If you had the chance to cure you're Autism would you?

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03 Jul 2016, 4:55 pm

ZombieBrideXD wrote:

I used to think no because i thought "its part of me" but then i realized how much in my life i struggle to stay a float and how much energy it costs me to just do simple things like going into a store.

I dropped out of high school
Cant work in customer service
Been banned from households
Been arrested
Attempted suicide

Not because of my autism, but because of lack of support and response.

As much as im comfortable with myself, i have put a strain on my already struggling family. I have had such a difficult time adjusting to the real world and always been falling behind.

I think it would be best to cure my autism for the sake of myself and everyone around me.

Problem is buddy you see these people around you who fail to try to understand you and family that fails to help someone who has a disadvantage. Forget them, you don't need them. Think about people like Einstein who were considered idiots until they got the proper people to help and understand. What you need to do is seriously try to get apart of a support services that can help guide you so you can get the support you need. Problem is though in the U.S. we don't get the support we need rather the children do so we sort of are screwed.

There are ways to pick your self up with help its gonna be a long road but once you get the support you need, the right job your golden. Also you don't need customer service its a dead end job anyways. Gave me gray hairs I just out of it and got into a position to where I can help myself. You can always private message me buddy if you need tips or anything guy.

EDIT: Btw I always wanted to go to Disneyland myself

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03 Jul 2016, 5:49 pm

No, I wouldn't feel like me anymore.

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03 Jul 2016, 5:55 pm

Absolutely not, but I am mostly on the mild side of the spectrum. There are certain parts of my autism I would love to be rid of, but I would not give up my autism as a whole just to get rid of them. I like who I am and feel like my autism, while challenging, has been more of an asset than a disability in my life, and it is also who I am.

I think most people with milder forms would say the same. I can definitely understand why people with more severe cases would choose to be "cured."

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03 Jul 2016, 6:03 pm

littlecatinthewindow wrote:

I don't know. I like being different and strange, but at the same time, I don't like being shy and afraid of things. If I could just turn off those parts and leave the rest that would be good.

I feel exactly the same, but I would add the depression and loneliness, especially because my little boy is on the spectrum too, and I don't want him to have to endure these things.

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03 Jul 2016, 6:43 pm

Yes, definitely!

Ever since I have been diagnosed with Aspergers, my confidence has deterred. I have it mildly, yes, but I never wanted it in the first place. So if there was a chance to cure this, I would definitely be the first to do so!

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03 Jul 2016, 7:03 pm

Absolutely. It's left me depressed and angry at all the milestones I've missed in my life. I want friends and relationships like everyone else has, but I'm denied that because I don't know how to get them. I hate Asperger's.

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03 Jul 2016, 8:39 pm

Yes.

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03 Jul 2016, 8:55 pm

Nope. I don't have the need to. :lol: Because I'm barely coping with life as it is, because I attain "Aspie Freedom" without longing for a cure.

Also, although ambitious, I don't just overcome (and hell no with dumbing down) just to 'level' with the majority, I want to surpass things.

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03 Jul 2016, 11:51 pm

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I'm very much on the mild side and would love nothing more than to be cured. Being milder does not make it better... it means I want things that it's all but impossible to have. They're just out of reach, taunting me. I am Tantalus, of Greek myth... condemned to forever hunger with food inches from my grasp. Autism is a one-way mirror between me and the things I want out of life. I pound on the glass until my knuckles bleed, screaming to be let out when people can't hear or see me suffering.

There is no upside to this. If someone walked in to the room right now, held a gun to my head and made me type out something positive about having autism, I could probably bulls**t my way out of it and come up with something; it would still be bulls**t. I wouldn't really believe it. If someone else has something to write in the "pros" column, that's great for them but I've got only "cons" and a lot of stuff that's just inconsequential.

Autism is not "a part of me", it's not just a difference for me, it would not get much better for me with more understanding from others, it's cancer for my soul. I'm really tired of all this. Every time one of these threads shows up it makes me depressed, yet I keep coming into them... maybe hoping someone will have some advice beyond "stop hating yourself" (I don't) and "be yourself" (I am). Hasn't worked yet.

So yeah, I'd take a cure. Possible side effects could include death or having my legs fall off and I'd still go "hell yeah, doc! Hook me up with that s**t!"

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04 Jul 2016, 12:01 am

I think i wouldn't in all honesty. Autism is what makes me special and unique and i really don't think if it was cured that i could adapt to a new mindset it's all i know. Sure it can be annoying i had to spend many many years teaching my self social skills but it had all paid off. Another question what you go back to being Autistic if you had cured it?

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04 Jul 2016, 12:23 am

stoatsarecool wrote:

I am sure there are many thing that make you special and unique, and autism is only one of them.

Not sure I understand your question, could you clarify it?

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04 Jul 2016, 12:41 am

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If I had a drive test as an NT just to see what I could learn more, and then if I get bored with it, sure. :lol:

I know NT individuals who want to be an aspie not because of something stupid like looking for a jerkass excuse or because it's a famous trend of making one 'special and unique'. :roll:

But who knows what else one could find in people and what they want? :twisted:

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04 Jul 2016, 2:53 am

HisShadowX wrote:

ZombieBrideXD wrote:

I am not disagreeing with your overall point, but what type of supports did Einstein get that modern day Americans with a similar makeup do not get?

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04 Jul 2016, 2:58 am

Edna3362 wrote:

If I had a drive test as an NT just to see what I could learn more, and then if I get bored with it, sure.

I do not want a cure but I would try a test drive because it would be a great learning experience.

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04 Jul 2016, 8:24 pm

Yes absolutely. I've already wasted 23 years of my life not being able to socialise with anyone or get a job. I'm surrounded by "normal people" that I don't understand and even if I come across another local Aspie online and such they won't speak to me.

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