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Varelse
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15 Dec 2015, 3:39 pm

Kajjie wrote:
Does anyone feel like they used to have Asperger's, but don't have it any more?

When I was little I had a lot of Asperger's-like problems: not looking at people when talking to them, not understanding what is appropriate, taking everything literally, being really out of it, repeating phrases that I'd heard (I'm not sure you'd call that a problem, but it confused people!).

I still have some traits, but I don't really have trouble with social skills any more, or the problems I have can be explained by my anxiety. I still feel different, but not disabled or significantly disadvantaged.

The generally accepted idea is that if you have an ASD, you have it all your life, but does anyone think that's not true?

I've learned to be careful about those thoughts because I might think I'm doing way better, and feel more self-confident, only to be given feedback via the grapevine, or directly, to the effect that I'm still just as socially inept as ever. This isn't aimed at lowering your own self-appraisal, however, just a comment about my own experience.



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15 Dec 2015, 3:54 pm

Well I think it can become as if you don't have aspergers anymore but used to. Over time you can improve and you can cope better, but you are still on the spectrum even if it seems your not because it's developmental. You can change a lot about yourself, your emotions, you can change your own mind and the way you think to a degree, you can change your personality but you can't stop being on the spectrum if you truly are.



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15 Dec 2015, 8:31 pm

Ive always had ASD

i will always have it

It hasnt even "gotten better" or more Mild im just better at using the skills i was taut.

when i was young i my social skills were a lot worse, i couldn't really talk about anything other than sonic, i failed to make any eye contact, i had no self hygiene, i was just overall bad at socializing. To someone who knew me then and knows me now it can seem like my autism is 'going away' but its just as bad as it was im just learning how to hide it better.


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