Anyone feel like they have no talent

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I feel that way, i mean i've seen savants who of course were gifted on somethings, almost prodogies, I just feel like im not talented at anything, not sports, not computers, not intellectual things, NOTHING!! NOT even Video Games!! Does anyone else on the spectrum feel this way, I just feel like almost everything for me is a struggle, i have to work hard to do everything, nothing is just natural or easy for me, can anyone on the spectrum relate to me on this?????

I relate. I don't have any of the stereotyped Aspie strengths & I haven't found anything I'm great at.

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I have talent, but I have talent in things that generally do not matter or that probably won't get me anywhere in life (like procrastination).

I feel like I often have to work significantly harder to get things under my belt especially if it involves motor skills or abstract concepts.. or even written instructions confuse me because I find there is no written list that is ever as specific as it needs to be.. I took almost a year to get the hang of crochet. I've been doing artwork for as long as I can remember, but I'm still at a poor skill level.. especially considering how much I use to practice/sketch.

And then I have talents that could potentially get me somewhere in life if I understood how to make use of them, or something.. I'm not sure. I just know I'm missing a major piece of the puzzle for a lot of things. Like computer programming/IT, photography equipment repair, large printer repair, web development..

But because of all this, I do feel like I am without talents. Especially significant ones that would help me pursue my passions, although I feel like I might need to do some major "soul searching" soon here.. so I can make some choices.

I don't have talents but I don't care because it doesn't matter. You must work on something to get good.

I do not feel this way, but I've known NTs that did. If a talent isn't really obvious, sometimes it takes time and experimentation to figure out what it is.

If I were you I'd try a lot of different things and see what appeals to you. You may be surprised to find a new talent.

It's unrealistic to compare yourself to savants and geniuses, they are exceptional and the only reason they achieve that status is because they are measured against the rest of us..

Find something you like and work on it, that's all that matters, as above you have to experiment with lots of different options. Try not to be hyper-critical of oneself, it's a common trap that will trip you up.

Unless you considering being interested in and remembering stuff nobody else cares about a talent then probably not. I don't feel I have any talents or special abilities.

Talent is the one thing I do have. I've been told most of my life that I have, and I believe everyone has some kind of talent, they just don't know what it is.

It's too bad I have to live in place where there are very few resources to use my talents to the fullest. Seems the only kind of talent that will get you anywhere in life around here is playing the fiddle or singing about coal miners.

Literally every time I read up about Asperger's and Autism it always says that people with ASDs can focus if they have a special interest, and do whatever it takes to learn and find out everything about the subject they are obsessed with.

I've had special interests in the past but I've never become brilliant at them. When I was 12 I became obsessed with Spanish, and I really wanted to speak Spanish. But even though it became my favourite subject in school and I was completely obsessed with it, I still struggled to keep up with my peers in Spanish lessons, and I couldn't learn the language very well. I brought a Spanish learning kit so I can learn at home, but I just couldn't focus - even though it was my special interest! I got so fed up with not being able to grasp my own special interest, that I soon lost interest altogether.

Then after that I got obsessed with these people I knew of, which just got me into trouble, made me look like a stalker, and almost landed me at the police station.

Then when I became an adult I got obsessed with a certain bus company (still am rather interested, but not as much), but my obsession wasn't about memorizing bus timetables or bus routes. It was mostly over the drivers, but even then I had to write (made-up) information down in a book about them because I couldn't memorize information in my head.

So I haven't ever been like normal Aspies when it comes to interests. I hate it when other Aspies think I have a special interest or can find a special interest to become infatuated with and live life happily ever after. We're not all savants, you know.

Being a savant by definition would mean you also suffer with great disability.

I wouldn't like to be a savant.

I have a hard time focusing due to ADD & I get information confused/mixed up due to my dyslexia. My interests have always been things there's no way for me to make a living off of like watching TV, spending time on computer on forums, listening to music, playing older video-games, my girlfriends, & a celeb I had a huge crush obsession with.

Americans feel like they are nothing if they are not uniquely talented, famous, accomplished or things like that. I will not claim to be able to generalize this to other cultures, but maybe it fits yours.

Most of us are never destined to be great or special. We just have to plug away at the nitty gritty of living, without freaking out that we aren't that special snowflake.

I think everyone is special in their own way...I know this is a cliche... but nobody has to have a special interest or have a really great talent.

Maybe the special talent for some people is nothing more than being a good person or supportive friend.

I'm naturally talented in a lot of things. I'm usually able to be very good at anything that interests me. I'm lucky, but...So far it's gotten me NOWHERE! I'm not rich, or even successful, and I'm definitely not happy.

Talent or special interests alone are usually not enough for success in life.

I'm very much jack of all trades master of none. It's not necessarily a bad thing, at least I'm pretty good at lots of things.

Talent is a slavery because you are expected to make something out of it.
And your hard work will leave you few time to think of your happiness.