Would you like to get rid of the ASD?

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Because of some negative reactions here viewtopic.php?t=368901 if it comes to get rid of the ASD problems I just want to know now whether most people would like to get rid of their ASD proplems or whether most people wouldn't like to change anything.

I’d happily get rid of it. I don’t fool myself into thinking not having Asperger’s would mean my life would be 100x easier and better. But I just want a brain that functions properly! I want not to have sensory overloads. I want to be able to socialize properly without faking emotions and paying attention to how I contort my face so I don’t look weird. I hate having Asperger’s.

Thanks Sophie for the answer. But if no one ever reports any successes and all people just say "it's impossible" then there will never be a way out. If it comes to me I don't accept this. A brain isn't a hard wired thing. I hope that the things that I have reported in the other thread can help you a little bit to improve too. Wish you the best!

I wouldn't want to "get rid" of my Asperger's per se, but I would like to know how to be more social and a bit less inappropriate with having Asperger's.

I think ASD makes me who I am - it's my essence , so the only thing I'd get rid of if I can is the comorbids

There are definitely some aspects of it I would want to get rid of.

For aspies it's nearly impossible to really adapt to NT people. Because of this you have to be just better dressed, different styled, always in a good mood and quite self-confident with this. NT people start to adapt to you then.
It's because you are looking less boring and more interesting for the other people then.

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I would want to get rid of it and my Bipolar Disorder too. I refuse to believe that my actual personality would change just because I got rid of something that has been a burden on me all my life.

I would like to get rid of my autism for a little while, like a week or so, to understand what life is like for NTs. Otherwise I have come to be happy with my autism.

I am okay with myself, and I do not think I would be myself if I was NT, I feel I would basically die and be donating my body for a random NT to inhabit. I'd honestly rather die because that is horror story material to me.

I DO want more strategies to down play my weaknesses and highlight my strengths.
I DO want more helpful technology in my life.
I DO want the rest of the world to make a effort to make the world habitable for all with ASD.

I DON'T want to change who I inherently am, no matter how hard it is.
I DON'T want others to feel they need to either.

I'd get rid of it.

Once we know your weaknesses and strengths somebody could give you some hints - if you really want it. Sometimes it's not really as difficult.

Some of my weaknesses are very extreme, and I'm not just autistic I have a lot of things.

I go into meltdown if someone smokes around me, causing me to dash off and I have had many close calls with cars and this state causes me to self harm. Because of this, I am scared to walk through a parking lot. It has also causes me to get trapped in buildings if someone is smoking outside.

Under a lot of stress I lose my ability to speak, and I also have tremors (In general, but they get worse under stress). Right now I keep some cards to use to communicate in my SD's bag, however it isn't extremely effective as it is limited.

I get a lot of eye fatigue. I use darkly tinted glasses and wear a hat to help, but even with that I often start to have trouble reading, and if I lose them I can end up in a lot of pain and my eyes feel like they are burning.

my hand writing is like that of a six year old's, and I walk into walls and stub my toes all the time. However, this is due to dyspraxia.

I have rather complex LDs and difficulty with even basic math, my best guess;
CAPD
Visual possessing defect
Dyscalculia
Cognitive dysfunction resulting in memory recall problems.
I do not know where to start here, other than having others help me, and taking in information through more than one way (Such as watching videos with CC and sound).

I have very severe sound sensitivity to the point that hearing music leads to meltdown without devices to help. I have something called a filter that nearly completely negates it, but with out it it is unreasonably hard and painful to leave the house, and my sister sings as a stim which sets me off. If something happens to it, I will be in a bad situation.

I have a lot of anxiety, though it is medicated right now, it can get very bad and under it sometimes I start to feel like things aren't real and can go completely numb.

My shoulders and fingers dislocate a lot.

I don't really know what is socially acceptable in a conversation, though I've learned that if I just roll with it without malice and to everyone it can actually put people at ease and have them be more willing to express themselves. So I'm good with it.

When I PMS I have strong symptoms of bipolar disorder (But it isn't, because it is situational), My SPD goes crazy to the point that colors start to make sounds, and I get such bad mood swings I often won't go to school.

I cannot stand light touch because it hurts, my SD does help keep people from touching me.

I only wear flannel men's shirts and sports pants because that is all I find comfortable. I don't mind this, but it bugs my mom. I also cannot wear makeup or most jewelry.

I tend to hyper focus to the point of blocking everything else out, and if not I cannot focus on anything much at all.

I have little sense of time.

I have a lot of cognitive dysfunction related issues and have trouble with some self care skills.

I have some trouble with sleeping and recurrent nightmares.

I have trouble trusting anyone older than me, and more so anyone "In charge" of me. I have ODD and have worked for years to control it, but it is still there.

That is what I remember right now.

I have done OT and will start again soon, along with normal therapy with an autism specialist social worker I've been seeing since I was young, and I've also done hippotherapy.

^ You must have some great strengths then, since you want to keep your ASD.

I find there are more important things than just the amount of strengths for why I want to keep asd. It is simply an important part of who I am and I cannot see me as me without it. It is bound to my personality and inherent self.

But my strengths are;

I am a pretty good artist, at the top of my art class. Not to the point of being an art savant, but good enough to consider a future in art.

Intense passion, I am able to enjoy things to a point others cannot.

In depth thought that seems to be able to go deeper and be more objective than most NTs. I think a lot.

I have a unique point of view that can notice things others do not.

I have more knowledge of a slew of medical and other conditions than most doctors.

I'm sure I have others, but I can have a little more trouble spotting them than my weaknesses. This is off the top of my head.

I kinda like this way of seeing it with a lot of people;
https://www.mangareader.net/fruits-basket/8/22