slowly building a collection of manga, stuffed animals/plushies, games, CDs/DVDs/1 Blu-ray, and at this point a lot of cords in a drawer.

So I'm definitely leaning towards the hoard of trinkets type of autism.

My hoarding compulsion flips between electronic doodads, pens, and (rarely) pretty rocks. Who rocks what's going to happen when I finally accept cats into my home.

Barren walls, neat small hordes of interesting things on bookshelves and in drawers, all my furniture is either beech wood or its grey or black. I was a bit more of an interest hoarder when I was younger, but then I lived with a trinket collector and I developed an aversion to too much stuff so now I get rid of stuff I dont use.

Hey, those aren’t just any trinkets, those are my Incredibly Specific Brand Limited Edition Single-Release Collector’s trinkets which you could only get from attending a specific convention in May of 2009.

In my experience most people fall in between horder and own nothing. In the Autism population there are a few people in the extremes and they are hard to get along with.

I have organized chaos. Little piles of chaos, neatly in their own shelf, drawer, corner, etc instead of just everywhere in the open. At first glance, it seems neat and tidy. Just don't open the closet unless you want a cartoon style avalanche of stuff to fall on you.

I wouldn't call my room barren but I hate random stuff lying around. I don't understand trinkets, souvenirs, collectibles exposed and collecting dust.

I hored lots of dumb shit. Mostly optical media and hard drives. I'm a data hoarder lol. I like old books too. I have a copy of Paradise Lost from 1928 I believe. I tried reading it and got bored though. Maybe I should try it again now that I'm older. I'm jealous of your bird though. I want a feathery friend too!

More on the barren-side/minimalism side of the spectrum. However, I also live in a student dorm and move quite a lot, so that also contributes.