If you could get rid of one of your ASD traits, which one?

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09 Apr 2009, 9:56 am

Perhaps so, but I've always seemed to have a particularly difficult time of getting their lingering presence out of my head after I meet one, and I'm not exactly a very "live and let live" type person. I see your point though.

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09 Apr 2009, 9:58 am

ruveyn wrote:

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lol, its a biggie but I would get rid of my inability to read others intentions.

Im so sick of ruminating for hours trying to work out what made people act in a certain way, trying to work out with logic what people are up to.

It would be so nice to intuitively know if someone liked you or hated you and to know what to do about it to change their impression of you, wow, imagine that

I have a different approach. I am indifferent to the intent of others. I only care about overt acts. There is really no perfect way to know the intention of another, in any case. So why bother to care?

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09 Apr 2009, 10:16 am

all forms of communication

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09 Apr 2009, 10:31 am

I would like to get rid of some of my brutal honesty. I have a hard time keeping things I really do not want to share to other people who in my life have no business knowing what is going on. but then they ask and I just automatically blurt it out. I live in a group home and I am getting a re-evaluation to get out of there and I did not want to tell them because they will manipulate the eval by showing up saying that I am ret*d at home(even though I am independent at home), so I could stay there. So The manager asked about counseling(which they knew I was getting) and I blurted this info out, by luckily retracted by saying that the counselor(who agrees with me that I have no business even being there and who is so cool she does not allow group homes involvement since I am legally my own guardian and legally fully competent), might have found one, but is not sure if they take my insurance. Now I am having major anxiety because the group home nurse may "find" me one, someone who she can talk to and convince them I am ret*d, so they can keep me there.
this is why I need and want to get rid of this brutal honesty. Ironically though, I am able to keep other people's secrets, just not my own.

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09 Apr 2009, 10:42 am

The ability to turn thoughts into spoken words.

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09 Apr 2009, 11:23 am

Hmmm...Losing the anxiety would be the most helpful, healthwise...but I sure would like to be able to focus on things other that the obsessive-compulsive things that grab me in the moment...

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09 Apr 2009, 11:26 am

The inability to hold a job due to over exposure to humans.

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09 Apr 2009, 11:47 am

Willard wrote:

Hmmm...Losing the anxiety would be the most helpful, healthwise...but I sure would like to be able to focus on things other that the obsessive-compulsive things that grab me in the moment...

I am beginning to think that anxiety is the most common trait we would like to lose here and also seems to be behind some of the other things people don't want too.

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09 Apr 2009, 12:32 pm

melissa17b wrote:

Seeing this thread after yet another long night where my mind and body's sleeping rhythms are totally out of sync, I'm tempted to vote in that direction.

I wasn't certain that sleep problems were an autistic trait. But, not having incessant insomnia would be a big plus.

After I attain a conscious state, I might think about getting rid of my inability to establish and keep relationships.(Mostly because you're supposed to be able to figure out that stuff, aren't you?)

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09 Apr 2009, 1:31 pm

Id like to get rid of my inability to express appropriate emotions to others, so that I can feel real with them rather than fake.

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09 Apr 2009, 1:36 pm

The constant nervous, nagging feeling of not really knowing what to do or how to do it...and if I do have a moment where I feel confident enough to do something without being handheld, it turns out that that was the wrong thing to do.

I don't know if it's an aspie thing, exactly, but it's pretty much the story of my life. Particularly every job I've ever had.

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09 Apr 2009, 1:36 pm

Kaleido wrote:

Willard wrote:

Hmmm...Losing the anxiety would be the most helpful, healthwise...but I sure would like to be able to focus on things other that the obsessive-compulsive things that grab me in the moment...

I am beginning to think that anxiety is the most common trait we would like to lose here and also seems to be behind some of the other things people don't want too.

Anxiety is not part of autism, it's a 'co-morbidity'

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09 Apr 2009, 2:00 pm

I would get rid of either the anxiety or the lack of social skills.

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09 Apr 2009, 2:26 pm

I would get rid of my inability to switch my focus. To actually be able to control and align my thoughts to my goals would be an added bonus.

This causes me more problems than anything.

I could be a lot better socially, but it wouldn't help much if I am locked into an obsession for weeks and can't devote any conscious effort to a social interaction.

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09 Apr 2009, 2:47 pm

I think communication. I've spent my whole life struggling not only to understand the language of others but also to have others understood mine.

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09 Apr 2009, 3:20 pm

my speech problems would them erased, and be able to not headbang anymore ever again

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