Does your AS/Autism stop you from having fun?

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No way! AS has never stopped me from enjoying myself and it never will.

Nope, no stopping me from having fun. In fact, I've probably had too much fun over the course of my 30 years.


I will say though that my anxiety has prevented me from having fun at times, but AS has not.

Try playing a traditional RPG, they don't require coordination and generally have good storyline. They are turn based, and to make your move you select different things from menus, creating the action your player character will take. They generally require a lot of strategy and thinking, which is why I like them, and reward the player with an often deep storyline, which just adds to the fun for me. Although not a very good example of what RPGs are capable of, Pokemon games are an example of an RPG, Final Fantasy is the most popular traditional RPG series, although after FFX they started being less traditional and more of an Action RPG. Xenosaga is an interesting series, but its kinda old and getting hard to find. The older Final Fantasies are available on DS and GBA, so they are not hard to get ahold of, just be aware that any Final Fantasy older than FFX doesn't have voice acters, and the story must be read. FFX is probably my favourite Final Fantasy.

I'd recommend Cossacks personally; although Praetorian was good, but the soldiers kept yelling certain phrases when I clicked on them which got annoying.

No.

What may be fun for me may be incredibly silly or boring for someone else.

Sadly this is a big yes for me. I can not go into Bar's,clubs, live shows, or anything at all. I can go see the slipknot concert here in TN for free with my co worker, but I lied to him and said that I'm busy just because I hate large crowds.. Even if I did go I would have to be dragged everywhere as I would freeze in place. I have missed out on tons of family outings and friend activities all because I don't want to go out! It's even affecting my health. I have been getting fast food more lately to avoid stores! I have one bad incident with a random customer or cashier and I can't go in a store for months unless its absolutely necessary. I keep thinking people are laughing or looking at me and talking about how stupid I look. It's such torture.. I don't know what to do sometimes.

I can relate to that...

Why do you wan't to go to bars and clubs anyway? I will never go to them and sometimes I prefer to be on my own and not do social things. I choose not to do it.

Don't just be upset about it because you can't do what everyone else does.

No not really.

Sometimes. Especially when I want to play games with others.

Well, it does stop me from going out and socializing with others. Also joining in games in school.

Well it's just that fact that my friends go there and want my company! I mean I get this very seldom and when it does happen I'm to afraid to go with them. I want to have fun and be at parties and what not but I can't.. Even if I did finally build up courage I'd be stuck in a corner hidden away having an anxiety attack.

No. NTs think that I must have a boring life because I don't do the things that they consider fun, but I think it's a lot more fun to go on WP for hours and talk to you guys!

On PHUN? WP RULES!topic

o yessssss, no end on this timeless flight, fun is the one thing i have re.dis.covered with my selfdx; and in a sense (!), without there being too much external evidence in the decade preceding my recent dx - i NEVER lost my sense of humour (and self-mockerish, sceptically-satirical rather than the cynically-sarcastic it can be taken for

it is my sense of humour that saved my ass, allways

it is my sense of humour, finally, that allowed sufficient distance of self to enable honest selfobservation within the sudden framework of autism -
and made me capable of seeing - at immediate instance, knowing

humour is not the same as fun, granted

but with above said; and in the realization that i present NO autistic trait that could ever be recognized in terms of sympton&affliction,

i.e. i am autistic pervasively (if only they could see the obvious),

but what i HAVE is all to some extent autistic giftedness
and what i LACK i never had, i can know discard for option,
with all that said, you will understand how it is that...

(recognizing me as is) AS is the funniest thing that could have ever happened to me

gosh, i risk having to spend 7 days in police holding over an unpaid fine i really do not want to pay (and is worth three weeks to me), as it is all based on their administrative mistake; and i am in debt, no more place of my own (pathetic, 52, at mum' s), i was not even in any form of (legally required) medical insurance for a couple of years
the bloody hospital, despite the fact this had been expressly addressed by me and i was given repeated assurance that the state would still cover it, has recently doubled my debt situation with an diagnostic invoice for Euro 13.000; i have been spending all last year since selfdx like this

and during all that, when i should have been sitting back and getting used to this new thing, i have been afforded NO TIME to get through any (even merely self-administered) postdx-therapeutical procsess whatsoever,

and still yet still...
not for a single moment have i not experienced an eternally sceptical, but

grinnnnnnnn nonetheless/toxically@RobertO.iii <(;-]]]]