Do you have wasted talents?

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Yes, I suppose so. I'm a good singer and I used to write songs. That stopped when I had my son. But who knows, maybe I'll use these talents again one day?

Actually, I am using my ability to remember information at my job, although not at the highest level possible. However, I am making progress.

I also have good memory and other ability I have is that if you tell me the date of your birth I will find which day of week was but this is because of my talent in maths

You stopped because of your son not because your teacher tell you that you will become great singer that's the difference were you professional singer?

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I don't think you don't have any talent probably you have but don't discover it or you don't find your obsessions

A lot of scientific talent is wasted in this country, as a lot of people don't see the need unless there is an obvious threat, such as an epidemic or another country showing obvious scientific superiority. The Russians put quite a scare into us by getting ahead of us in the Space Race.

any talent i have is wasted

In theory, the Internet should be making it easier for people to discover and use the talents they possess. All sorts of math and science can be found on the Internet. As well as relatively cheap ways of getting classic books to study.

Similarly, I suspect that learning how to play musical instruments is now cheaper than ever, if you start off with something like a cheap keyboard piano made in China.

I don't think I have any skills that have specifically gone wasted, but ASD almost certainly has been the invisible hand behind my stopping various activities that I enjoyed over the years. A prime example of that would have been in my early days at high school, I briefly joined the army cadets. I loved it - the weekly drills, the sports which naturally drew me in - I suppose the highly ordered structure of the cadets was very appealing for me. I was praised quite highly for acclimatising so well and proving myself in the activities until, randomly, another girl joined that I knew from my school. It was like the spell was broken, as if this person who knew how alone and mocked I was at high school meant I now couldn't succeed at these extra-curricular activities. Even though it's illogical and wrong, I still can't help feeling miffed she joined and 'spoiled' my fun. I did myself no favours, there.

No, not a professional. I would have liked it to have become professional. It was my world. But then I got pregnant and had to give it up so that I could care for my son. That's okay - I discovered other talents that keep me happy, like photography.

For me, it would be learning complex ideas and conveying them to others. I was constantly tutoring in college, because I can go on an on about things I'm interested in (which tended to be my courses).

Now, because people find me annoying, and even though I was a certified master trainer at my last job, I get passed over even though trainers are in dire need at my current job...

I love teaching and conveying information.

That's the difference you wanted to becoe a professional. I didn't want to become professional musician or famus but when the teacher told me that I will become great I hated this I don't remember if I had passion but my mother said that I had passion with music before teacher told me that is it aspie trait or am I just crazy?
luckily I also have talent in maths and programming and I am good gamer (in adventure or action games not in online)

At work today, I saw an old list someone had posted about the goals they had ten years ago and asked if anyone had accomplished them. My goals were to meet my favorite tennis players and publish a book. Needless to say, ten years later, neither one has been achieved. I'm embarrassed to see my failure advertised like that. Other people had more normal goals such as losing weight and getting married. I knew marriage was out of the question long ago by that time.

I feel like that is such a tragic question, for me... It feels like the only talent I don't have, is how to sell myself and all my myriad gifts... Well, that and how to talk to women!

Seriously, I wrote and recorded a dozen albums of original songs, wrote a couple novels, published a book of cartoons and a book of quotes, and had a couple undercover projects go viral despite me not putting my name on them...

Besides that, I feel like a regular aspie, though I just learned of my condition a couple weeks ago...

I've been told that I write really well, but aside from some school assignments, I've never really done anything noteworthy with my talent. I enjoy writing lists and rants and coming up with ideas for things, but when I actually attempt to write prose, the results tend to be dry and boring. This wasn't so much the case when I was younger and better practiced, but it seems my abilities have atrophied over the years.

I don't know if that's an aspie trait... You could have still pursued with music without the goal of being a famous professional, no? One teacher's opinion isn't a guarantee of that kind of success.

Personally, I would have been really pleased to have a teacher show so much confidence in me and it certainly wouldn't have made me lose interest in my passion. But that's just me, everybody's different.