Joe90 wrote:
I know there's going to be a cure one day. I mean, take a look at this whole world. It is a miracle really. On every land there's society. Where did it all start? Well, I know how a bit, but how did it become like how it is? About a thousand years ago the people who lived then couldn't ever think about how society could become, in their wildest dreams. I mean, a lot of things we have now didn't exist then, and if any ideas were brought up they'll just say, ''you can't make one of those! It's impossible! It's just your imagination!'' Wrong! There may be a lot now, and there always will be more inventions to come. So if man is clever enough to build society, surely man is clever enough to make a cure for a few conditions. You can only hope for the best.
I'll love the missing parts of my ugly brain to be filled up, then I can be NT. I'll be able to say ''yes'' when asked to go out to a party, without having to put on a front. I can be the life and soul of the party and they will all think I'm cool instead of looking and saying, ''oh that daft cow is trying too hard - she's weird!''
Think about it.
Think about how this society became so advanced? Asocial scientists obsessed with an idea and pursued it even if people didn't take them seriously. They were even at times sentenced to death for it.
A cure may probably be achievable but in more than 10 or 20 years (I'm into Future Science). I'd even say 100 years. Man would have landed on Mars before a cure for autism has been found. So hoping for this magic pill that turns you in an NT is like when man first stopped working and waited for Jesus to come back. I haven't read my Bible in ages but I remember a passage like that. Anyway, it's best to get on with your life, work on your skills yourself and not put hope in something that may not exist in your lifetime.
I think it's better to build your skills yourself up to the point where you can live and work independently. You'll still keep your autistic traits but you'll be a bit better around people and better to deal with those issues in your life. I've changed a whole lot in the last 10 years and I did it all myself but I'm still autistic and I'm glad. I love my obsessions, my memory for facts, my disinterest in mainstream culture and my blunt honesty.
There's more to life than going to parties and being thought of as cool. If you were to become NT and could do those things would you be happy? Not for very long. Because NT's have their own problems. Every time I look on Facebook my friends are gossiping about who said or did what with whom at this party. I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that stuff.
I still have the meltdowns and anxiety but I also have my physics books. And I don't think a social NT version of me would have any time for that stuff.
