What are your talents?

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Posting wacky things in Random Discussion instead of bitching about my problems, when I'm in a good mood.

Drawing, listening, wood carving when i get the chance for it, exercising, walking for hours, taking photo's, studying, playing pokemon, being social at the moment that its needed especially outside even though i get anxious afterwards, seeing details, being understanding, writing down my feelings, reading, i'm also alright at baking and cooking, being helpful to others, pushing myself too hard xD staying healthy, i'm good at listening to music and i can sing a bit too, but i have no talent for instruments, sorry if put a lot down here :x I'm also good at english *study/school related though* i think i have a lot of talents and i'm very proud of that :) But there's also a ton of things i can't do or i'm very scared of.

I am good at wrestling, writing and acting.

Art...at least I think so.

I did this (Sophomore US History project)

http://forums.psychcentral.com/picture. ... reid=17414

And this (Junior Art project)

http://forums.psychcentral.com/picture. ... reid=20839

Also writing

Well, this talent stuff had me thinking. NTs have talents, more or less, like we do. I don't think there's reason to believe we are especially gifted. The difference, as far as I can grasp it right now, is about detraction and determination. NTs are probably more easily detracted from whatever is on their minds than those in the autistic spectrum and they are more at risk to give up an activity if it doesn't seem rewarding.
So a talent in a person of the spectrum may have higher probability to lead to significant performance than the same talent in a NT person and can sometimes make up for our lack of social skills. And even in the absence of talent, stubborn practice begets skills.
Like my bicycle and motorcycle riding: I fell off some times, but I like to ride. As I had learned to fall with minimal damage, I rode on, not caring much about scratches and dents in the material, too. I'm still alive, never having raced with the fast crowd but on the roads in times of year and weather conditions when others prefer four wheels, fast as I like, faster than most in fact, just because it pleases me.

It can be hard to realize that you are in fact gifted in doing something like gardening. But, others can look at your plants and immediately see that they are bigger and healthier than what they normally see. An Aspie might not recognize the obvious if one fixates on the few bushes that aren't doing well--which may be why he is such a good gardener--he immediately sees problems and works on fixing them before they become fatal.

Messing with people.

I can wiggle my ears, and have fully independent control over each eyebrow. Very handy if I ever find myself needing to do an impression of a forlorn puppy!

I'm also a 1st-dan black-belt at klutz-jitzu - the ancient martial-art of inflicting excruciating pain by exploiting the natural weak points of the human body, utilising improvised weapons such as random pieces of furniture and door frames. I'm hoping that 2nd-dan training will teach me to use this as a defence technique by enabling me to do it to potential attackers rather than just myself.