Seven Things I Totally Like About Myself
Hey. I suggested the subject, I CAN'T be the one to go first... it would appear arrogant! I promise to admit whatever wacky qualities I totally like about myself after some other people have. I DO NOT break promises! Forget the humility, please. Doesn't matter what qualities you love... maybe you can balance a salmonberry on the end of your nose for three days, play Theremin, solder, program in machine language, find meteorites, grow fungi, swim, sing, laugh. Do you read twenty books at the same time? That's cool!
Hehe. Okay. This is in the General Autism Discussion section rather than Random, so do you want us to list things that are due to our autism? Probably not exclusively, I assume, so in that case:
- I'm really good at spotting insects when doing macro photography.
- I can do more "men's" push-ups than any woman I know.
- I really like my honesty and openness, especially in comparison to others'.
- I like my synaesthesia.
- My freckles are pretty cool.
- I like that in general I'm not stupid, and in some ways I'm pretty smart.
- I'm becoming pretty happy about the fact that I have an ASD.
That was hard to come up with seven.
-I am really good at producing an A paper in just a few hours (research included!)
-I am good at picking up/learning other languages (which is good since I have to learn 3 by the end of April 2014 for my degree)
-I am (or try really hard to be) non-judgemental
-I am stand up for what I believe in
-I am really good with animals
-I have a really good memory
-My autism (I can't change it, so I embrace it!)
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- I'm a literary connoisseur and really good at English
- I have a great memory for details and an amazing auditory memory
- I can study something about a special interest and almost never forget it
- I'm a loyal friend
- I'm a good writer (essays, poems, stories, you name it)
- I'm unique, in part because of my AS
- I'm a survivor (born 3 mo's premature, died several times but always came back)
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Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder on the 10th of April, 2014
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Why the hell not?
1. I'm able to focus intensely on things for periods of time far beyond the average person.
2. My mind is extraordinarily logical, which I feel is a boon in a world where most people think with their emotions.
3. My memory is exceptional (my auditory memory has even been called eidetic).
4. I'm a genius. You said forget the humility, so there it is. My IQ is absurdly high and my level of academic achievement has always been around nine years in excess of my biological age.
5. I'm very good with animals. I can really understand the cognitive processes behind the things animals (all animals, but especially dogs) do, to the point where I suspect my mind functions more like that of a dog than a neurotypical human.
6. I'm adept at arguing (that's a gross understatement). The school debate team practically begged me to join them.
7. In some ways I'm the most mature person I know, but in others I'm the most childish. I kind of like this duality about myself. Everyone else seems so determined to grow up, and I don't see what all the fuss is about. Being a child (emotionally) is much more fun.
Don't know if I can think of seven.
Um, OK here goes:
great memory
diligent
loyal
kind
intelligent
creative
honest
well I managed six, more than I thought! (edited to add my seventh!)
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1- My smile
2- My eyes
3- My intelligence
4- caring nature
5- patient
6- child like attitude makes things fun
7- my family, if that counts, as they are truly wonderful!
I actually quite like myself, I just don't like all of the things that are happening to my mind and body at the moment...
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Depression, GAD, Social Anxiety and unidentified mental health issues too
And now OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED!
1. I'm Honest (Very difficult for me to lie about anything).
2. I can achieve anything I set my mind to
3. I'm loyal to the ones I love
4. I have integrity
5. I can troubleshoot techical problems quickly
6. I'm generous
7. I can be very articulate and wise.
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"You were so beautiful, pale, and mysterious. No one even looked at the corpse!" Gomez Addams
Err, this is gonna be hard....
1. I am good with accepting people who have physical/emotional differences right when I first see them
2. I have a good sense of humour
Can't think of anything else. I could say ''I am passive, caring, thoughtful, empathetic, kind, sweet, meek, accepting, forgiving, and loyal'', but being all that just makes people laugh at me or take advantage of me, so no, I don't like being like that but I'm unsure of how to change without still being nice enough.
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Yes I am a straight female.
From East UK
Aged 25
1- I have a very good memory;
2- I have a strong personality that allows me to overcome my difficulties;
3- I am quite good in some subjects that others find difficult;
4- I have a strong desire to improve;
5- My grammar (Italian grmmar) is quite good;
6- Although I don't have many friends, I'm very loyal to the ones I have;
7- I've never thought about killing myself, even in the most difficult situations.
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Please write in a simple English; I'm Italian, so I might misunderstand the sense of your sentence.
You can talk me in Spanish and Italian, too.
1. My sarcasm and irony is really good.
2. My intelligence is above average for people around my age.
3. I keep secrets really well if people do not want me to tell them.
4. My memory is very good.
5. I am a nice person, I don't judge people right away for example.
6. I am honest with people I know well like my parents and friends.
7. I have a child-like personality sometimes.
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