Most pleasant and most unpleasant Autism/Aspie trait?

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Most Pleasant: Thinking in ways that other people generally don't, or can't.
Least Pleasant: Being unable to think in ways that are other peoples default.

People seem to think that my brain is more flexible or something, but it's actually just as rigid as the people who say it to me, it's just that my brain is set into a different pattern.

*Shrugs*

Being rubbish with people also sucks, but I don't know, I'm okay with being alone a lot of the time. Not exactly happy about it, but mostly neutral.

Pleasant is....um.....I'll have to come back to that

Unpleasant is everything

Most pleasant: a deep fascination in technical detail

Least pleasant: very high levels of anxiety in the face of uncertainty

Most desired: attentiveness to detail and obsessive research
Least desired: awkwardness and hypersensitivity to light.

Most pleasant: Being able to think way into the future and see it from different angles, and being able to think super logically about things
Most unpleasant: The anxiety and panic attacks that come along with how hard I think about things

Most unlpleasent is the trait that causes you to look at people.

Also the trait that makes you uncomfortable in a social setting or any place with large amount of people.

Probably some others I'm forgetting.

I honestly can't think of a positive trait that this plague has.

A paradox:

My executive functioning restricts goal setting, and has historically been stifling.

My executive functioning is like Timothy Leary: you can be lost or captuerd into something such as strange fixations in a zone out - who needs LSD.

What are the strenghts? How can you know if what you have is what you'd have if NT?

Can anyone really delineate their Autistic strenghts?

Just some thoughts.

My most pleasant is what someone else mentioned, the ability to think out of the box. I think a lot and Im very analytical and I can see things that other people cant.

The most unpleasant is social interaction problems. I always want friends, I always want to be accepted. It always troubles me, when I see myself falling out favor from people.

Most pleasant...special interest and intelligence
Most unpleasant...isolation, feeling like I live in bubble wrap. Executive functioning problems(!)

Most pleasant: Being a teacher or healer. I use my ability to see different points of view clearly to help untangle bad situations and help people grow.

Most unpleasant: Executive Dysfunction. I'm unable to get simple chores done - not because I don't want to, but because I don't. There's a massive disconnect somewhere in there.