nt for a day

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this would honestly be one of the best days of my life and i'd try to make the most of it. i'm not even going to pretend i enjoy being trapped inside my own head.

mmm but are you truly trapped or was you made to believe that your whole life, because your different. lol

it's just a feeling of being unable to express myself the way i want to toward other people.

now i get it, me i have trouble expressing sympathy for people when i truly feel for them. when their sad

It's not possible, so I'm not sure.

Would I be NT for a day, yes for sure. Yes its not possible but as a theoretical exercise I would like the experience.

It's not like being pro or anti cure - its just a way of bring a new perspective. I once tried to ask what I condidered to be the most normal person at my work about her 'normal' life and here reaction was that the very fact that I considered this a valid question proved that I was an 'eccentric' . She'd not be aware that I'm an aspie

Since I will never be an NT, it does not matter. I am who I am and I am happy with that. I would like there to be a greater awareness on high-functioning autism amongst NT's since it would make life easier for both parties.

No. You are able to express yourself just fine. NTs have as much trouble reading you as you do them, and they interpret your words and demeanor as out of sync and think it phony or forced. Because you are outnumbered, it is considered to be a problem on your part. Don't buy into that. It's not a problem, just a difference. No greater a difference than cultural or linguistic.

I'd tell my mom I love her.

Seconding what Kiseki said, and playing off what Callista said, I'd take my mom out and people-watch. I'd take advantage of suddenly having the ability to learn that way, and make the most of it, while also making my mom happy and behaving in a way that she can register as affectionate. It would make her really happy not to feel alone, and I'd learn as much as I could. I'd have a notebook in hand all day, and I might email a friend to see if it felt different. Toward the end of my NT day, after the people-watching, I'd engage with the things that interest me now to see how it felt different.

Then, for the benefit of everyone here, I'd post my experiences.

Afterward, I'd have the benefit of a day of accelerated learning to give my social skills a nice kick in the rear. Yee-haw!

I'd be especially interested to know what happened to the way I think. I suspect I'd use the same vocabulary (though as an NT I would have developed a different one, as Callista said, you didn't say "NT with a history of being NT"), but differently. I'd enjoy being able to be asymmetrical-- oh, you touched my right leg? No need to touch my left, it's okay! And I bet it would be really neat for transitions and focus to be easier, but it would be scary to suddenly perceive the world totally differently. It would be like a different place, but I bet I would think of it as a different person. It might be nice to have a day where I didn't need to pace, but I love pacing and derive great benefit from it, and a day isn't enough time to develop an alternative.

I would love to be able to stop stimming and touching things. And who knows? As an NT, I might not need to pace at all to do the same things!

I would be fascinated to know whether my preferences changed at all, and whether I reacted to emotional crises differently. (I often give friends a shoulder to cry on, but I view that as a type of solution, to be considered immediately as a possible course of action and taken if it yields the greatest benefit for the lowest cost. If I viewed it in the way typical of women, I think it would be very interesting.)

i never thought of it like this before, thanks. i remember that.

if i was nt for a day i probably sleep all day n night

if i was a nt for a day i would go to a audition in see if i get the same reaction for the director.
or something different.