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Hyperfocus - The ability (in my case) to be able to sit and program for 20+ hours without stopping to eat, drink or take bathroom breaks. It's like Zen. You're in the zone and the house could burn down around me and I wouldn't even notice. My partner used to come home from work and she'd be home for several hours before I'd notice.

Problem solving skills. Being able to see things from a different perspective to NT's and being able to solve problems in unconventional, sometimes brilliant ways.

Special Interests - We learn EVERYTHING there is to know about a subject and then we build on that.
I can program in over seven different computer languages, all self taught. I know TCP/IP like the back of my hand. I can build, repair, install various types of OSes including UNIX/Linux, setup UNIX servers, administer them and reconfigure if need be - and I'm all self taught.

I can do and learn ANYTHING if I'm into it (like a Special Interest) but, if I'm not interested in something, no matter what you do, I'll never learn it.

Photographic memories - I remember things in snapshots, like still pictures and when the images come to mind, EVERYTHING that was said, done, what people were wearing, what was playing on the radio, the weather, etc. It's as though I've gone back in time and watching it happen - only in picture frames. My partner used to hate this as well because I'd always be able to prove her wrong.

We tend to take things literally. Many of us can't lie or don't see the point in telling anything but the way it is. We make good friends. If someone is upset, instead of just patting them on the shoulder and saying, "You poor thing!", we tend to offer suggestions/solutions to their problems.

As I said, everyone's different. Some say they have no special abilities but a lot of the ones I have, I know many others also have because of what they've written and I can relate to it 100%

There are so many more advantages but these are just a few.

If you offered me a pill that would turn me into an NT, I'd turn it down.

Don't get me wrong. There are a HUGE number of disadvantages to being an Aspie but I take the good with the bad and wouldn't change me for anything in the world.

Floating...nice.

In more ways than you realize

Oh God, I'm on a Bullet For My Valentine bender!

---> I'm feeling pretty nice myself.

I'll be honest, I am too faded to have read that whole post and actually care about what I read but this part stands out to me.

I always felt cheated out one of the good things about Autism by not having a 100% prefect photographic memories. Seems I do think visually but those pictures lack depth or some detail. Like instead of remembering reading something, I remember the whole paper with all the information on it rather than just what I need to think about. I don't know maybe I did have a prefect photographic memory and I destroyed it on drugs.

Oh course with some of the stuff I've been through, I am glad I don't have a prefect photographic memory.

That's it. Rub it in

Sorry, I didn't mean to do that.
I won't speak of it.
I'm great at not speaking about things.
It's my special ability.

What did you have for dinner tonight?

I have some obvious repressed memories of traumatic events that I won't really go into but its funny cause how obvious the trauma effected the memory. I remember the stuff leading up to the traumatic event and afterwards but with fewer details of the actual traumatic event.

Wow that kinda complex but you know I have seen some stuff, pretty messed up world out there.

Still better than this ability

The brain blocks it out.
It's a kind of self preservation.
I don't remember much of that kind of thing either.
I'm quite happy about that.

That's alright Raleigh. The world goes on and doesn't have to bend around my problems.

I'm cooking a beautifully marbled piece of scotch fillet with roast garlic, chilli and rosemary jus with a side salad with balsamic vinegar and roast garlic.

Normally, just the smell of vinegar makes me want to chunder but this stuff is sweet and nice.

I was a mute.
Being a mute was interesting.
Some people prey on those who won't speak.
The world is a SICK, SICK place.

You know what hurts me more is that most of the screwed up crap that happened to me me was because of my brother. Really hurts when your own flesh and blood hurts you the way mine have. My brother went to prison a lot and I am beginning to see a pattern and also a why after all these years.

My brother is criminally insane I think,

That sounds delicious.
Sounds like something you would read on a restaurant menu.

Do you have Aldi there?
They have the most wonderful grass-fed beef at the Aldi here