Self-affirmation Pledge for those with AS

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Thank you for sharing this, I strive to be more optimistic and more positive about everything so this does help, anything relative to me usually does help me as a person , so thank you.

My discipline will set me apart and ahead of the pack.
Their happiness will die and mine can only grow.
I will try to be more positive, hopefully this misanthropy is just a phase.

I've worked for years to accomplish this. And yes, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Funnily enough this

is what any telling myself/believing any sort of affirmation(s) whether it(they) be specifically related to aspergers or be completely general/generic equates to for me.

I know what you mean, hits home with me.

It's hard to accept a few of them, because I do feel defective and a bunch of negative things.

Great affirmations though.

This is very nice. Thank You.

I am not defective. I am different. After finally securing a job in newspaper delivery, I can accept that. My long-term memory allows me to deliver without needing a list. The list in my head can be tweaked at any given moment, with new customers, and people who have stopped their subscriptions

I will not sacrifice my self-worth for peer acceptance. I learned not to do that about ten years ago. I had my crew, and we were happy. We also didn't take crap from anyone else.

I am a good and interesting person. I'm told my storytelling is quite entertaining.

I will take pride in myself. I don't intend to let my musical talents go to waste, as I improve every day.

I am capable of getting along with society. Ehh....I'd rather just be left alone with the people who count. My jam-buddies, my gamer-buddies, that's who I care about getting along with. I can be superficially charming with everyone else, but I've got a cute face, which works for me.

I will ask for help when I need it. When I had a flat tire, my friend who I was giving a ride helped me change it for the first time, and other good Samaritans helped out as well. No shame in that.

I am a person who is worthy of others' respect and acceptance. Worthy, as long as I don't put my foot in my mouth. In that case, I accept the blame on myself.

I will find a career interest that is well suited to my abilities and interests. Though being a "newspaper ninja" as I call it, is lucrative, I hope that the purchase of an upright bass will help me get into operas, orchestras, and also gain some street cred by jamming along with other street musicians.

I will be patient with those who need time to understand me. Not if they're hostile or passive-aggressive toward me.

I am never going to give up on myself. Of course. The only other option is catatonia, or suicide.

I will accept myself for who I am. Yeah, I can dig that. I'm 5 IQ points short of the lowest form of "genius". I have perfect pitch, great spatial relations, and am an excellent mimic when I tell funny anecdotes. The mimicry, which I've cultivated over the years, is really the only thing I'm really proud of.

My biggest problem is inertia and impatience, but I try to overcome the anxiety that causes such a thing.

I can survive the isolation.

I can survive 30 or plus more years, if I survived thus far.

It doesn't matter in the great scheme of things, job or not, friends or not.

I am a Perfect Paradox

I pledge to always be myself never doubting who I am a person nor letting other's ignorance stand in my way within the journey of life..

How do you figure?

I am able to be at peace, with myself.

I will have pride and dignity with AS. I'll keep moving forward in life.

I agree with that pledge, thanks for posting it.

The size that I am, is the perfect size, for me.

I don't just want to survive... I want to live. I'm currently learning as much about myself as I can and creating as many self-help strategies as I can come up with so that I can achieve this. I hope that I'll be a happy, healthy, peaceful person in control of my own life.