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Skilpadde
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12 Nov 2013, 1:53 am

CharityFunDay wrote:
qawer wrote:
People with Aspergers Syndrome have a "cat's brain".


My God ... get on the phone to Professor Baron-Cohen IMMEDIATELY. This is the breakthrough he's been praying for!

Come off it, this silly ... what is it? An analogy?.... well, whatever it is ... falls down the minute you consider that dogs are scientifically-proven to be more intelligent than cats (which imho are vastly over-rated animals, chiefly treasured by the highly neurotic and those suffering from barely-expressed phobias about poo)

:lol: Thanks, this post made my day! There's too little humor here.
I also find cats overrated btw, I've always preferred dogs, especially shepherds.

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Funny thing is I don't need or want to "cure" myself of being an Aspie, I like it just the way it is.

And yes, I am well aware of needing to wash and change my clothes often.

I want to cure myself. I'm always in awe of how much things NTs can get done in one day. They can get up early, arrive more or less on time to work or school, actually get their job done, maintain a social life, get household chores done, raise kids and pay bills. It's like NTs have superpowers. I can understand why an Einstein-type Aspie wouldn't want to be cured. Unfortunately I'm nothing like Einstein, there's nothing that I can do that the typical NT can't.

That's exactly the way it is for me too. I am so slow at everything I do. I'm always the last to complete tasks, everything takes me so long. I could not get through the same tasks they do in one day.
It doesn't help that I'm a master procrastinator. It took me more than two hours to write this post. In that time I also wrote a couple of other posts, ate a little, and watched some youtube videos. No focus! I just go from one unfinished activity to the next.
I have absolutely no advantage in having AS, just problems. No impressive IQ, no savant skills, no particular skills at all. I want a cure. I just wanna be normal.


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12 Nov 2013, 1:56 am

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12 Nov 2013, 4:30 pm

DevilKisses wrote:
micfranklin wrote:
Funny thing is I don't need or want to "cure" myself of being an Aspie, I like it just the way it is.

And yes, I am well aware of needing to wash and change my clothes often.

I want to cure myself. I'm always in awe of how much things NTs can get done in one day. They can get up early, arrive more or less on time to work or school, actually get their job done, maintain a social life, get household chores done, raise kids and pay bills. It's like NTs have superpowers. I can understand why an Einstein-type Aspie wouldn't want to be cured. Unfortunately I'm nothing like Einstein, there's nothing that I can do that the typical NT can't.


But Aspies can do most of those things too, and have. I imagine most of the Aspies on this forum can get to their place of work on time and stay financially stable without much trouble. And I don't think you can just "cure" yourself of AS.