Would you like to get rid of the ASD?

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That's quite a lot of weaknesses and much more than most Asperger's have. If it's onto me I have no clue how to handle it. Recurrent nightmares are caused by things that scare you and that you are unable to handle. You should try to find solutions for how to get over the scary situations as long as you are not yet sleeping. Once you are sleeping you'll remember this. Sometimes the only solution is to skip any anxiety and get over it with not feeling any anxiety any more because anxiety weakens you and does not help. This helped me once I was a child to get rid of a nightmare.

No. I would not get rid of it. I embrace who I am.

No.

For reasons other than 'individuality', 'functioning' and 'aptitude'.
Saying that it made me different is too easy. Saying that it's because of the blessings outweighs the curse is even easier. And no, I did not gave up on myself -- that's not what acceptance is to me.
Sure, I acknowledge the blessings, and who am I to deny the curses?

And whatever autism is holding me back for, I have one certain thing; it holds me back from doing something unsavory that my dark side of self is screaming.
Better just be wrong than the deadly kinds of wrong. I'm already a bit reckless as it is, and it's not because of autism.


I'd say, I wanna get rid of co-morbids. The glitch in processing, the unreliable need of sleep and it's consequences, and sometimes the words.

I already got rid of anxiety, depression, and sensory overload. Never had to deal with these on daily basis since, and never had a need to 'maintain' this -- so yes, it's possible to get rid of these problems.
How? I wish I have the words, but I don't. It involves the mind, the feelings, and realization for all I know.


And think my life and anyone else's life would be easier if I end up NT? Muahaha.. I don't think so.
I've seen too many NTs suffering in effort despite not having any issues and even not being lazy, and seen too many NTs did a lot worse than me in life despite that they ARE more functioning than I ever will be, and had attained many things before being thrown into the adult world.
My world is very different from your's.
In my 'world' being 'NT' doesn't guarantee being successful by effort. Or being happy. I do not envy them a lot, nor I do not long to be one of them.

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I got rid of or improved a lot of my comorbids like anxiety, OCD & depression by doing a lot of research, analyzing things & myself, accepting some of my faults while still trying to work on things, finding others who related, & taking meds. I still have my autism thou, I just handle things better. I wouldn't remove it if I could because I'd be a completely different person & I might have other problems if I did.

I'd be nervous of the law of unintended consequences. If I became NT overnight I think that everyone who knew me would suddenly (ironically) think I'd gone really weird and wasn't the same person. I wouldn't mind changing a few bits at a time, mainly my unsociability.

I've read about people who have been morbidly obese, they make a huge effort and slim down to a normal size and are really unhappy because they lose their sense of who they are. Similarly with some people who are profoundly deaf and hate the idea of implants.

It may depend on how old you are as well... I don't have to deal with the world of work anymore... in that case I might say definitely yes.

I don't think it's fun at all to have asperger. It has caused me problems in life, even if I consider it being a worse handicap to live asperger without knowing that you have that diagnosis. Since I got my diagnosis I have however started deal with it and overcome some of the difficulties related to it. At least so far.

I accept my diagnosis. I accept who I am. But...I don't define myself after my asperger-diagnosis or base my identity upon it.

This is a difficult question. I would like to be able to have friends and relationships but when I think of getting rid of ASD and suddenly becoming socially able (and obsessed with social interaction like NT's seem to be), I very much pull away from it because I find social interaction incredibly draining and confusing. The reaction against having to deal with more of it in me is very strong. Of course if I was no longer autistic it might be able to learn not to feel like that.

I guess the real issue here is that the neurology I have which causes my autism is very tightly integrated with every other part of my neurology. If you ripped out and replaced the autistic bits, my overall neural network would be so disrupted that "I" would no longer exist, in fact I think it would leave me like a stroke victim with huge parts of my neural net needing repair and rerouting to function effectively. I don't want that under any circumstance.

What I would most like is some kind of peripheral electronic brain unit which I could choose to plug in and turn on which would support my ability to be social and communicate in ways which regular people understand properly. I would also like a similar unit which would allow me to turn down my sensitivity to touch, sound and flashing light. But both of these would need to be bolt-on extras or pharmaceutically derived changes which have a limited time to function. That was I could overcome my difficulties without losing my own self.

I've recently been reading a Sci fi book called "We Are Legion" by Dennis Taylor. In it, a man is transcribed into a computer with a spaceship body. In that form his personality can do all sorts of cool things, including turning up or down various sensors on his spaceship systems and slowing down or speeding up his subjective time by changing his I/O and processor speed. This would be so great in social interactions because you could slow subjective time right down when you got confused and have time to look up what things mean on a big database and how to properly reply so that people understand what you mean. You could also speed up subjective time when people are going on about boring stuff like soap operas or who did what to whom and in what place. You could even set up subroutines to deal politely with the boring bits of conversations without having to listen yourself. I wish this stuff was possible.

So my answer is if I could have the worst ASD difficulties reduced by a drug or some peripheral hardware for my brain I would want it, but if I could only be cured by getting rid of the autistic pathways in my brain then I would not want it at all because I think it wouldn't be possible to be a functioning person after such an invasive and significant brain surgery.

I don't get how people say they'd be a completely different person without ASD.

I feel I'd be the same person, only unencumbered by meltdowns, shutdowns, irregulated emotions and sensory misery.

I'm just gonna say I want to keep it because that's the mindset i'm striving towards. Self-acceptance is the only way you can find happiness and that doesn't come from wishing away who you are. I would rather get rid off my social anxiety fully if that was possible.

I've seen many aspies including friends of mine live perfectly happy and social lives so I think that's possible with ASD even if we may always be a bit socially awkward to others but honestly who cares if someone doesn't like it it's their problem not ours.

My personality and my autism are so fused together at this point there is no telling them apart. If I ripped the autism parts away despite my increased ability to deal with change the change would be so great I could not mentally handle it.

I'm me and I am au-some!
'Wouldn't change a thing.