Would you take a cure?

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I wouldn't take a cure. I would like to cure the rest of society and make them more tolerant.
For my son, I probably would take a cure. He's only 10. I've already been through the trauma and learned to deal with the isolation. I'd like him to have a chance at a happier life.

Yes I would take the cure, if I knew it was safe and everything. And I wouldn't ever look back.

It would be nice to be able to deal with my problems in a mature way or getting angry and upset to an extent, instead of needing to have a big tantrum-slash-outburst to get the anger out.

It would be nice to have more instinctive social skills and have quicker social reflexes and not be socially awkward. It will be nice to not be someone who will always have something a bit offish about me what others can't quite put their finger on.

It would be nice to go to a job interview without the worry of deciding whether or not I should tell the employer about my diagnosis. It's more like a ''damned if you do and damned if you don't'' type of situation. It's like I'm not allowed to have Asperger's.

It would be nice not be so agitated and angry about the world, and always having the urge to complain about everything, then when I do people just say ''oh stop moaning'', but when I don't I'm then bottling it all up.

It would be nice to not feel so bitter and jealous about other people around me who have a much better life than I have without having to make that much effort. It always make me feel like I'm trapped in my own skin.

It would be nice not to be so sensitive to loud noises to the point where I become avoidant. The amount of times in my life I have alienated myself from the chance of fitting in because of being afraid of a loud noise that I know will occur, and being unable to tell people about the noise bothering me because they never understand even though they're meant to....have....empathy?

Although I do like my special interest, it would still be nice not to be prone to getting so deeply fascinated with something, to the point where it takes over your mind and your life, and it's hard not to let it if you like it that much. My special interests have got me into trouble before, because I was just so obsessed that I wanted to find out more, which made me out to be a stalker.

It would be nice not to give off standoffish impressions when I'm not even trying to be standoffish (meaning cold and distant). I feel like when I'm smiling to people I'm just hitting my head against a brick wall, whilst other people don't hardly have to do squat and they get greetings from strangers everywhere, and I've always got to make all the effort and no stranger ever says hi. Yes, it can be hurtful at times.

It would be nice to have more opportunity to go on holiday. I really want to go somewhere hot, but I've got nobody to go with, and I am not going with a group of people I barely know, because I am too shy to make friends with people at these social groups. I want to go on holiday with a close friend, boyfriend, or relative.

It would be nice not to have a label. I know Asperger's isn't the only label a human can have, there's like thousands of others, but I'm just saying, if I was still me but didn't have Asperger's or any of the co-morbids, I would not have any labels at all. I do hate people giving away my deep dark shameful secret to other people. I just wish I didn't have a label to begin with.

[quote="sammie96". I would like to cure the rest of society and make them more tolerant.
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If that cure is created it will probably be someone on the spectrum that creates it. They would add something that makes people less socially dependent and lose some social skills. Since they would be honest about it, how many people would refuse for that reason?

If that cure is created it will probably be someone on the spectrum that creates it. They would add something that makes people less socially dependent and lose some social skills. Since they would be honest about it, how many people would refuse for that reason?[/quote]
Just give them pot, that seems to make them more honest.

It's quite funny one night I had pot with my sister and her friends and I felt no different, then later we go out and they are stumbling around and being unable to articulate their words. And I'm just thinking 'but this is how I always am.'

Now when I take pot I stare even more at anything above my head and seem unable to break it, but I would have hardly any anxiety that I would say whatever I wanted to people. I have absolutely no desire to talk to people too. I could just sit there and be lost in my thoughts or staring up at objects not terribly bothered by people talking around me.

No "cure" for me! I don't want to be an NT.

No... I've lived with it for most of my life, so why bother changing it?

I wouldn't take a cure which would change my personality, but I would take a cure for certain comorbities, like anxiety, and some phobias. I would also like to get rid of certain fixations that bug me and don't make sense...

whenever i see a "cure" post i always think that i never want to take a cure, i always wondered why, i think i finally have an answer

autism has disabled me both mildly and severely, im always thinking of ways to make my life easier to avoid meltdowns and shutdowns, its a lot of work, and ive come a long way. after learning that i was autistic, i felt very proud, proud for learning that sounds can bring me close to tears, but i can channel my energy into something else, i felt proud because i learned that i can adjust, and all my life i have been asking for help and no one has come to my aid. not teachers, not parents or silbings and cousins, so i know, that simply adjusting to a new seat in school or even new clothing is terrible, and that i desserve to be comfterble, because i have been working hard on ignoring my instincts, to bash my head into a wall, to pull my hair, to scream, to throw and brake things so the least i could do for myself is wear the same shirt on a daily basis and stick to my routine, because i can only handle so much

i would definately not take a cure, because i worked very very hard to get to where i am today, and if i took a cure it would be all for nothing

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It's quite funny one night I had pot with my sister and her friends and I felt no different, then later we go out and they are stumbling around and being unable to articulate their words. And I'm just thinking 'but this is how I always am.

Recently my children and I were discussing the benefits of being Aspie. I said "It's like being high all the time!" I don't have to take anything in order to see the world in beautiful, stunning detail (although I enjoy my pot, too) I feel sorry for all the NT's who can't see things the same way.

why would it be for nothing? It would still be to have coped through everything along the way. Further, if you were cured, then you wouldn't have to put so much mental energy into your coping mechanisms anymore. Life would just come much more naturally and intuitively to you without all of the extra work just to make it through the day.

This is very true.

It's also why I've described Asperger's as being a food chemical induced drug trip - and I truly believe that it is.

I doubt I would take a cure because I don't consider myself sick or broken. And everyone has challenges so I would just be substituting one set of challenges for another. And I am me. I should be okay as me. And there are Aspie traits that I really love and would not want to be gone. So I think I would say no to a cure. And being NT is hard too. Everyone has challenges.

I wouldn't feel compelled to if a cure was hypothetically discovered. I think a lot of my problems could instead be fixed with understanding, mutual respect and various accommodations. I just don't view changing my brain circuitry -- perhaps a fundamental part of my being and who am I -- as a necessary part of solving my problems. At a certain level autism pervades the way I understand and interact with the world. It's given me skills, perceptions and life-experiences which I many not have ever had without it. For better or worse, I think my autism is part of me and one which I would be apprehensive about changing. Of course, I think others should have the right to a cure if that's what they want.

Which is exactly what I was doing 4 years ago when I got my life back on track, started listening to The Kinks, liking the 60s and being myself once more after a very dark period. I must have drove everyone who was on WP at the time nuts.

I doubt it's exactly the same if you're not experiencing a near complete reduction in all of the AS symptoms you experience.

It's not sheer coincidence that my anxiety is gone, audio sensitivity is gone, am a lot more naturally & intuitively social, balance coordination & motor skills have all improved dramatically, the prosody of my voice is no longer so "aspie," (when I listen to my voicemail greeting that I set a couple years ago it's horrrrrribly aspie compared to what I sound like now).. etc. The AS symptoms I've experienced my entire life are either extremely minimal or gone. I've had periods of hard work, focus & self improvement in the past - yet all of these symptoms and more remained. This is different. These symptoms are gone. I think & feel better than I ever have. THAT is why I keep posting about this because I cannot be the only one on these forums who's Autism symptoms have been caused by these very same digestive issues - especially not when there are plenty of others posting about IBS symptoms. No, correlation does not mean causation.. but it's been my experience that these digestive issues caused my neurological issues, and healing them has dramatically improved my brain functions.

Never. The Kinks are great. I like it how we are both interested in a different member though. I like Ray Davies when you like Mick Avory. I like reading interviews with Mick but there's just something about Ray though. Well, I relate a lot to him. I just bought X-Ray. His sort of autobiography.

Poor Dave. Always the one being left out.