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if you were ten times smarter and asperger got removed?

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ToughDiamond
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05 Jul 2016, 8:31 pm

No thanks, it sounds horrible.



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05 Jul 2016, 9:52 pm

Sooo... what's the downside in this equation? :?


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05 Jul 2016, 10:18 pm

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I'm already smart enough for my own taste, I shudder to imagine how stupid everybody else would seem if I were ten times smarter. 8O
As for removing my ASD, I'm pretty strongly aligned with my autistic perspective, after all this time it's become very ingrained into my personality, I think it'd feel really weird, turning into something I've disliked all my life. It's not as if I have to hold down a job any more, I'm free to do pretty much as I please, and my autistic traits don't seem to be holding me back, I want to stay more or less as I am, just change gradually as I learn, and not necessarily moving towards the NT perspective at all.



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06 Jul 2016, 12:39 am

Y'know, I pretty much just learned how to be comfortable in this head. I'll stick with what I've got, thanks.


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