(So called) lack of imagination

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I dont think im very creative at all, and I dont see why people think thats a really bad thing.

I'm NT, my boyfriend is AS. Throughout school teachers said he had no imagination...he couldn't express himself, especially through creative writing or exams. He did get better though, after meeting me...I'm a fiction writer and have come up with some pretty bizarre stuff that focusses on elaborating on and dressing up details.

Thing is, he's INSANELY creative. He's amazing. An incredible imagination. Give him a piece of paper and tell him to write a story, and he's stuck. Complete mind blank. Give him a few random objects and some wires and tools, and he'll create a proper, functioning device out of thin air. He's taken all the lights out of his car aside from the headlights and replaced them with LED systems...has taken out the bulbs from his car and completely rewired them with HIDs. He's then taken his spare HIDs and wired them into a hand-held torch which is now IMMENSELY powerful (for the purpose of spotlighting the bastards that were blinding us at a car club meet...mmm, revenge), and instead of running of batteries, runs off the cigarette lighter in his car. He's custom-wired my alarm in my car so it's pretty damn hard to break into...he's also fiddled with a lot of the mechanics in this car, including stopping the exterior key locks from working (some bastard broke into the car...it's the one in my avatar, so you can see why), reduced the sensitivity of the knock sensor to increase timing, removed the baffle on the idle valve to increase airflow...his own car has undergone far more work than mine too!

He's one of these people that just KNOWS things, or can dream up a solution based on his existing knowledge. He's never done a brake conversion or suspension upgrade...until he's converted BOTH of our cars from drums to discs, and STi struts. He just...dreamed up a way to do it effectively in his freggin' garage!

Basically...something needs fixing and he'll find a way, almost instantly. No training required. I put that down as imagination...when it comes to electronics and mechanical I'm a typical NT, have to learn by rote how things work and how to fix them or replace them. This boy? This is where he shines...I'm still in awe with the way he can create something from nothing, or fix a problem no one can find a solution for or in a way even Subaru themselves hadn't thought of...

In my realm of creativity, the typical NT consideration of creativity, he's lost. I paint, I draw, I write. I create images, scenes and characters with unlimited ease (in fact if you say a name and an age, I will create a character right there and then...anyone wanna try? XD), I roleplay (several characters at a time)...this is my area of expertise. I'm a designer by nature.

We come together at two interesting points...in cars, I know design and style inside out, whilst he excels in the interesting, unique mechanical work...together, we could create one MONSTER of a car. In design, I could create one hell of an interesting-looking website, whilst his code would again be unique, original, incredibly user-friendly and highly unusual. Switch realms and we'd have something that looks plain or boring, and with very little structure behind it

Zomg I actually have a point, too. They need to redefine what CREATIVITY and IMAGINATION is. Freak's sake...so many Aspies are VERY imaginative and creative, fantastic problem-solvers...just not in the same way as NTs!

Sorry if I came across as if I was trying to start a fight.

Huh, I've always been extremely imaginative. However my parents (Dad has AS, Mom has traits) completely lack imagination.

I was told by someone that it meant that AS children could not do imaginative group (social) play, like when kids will play house or something. This would fit me... I was very imaginative as a child, playing alone, but I went blank if I had to play in a group.

I have always had a vivid imagination. I just never needed to share it. Most imaginative people can't fully live their imagination, I would suppose. I can, so I don't need to try to create a facsimily of it.

As a kid I hated playing house. That make believe world of pretending that I am something I am not kind of urked me. I would prefer to play by myself with some construction kit like Meccano or Leggo something and let the rest of the kids play house like a bunch of dills.

Look for example here -> www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=255&a=3341 (search for "imagination" on the page) or here -> http://www.aspergers.org/myths_about_as ... ndrome.htm

It's hard to tell from a distance, but I think if she is going to ask you if you want to go out with her and you don't want to it's perfectly ok to say something like "I'm sorry, I think you are nice, but I just don't like you in that way" or something. At least I wouldn't know any nicer way to put it either.

yeah, I could never figure out the point in pretending to be someone else and playing with others that took it so seriously.

Lots of middle-aged men lack imagination. LOL! It's kind of natural to lose that kind of imagination when you're older. You have to look at their childhoods.

Lots of middle-aged men lack imagination. LOL! It's kind of natural to lose that kind of imagination when you're older. You have to look at their childhoods.

I played "house" with my best friend. We grew up together being close in age and she lived 2 houses down from my grandmother. We would hang out in my grandmother's garage, which was full of old furniture and clothes, and pretend we lived there.