If you could get rid of 1 AS symptom, which one would it be?

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I'm not entirely sure what Executive and Sensory overload are and i don't think i have the latter. I clicked anxiety but i kind of wished i clicked other. My biggest problem is that i'm too nice - does that go under any of the options?

i wouldn't remove one of those traits; i would remove the necessity of earning income. (in a magical way. not by disposing of everything i own and opting to live on the street, for example)

that would help me in several areas.

I chose social difficulties, but I mean, more specifically, poor theory of mind. I think perhaps I would be better able to feel some sense of connection with my fellow humans if I could better understand and predict their thinking, and it would help to protect me to be able to judge the motives and character of others. I live with a permanent sense of people not being "safe," which I suspect may largely be theory of mind-related, and I would like not to be afraid anymore.

Sensory issues would be a close second because, though social issues interfere more with my life, I believe I'm more able to overcome them. I may learn to cope with sensory problems better, but I'm pretty sure they will always be there.

None. I'm happy with who I am, flaws and all.

It would be nice to not have the executive dysfunction. I can live with being socially inept (at least to the degree that I am). I can't imagine why anyone would not want to be logical or if being logical is necessarily a sign of autism (everyone can be irrational and many autistics can be irrational, including myself). It would be great to be able to manage emotional issues better and improving executive function might contribute to being more emotionally intelligent. Anxiety and anger are the main emotional problems that I have. While I don't get panic attacks as frequently as I used to (they used to be very frequent) but I still have this sense of panic and dread "bubbling underneath" which can be distracting and gets in the way of my tasks. However, I accept that my problems can be overcome with hard work and I accept that many of my deficits could have contributed to some of my better qualities. I process information differently than my peers and adding my thoughts into the collective pool of ideas helps the group to function better. It would be nice if I had no problems and if life came easily to me, but that's not how life works, unfortunately.

I think it's interesting that no one's picked literal/logical thinking. I think overcoming that was a major watershed moment for me

Anxiety for sure because curing the anxiety helps with the social difficulties.

Social difficulties. It's not smooth sailing at all when you can't understand facial expressions, body language, and other social necessities as well as everyone else.

Social difficulties are probably the hardest thing for me to deal with. Although sensory issues in regard to sound an anxieties give me some trouble, it is the growing isolation I feel that bothers me the most. It seems if I could get some relief from that, the other problems wouldn't be that much of a burden.

I'd keep all of my AS if i could just jettison my co-morbid condition--executive dysfunction. I wouldn't even mind keeping my PTSD if I could get rid of that.

I have learned to cope very well and even enjoy my AS traits--I mean, it's actually pretty cool to accept you as yourself, especially when you're very differentin very fascinating ways. Yeah, I don't have many friends, but do you realize how many NTs are lonely and friendless too? And I'll take my sensory issues and Aspie thinking/communication style over, say, having diabetes or cancer.

But my executive function is an ongoing source of frustration and set-backs.

Anxieties. I have very few and mild sensory issues and I can usually avoid. My social problems aren't that bad, I am not sure what emotional issues means. I am not a literal or logical thinker. I like the obsessions, if that's obsessiveness means. I hate the anxieties a lot though. So, anxieties.

either the executive dysfunction or the sensory issues