05 Jun 2009, 8:21 pm
Well, the approach is a little different now for these things that need to be done. In the past I have gotten frustrated, but now I have tried to apply an approach that seems to fit my AS-being. I am taking it slowly, but steadily. When I feel frustration, I focus on something else, then return to the original task, or some other task. Eventually things will get done. So now, rather than feeling overwhelmed and helpless with the multitude of tasks, I feel good. By adjusting the chores to meet my AS, I have a more positive feeling. And a lot got accomplished out of what was not over-exhaustive work.
Here is the way I am trying to view it now. In the hallway was a huge pile of my sons' schoolpapers and other stuff. It looked overwhelming. But, I told myself, "Just take a few papers and file them away and leave the rest." I did that, and noticed...the pile is smaller now...not so intimidating...I guess I could remove a few more papers from it later. I did. And before I knew it...the pile was gone. I took "babysteps" to get there with the pile of papers. I set the goal at just taking away a few, but ended up getting it all. It would have been ok to have stopped at a few---because that would have been progress. But that is how I need to approach all the chores. I must not try to tackle everything about a task at once, but rather small amounts. Then, as time goes by, it won't look so "huge." Eventually, it will get done. So...whatever it is that bothers us, maybe we should view it in a manner of making little improvements and not think that it has to all be solved at once. Things take time. And I truly believe the task of getting the house in the shape that we want it might take all summer. But, each little thing that gets done is one step closer to the goal.
This post made me smile.
I have times like this too, and I always feel good during them because I feel like I'm getting things accomplished.
06 Jun 2009, 1:06 am
Autism. If there's something I wouldn't want to forfeit to the world, it would be Autism. I used to be the type to dwell in the negative aspects of Autism, but then one day I found Wrong Planet and the many members that make this site. I glad I have Autism; otherwise I would be with conformity (sucks to be a conformist right now), and we know how bland that type of life can bring. I wouldn't have my unique mindset, gifts, personality, imagination, and other things I can't think of now.
Well here's how Autism helped me:
Talents
Writing: my main gift Autism gave me. I write stories in a cartoony-anime like voice (using otomonopoeias and writing to get that feeling you enjoy when you watch cartoons and anime) I think of my stories and make them have elements of anime. Also like to think outside the box beside having elements of anime. Like for instance if I created a fantasy novel I would set it in 19th century America and make an African-American the protagonist. I thought about the layout of a story once where it took place in the Old West, and the main character and his partner, a shapeshifting Native American girl, would travel as mercenaries. Later on in the story they would meet up with the girls twin sister and her partner and develop a rivalry, but then all that's been delayed when an evil threatens the West, so the sisters, the main character, and a group of friends, shapeshifting or human, have to stop it. The evil wants the West back to the old ways where the Native Americans ruled it, or something like that. That's what I mean by thinking outside the box for my stories; they have esoteric elements few novels contain, so they're very unique. 
Vivid imagination: I sure had it since I was little. I started making up Pokemon when I was six and even made up a set of Pokemon with the colors based on Link's three colors of his tunic on Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX on Game Boy Pocket (Kind of like the Eevee evolution, but all three were separate Pokemon; they don't evolve to the other one, and they were three different types.) Later on I invented my own world with a race of people. The main character was called Jestermon (based it off of Digimon), and he had five sisters who are older than him and wore different attire. Set in a part-Japanese, part-Medieval society, they would have adventures throughout the world and find treasure and other things. So in other words, a G rated anime world. I also based a world off of the Disney movie Mulan where a Mewtwo like creature nurtured a group of kids and they would fight evil while in a two eleven-minute episodes format. Aah, good times. 
Academic Studies: yes, we all know this can help, but to me, an academic study is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and this is one of the gifts Autism brings.
Different mindset: I think things logically, but I also think of anime most of the time. What most people tend to find fun, I don't and vice versa. I also see things differently than most people, and I don't deal with conformity no matter how many people say I should.
Mythology: So I love Mythology. What makes me any different than the other person. Well, I look for the esoteric in all mythology. For instance, many people know Odin, Thor, and Loki from Norse Mythology, but how many people know Idun, Skuld, Verdandi, or Urd? Even if you watch Ah! My Goddess, you most likely won't know that Skuld, Verdandi, and Urd are goddesses of time, and Idun is the goddess who holds the apples of immortality if not the goddess of eternal youth.
Esoteric: I look for the esoteric instead of searching for the mainstream. Like for games I play Go, and for ancient history I look for the Celts and Hittite, especially the Hittites during thier golden age. Esoteric makes you unique, and many people might think you're weird for it, but there are more benefits for being esoteric than dealing with conformity. It what makes us unique.
Interests:
Lilith, Ancient history (especially the Hittites and Celts), anime, writing, mythology (Norse, Celtic, African) Leviathan and Behemoth (funny though, most people like Psalms or a gospel from the Bible the best, but I like Job 40:15-Job 41.), Megaman series (excluding Battle Network and Starforce. Yuck! Hate alternate realities), and all the Yu-gi-Oh! series from the original to 5d's.
And right now I'm writing a novel about a group of elementalists fighting to save their city from the principal of the elementalist school and a serial killer (kinda scary thinking about the serial killer) and a gang of school children (though the gang really didn't intend to be bad form the start; they're just misunderstood by the people in the city.) Then they save their country and finally the world, and that's when forty years pass and a new group of adventurers fight a being named Sin (not based off of FF X), who in reality represents sin in the real world. Then in the next book a robot that has free will fights against the creator and loses (actually, the creator puts her in sleep mode.) The creator sees such corruption in the world that she wipes out everything except the robot (she buries her) by flooding the earth (like Noah's flood) and starts all over, creating the world as the ancient people (Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians, etc.) know it (without the monsters that is.) Ironically, the world I'm creating is actually Earth, and everything that's in prehistory is actually from their world, and the diamonds we wear now are souls from a group of people someone genocided. The people back then used them as a way to use the elements. In the last book archaeologist find the robot, now dismembered, and they fix her back to normal. It's the year 25xx A.D., and the people now use the diamonds for battle purposes. The robot's has to fight an evil dictator, and after he's defeated, the robot knows why the creator put her into sleep mode and her purpose. Six books, one saga.
I wrote two poems about Autism if you want to look: The Proud Autistic and Variation of the Human Spectrum.
Well, I hope you see that I view my Autism as a gift rather than a burden. It'll help me in life as it'll help you. Without it, I wouldn't be who I am today. God made us for a purpose, and I thank God he did so the world could be in check. Be yourself, I would say, and they will accep you for who you are. I wouldn't have it anyother way Thank you for your time, and thank you all for sharing your gifts; they've inspired me even more to make the world a better place. 
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^ cool
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13 Jun 2009, 3:05 am
Great idea for a forum topic Glider. I think it's very important to flip that coin over once in a while or bend down below table level and see the glass half full! A different persepective is all it often takes to make it the right planet!
I am still very much learning about AS, being newly diagnosed. After so many decades spent (wasted?) self-loathing, I am pleased to say that my diagnosis has freed me in a way and I'm starting to loosen up on the expectations I place on myself and to look at myself as different rather than deficient. I think learning to like myself and all my 'quirks' is long overdue, so I look forward to this metamorphosis I am experiencing.
Things I like about about having AS:
My inherent and lifelong sense of justice and my ability to write and speak up about issues that violate my sense of right and wrong. In most other instances I am meek and don't voice dissent, but concerning ethics and the 'under dog' whether human, animal, environment etc. I most certainly have a voice!
My unusual creativity. My poetry as a teen, my collage art through my twenties, and now, my photography in my thirties has all been very outside the square. I agree with Penseive that AS gives photographers an 'angle' that others may miss.
My focus when all is well and the conditions are right...it is singular and I like that feeling of productivity and intensity I get from it.
A lot of people have called me "serious" over the years and I used to berate my lack of a (normal) sense of humour and inability to relax easily or to make others laugh or feel at ease; all of which seem to be highly valued by a lot of people out there. Actually though, I'm proud to be serious. After all, consider the antonyms for the different senses of serious: flippant, minor, trivial and lightweight!! Why would anyone want to be those things?
Being a wordsmith and loving language, linguistics and anything to do with communication systems.
My constant thirst for knowledge and the fact that I will always be learning and growing as a result.
My logic and ability to distance myself emotionally can be useful..how many of you out there have been called "an ideas (wo)man"?! I think emotions get in the way of logic, which gives us an edge on seeking solutions.
My absolute passion for cats, primates and all animals and nature. They make me happier than anything else and give me a sense of connection and are SO easy to understand compared to most people.
My ability to understand technology as it constantly evolves, which gives me an advantage over my peers, who lament that their kids have to show them how to use the latest gizmos.
Wow, doing this is a valuable exercise. Thanks Glider! 
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