Where do you go to forget your AS?

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Hansie
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19 May 2010, 1:06 am

I am expecting the answer to this question to be different for everybody. However, I am curious if other people can 'forget' their AS and what do they do or where do they go to do it?

I have a constant feeling reminding me of my AS with nearly everything I do but when I listen to heavy metal music the feeling goes away. When its loud and its heavy, it doesn't matter if its fast or slow, I can lose myself in the music and forget my AS for awhile. When I go to concerts or festivals I feel normal and I feel my best when I am being pinned up against the stage or being knocked around in the pit. After a good show I can be relaxed and happy for a week or more after the show.

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19 May 2010, 1:16 am

Q- where do i go to forget my AS?
A- to sleep.

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19 May 2010, 4:13 am

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19 May 2010, 4:19 am

Like you for me music is mostly the relaxing method to get out of this whole social maze and it makes me feel quiet normal for myself.then i don't let others alter my mood and get the control over my feelings only when i listen music

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19 May 2010, 4:48 am

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19 May 2010, 8:35 am

Dr Tony Attwood famously stated: "I can 'cure' Asperger's Syndrome easily. Just have the patient go into his own room and close the door !"

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19 May 2010, 8:41 am

I go to a Dungeons and Dragons meet up group that meets every other Saturday. I am the big guy who sits away from the rest of the group.

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19 May 2010, 8:44 am

I go to bed. No pesky NT obstacles to be negotiated there (at least not during periods of my life when I've been single, anyway)!

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19 May 2010, 9:43 am

auntblabby wrote:

Q- where do i go to forget my AS?
A- to sleep.

Ditto

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19 May 2010, 9:47 am

I just go home. I don't have AS when I'm home alone.

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19 May 2010, 10:25 am

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19 May 2010, 10:52 am

Hansie wrote:

Joking aside, I get the same feeling from the music I like (although I'm more into psychedelic and indie rock than metal). Gigs are usually the one area of my life where I've never felt like a fish out of water - although I tend to stand a little way back from the front as, being 39, I'm too long in the tooth to be moshing.

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19 May 2010, 10:54 am

The way I feel and think and act (believing what I have is AS or AS-related) is ALWAYS with me...even when I'm alone. But I make the best of it now rather than wondering what's wrong.

A woman I know once said in a Twelve Step meeting that when you have feelings and things going on that you can't identify...give it a name. Doing that (for myself here) has given me a comfort level with self that I never had before.

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19 May 2010, 10:58 am

I don't think about having AS. It doesn't worry me, I don't try to escape from it or anything.

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19 May 2010, 11:07 am

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19 May 2010, 11:36 am

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