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22 Feb 2008, 9:42 pm

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I do not want to lose my daydreams! I'd be far less creative without them - and so very alone


I had the same reaction when I read the opening post!

I do miss daydreaming... a lot, i've been trying to get it back without losing social skills but it won't happen, and if its a choice, i definitely rather have the social skills.


So what is this exercise you speak of that supposedly does all this?



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22 Feb 2008, 9:57 pm

2ukenkerl wrote:
So what is this exercise you speak of that supposedly does all this?


I'm not gonna publish something nobody wants, besides, being the only one who knows the cure to AS gives me a head start to curing LFA and... well... that's where the money is :twisted:


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22 Feb 2008, 10:01 pm

fernando wrote:
2ukenkerl wrote:
So what is this exercise you speak of that supposedly does all this?


I'm not gonna publish something nobody wants, besides, being the only one who knows the cure to AS gives me a head start to curing LFA and... well... that's where the money is :twisted:


Heheheheheh, you're full of it. I knew there was something to this so called cure. :shameonyou:



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22 Feb 2008, 10:06 pm

MissConstrue wrote:
fernando wrote:
2ukenkerl wrote:
So what is this exercise you speak of that supposedly does all this?


I'm not gonna publish something nobody wants, besides, being the only one who knows the cure to AS gives me a head start to curing LFA and... well... that's where the money is :twisted:


Heheheheheh, you're full of it. I knew there was something to this so called cure. :shameonyou:


Yes, even though in his opening line he puts 'no money spent.'


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22 Feb 2008, 10:08 pm

Getting rid of all the negatives while leaving the positives in tact? Sounds too good to be true. If such a thing were possible I'd wait and see what others had to say after going through the exercise for a while.



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22 Feb 2008, 10:12 pm

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22 Feb 2008, 10:21 pm

Reagan.



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22 Feb 2008, 10:53 pm

MissConstrue wrote:
fernando wrote:
2ukenkerl wrote:
So what is this exercise you speak of that supposedly does all this?


I'm not gonna publish something nobody wants, besides, being the only one who knows the cure to AS gives me a head start to curing LFA and... well... that's where the money is :twisted:


Heheheheheh, you're full of it. I knew there was something to this so called cure. :shameonyou:


haha, keep it coming, this is gonna be a fun read five years from now.


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22 Feb 2008, 10:59 pm

My visualization is the best thing about me! Plus, I have my friends because of who I am, and I don't think they would like me much if I turned "normal".



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23 Feb 2008, 1:00 am

Being "Normal" is way overrated. That's one thing that I don't wish to be. If I was to take that cure, I'd turn into the thing that I hate, the most. "The girl next door".


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23 Feb 2008, 1:27 am

fernando wrote:
MissConstrue wrote:
fernando wrote:
2ukenkerl wrote:
So what is this exercise you speak of that supposedly does all this?


I'm not gonna publish something nobody wants, besides, being the only one who knows the cure to AS gives me a head start to curing LFA and... well... that's where the money is :twisted:


Heheheheheh, you're full of it. I knew there was something to this so called cure. :shameonyou:


haha, keep it coming, this is gonna be a fun read five years from now.


Well now you're just being delusional. :jester:



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23 Feb 2008, 1:36 am

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No chemicals, no pills, no surgery, no therapists, no money spent. What if there was a single, easy exercise that you can do alone, in the comfort of your home, that would remove anxiety, remove all sensory issues and let your social skills run free (they have always been there but anxiety kept them prisoner).

You get empathy, conversation, eye contact, theory of mind, dancing skills. You lose your obsessive behavior, routines, hand flapping, constant daydreaming, monotone voice. However, you don't lose your allergies, you don't turn into a trend follower, you don't follow the leader, don't lose your aspie curiosity or your original ideas, don't imitate your peers. However, you do lose your visual thinking, can't play movies in your head anymore, but you inner intelligence remains the same.

All personality traits remain intact, you still like the same movies and music as before, and have the same opinion on most things. Of course, all your memories stay there.

Would you do that exercise? The downside is that you have to do it all day long. You see the first changes in a couple of weeks and the last in about three months (I think theory of mind would be the last change you get).


I'd take it except that I really enjoy my obsessing and daydreaming....they're too much a part of my life to give up I think...other than that I think I'd take it.



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23 Feb 2008, 3:14 am

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Being "Normal" is way overrated. That's one thing that I don't wish to be. If I was to take that cure, I'd turn into the thing that I hate, the most. "The girl next door".

Cockney i'm really really really sorry if my publishing a cure is going to hurt you in any way, i think aspies can be happy without changing and a cure should be only for those who choose it. It all started because i wanted to have a girlfriend and now i'm gonna end up being a demon to the anti-cure aspies, but i can't stop progress, no one can.


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23 Feb 2008, 6:25 am

I don't have the visual thinking anyway, so I wouldn't be losing anything there. But I wouldn't do it if it got rid of my obsessions and daydreams.



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23 Feb 2008, 8:03 am

I would do it, but I thought us Aspies didn't really have the social skills inherently like NT's do--we can learn them but they're never natural like they are in the NT's. If the social skills were always there but hindered by anxiety. If we had the skills but couldn't use them because of anxiety, wouldn't that be an NT with social anxiety?



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23 Feb 2008, 8:39 am

fernando wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
Being "Normal" is way overrated. That's one thing that I don't wish to be. If I was to take that cure, I'd turn into the thing that I hate, the most. "The girl next door".

Cockney i'm really really really sorry if my publishing a cure is going to hurt you in any way, i think aspies can be happy without changing and a cure should be only for those who choose it. It all started because i wanted to have a girlfriend and now i'm gonna end up being a demon to the anti-cure aspies, but i can't stop progress, no one can.


If you think ANY of us ever TRULY believed you had a cure, you're DREAMING! Part of my problem with getting such a close girlfriend is that I don't want just anyone. It seems that people I like are generally already involved. BUT, if your goal is simply to marry the first person that comes along, GOOD LUCK!

Admittedly, if I was REALLY trying, I might even expand on a talk started by a woman, and try to consider all options in what they said, and lead back to it. If I did that, I might have been able to persue such things. THAT could be an "exercise". It WOULD improve social skills, and SEEM to limit CAPD(even though it really wouldn't), but it wouldn't limit sensory problems, daydreams, etc...

My goals are usually laid out before I even head for the store, and I have a drive to acheive them. I guess that is all AS related. I even plan out the shortest route to the products before I start to drive.

GEE, maybe I should go for the nobel prize and "the brass ring", because this little post gave more insight than all of yours put together!