If You Could Cure Your Autism Would You?

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I'd rather cure "stupidity" so we would be accepted instead of treated like broken outcasts and bullied just for being different

I'd get rid of my selective mutism if I could - but that wouldn't be so much of an issue if people wouldn't make a fuss about me trying to use the text-to-speech app on my phone or write or something. The main problem with that is really that people act like speaking is the only possible way to communicate.

I would also get rid of my comorbid depression and thoughts of suicide in a heartbeat if I could. But aside from those things, I'm okay with being autistic and would much rather not have to adapt to being a completely different person.

If I could, I would definitely destroy my autism. I have a kind of autism that makes me unable to function in society. I have the worst possible social skills and people are disgusted by me. When I join a conversation, all I can say is "yeah or uh-huh". My life isn't worth living. I might never amount to anything. It makes it worse as I come a from a poor family and I don't have access to the stuff that makes life worth living. I never had my own car, always used a bus. I can't afford a nice vacation or a fancy meal. I wear the same f*****g clothes I wore 1 year ago. It just sucks man. Life is a b***h and you die.

what would be the point of it now? Just finally started figuring out how to maybe work with it...now that I know what it is, might have been useful to have known 15 years ago, but that's ok.

At this point I would not want a cure or a reformation of brain chemistry -- whatever you want to call it.

I have finally accepted the fact that I am Autistic and thus mentally disabled so I have found some peace as to the cause of my many unusual mannerisms -- compared to NTs of course. And after employing a strategy of "arrogance and denial" -- as the great Tony Attwood was quoted saying in one of his many books regarding Asperger's Syndrome -- I am glad to have finally shed all of the hiding. Although at this point I am still hiding my Aspie secret from family, friends and work at least now I'm not hiding from myself -- which I think is the most important earthly person.

At this point in my advanced years, I have accepted this Autistic world as my own and to magically give it all up -- if that were even possible -- it would be like pushing a boulder up a mountain and to suddenly let it go it would feel like giving up.

I have already accepted the challenge of being Autistic and so I must find a way to alert those around me and to live with this thing as happily as I can. I'm going to need tremendous resources in order to do so but I think I can manage it, with Jesus' help primarily.

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*** High Functioning Autism - Asperger's Syndrome ***

ADHD, OCD, and PTSD.

Keep calm and stim away.

Absolutely, positively not! One of my trademarks is having a unique personality and perspective on life. I don't "suffer" like people think I do. It makes me... me! Autism Spectrum Disorder is not a detriment to to my life nor does it define me. Why would I want to cure something that doesn't hurt me? My best friend's mother, who happens to be a psychologist, says Asperger's is a gift from God.

Autism is only a problem insofar how it affects your mood, relationships and career. In an ideal situation one would manage to insulate themselves within a compatible social circle and manage to pull off a satisfactory job and lead a reasonably happy existence.

Isolation and feeling trapped are definitely relatable feelings. I'm not yet at the point of giving up and wanting to be NT though. Who would want to live on easymode #notpsychologicaldefensemechanisms

I would be tempted, but I'd also be scared I wouldn't even be me anymore. I'd be more interested in fixing symptoms.