What do you like about AS? What don't you like?

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One thing I like about asperger's syndrome is that I could think in pictures and that I could have a memory that goes far back. A thing I dislike about asperger's is that I can't socialise as well as other people.

my memory sucks.. bad. My first memory is of being about 4 or 5. And I only have 3 memories of the 0-6 age.... not good, most likely due to repression of memories. But all the other fun asperger stuff I have

I like the hyperlexia... but I don't like the rage issues...

What I like about it:

My love for radio that never would have been there if it wasn't for AS.
My outragiously good memory

What I don't like about it:

Inability to talk to people
Constant worrying.

What I like about it

- My ability to recall things
- My visual thinking
- My understanding of mechanical things
- Having a strong focus in life
- Not caring too much about trying to be "in vouge"

What I don't like about

- Not really knowing how people will react to you actions
- Feeling like you stand out like a sore thumb
- Sensory issues
- Having no real friends
- Executive dysfunction

Like:

-Visual thinking
-Ability to remember lots of things about practically everything (that don't involve personalities/'people' or short-term activities)
-Ability to see things in plans, things, maps, landscapes, etc that others miss
-Ability to think of several distinct subjects at the same time (multitasking)
-intense interest in things and ability to think logically about them
-small circle of close friends

dislike:

-inability to relate to others on a personal level
-*horrible* short-term memory (I have to write EVERYTHING down on the 'to do' list or I'll forget them)
-extreme shyness, especially on things relating to jobs, etc, to the point where it has devestated my career progress
-Difficulty in getting started at things
-not being 'close' to anyone in the family
-inability to get past 'hello' when a nonbusiness-related first meeting with a female is 'in person'
-inability to get 'command line' and other non-user friendly interface computer programs to behave (it's why I use a Mac)
-often getting sensory overload in 'busy' situations in unfamiliar places

Mike

Likes:

-creativity; originality; seeing the world differently
-being different
-my interests
-my talents
-visual thinking (2-D based unlike most of you others; I am poor with picturing 3-D)
-seeing the world from an unconventional vantage-point
-stimming

Dislikes:

-social difficulties
-comorbid anxiety
-prone to depressive episodes in difficult times
-stuttering connected with anxiety
-communicating problems (not saying what I want or need to)
-having to practice conversations
-auditory processing problems
-feeling stupid sometimes in front of other people
-reaction to stimming in public

Last edited by Sophist on 07 May 2005, 6:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Things I like about beeing an aspie:


Not beeing obsessed with pop-culture

Beeing non-conformist

Beeing extremely creative, and always seeing creative things in everything

Beeing able to relate to kids




Things I don't like at all:


When people think that I am "trying to be special to get attention". (Not drinking, dressing wierd, acting wierd/childish etc.)

When people look down on me

Not having a boyfriend

Beeing used and letting people use me

Not having one single friend

Not having a job

Not going to school

Not having an apartment

I like being perfectly happy to be on my own.

i hate everything else.

Likes:
The willpower/self-control
Heightened senses and the (limited) ability to sharpen or dull them at will
Unusual perspective on the world
Life as a constant adventure (what else could turn grocery shopping into a weekly natural high?)

Dislikes:
The ease with which I slip into overload
Difficulty maintaining a conversation or connecting with people

I like grocery shopping, too.

I like:

the intelligence that comes with it
my great memory
the different perspective it gives

I loathe:

the utter inabilty to understand a social situation
the slightly unstable mind I got in return
the depression that comes as well

how can u lot be so postive bout AS. its evil, i hate it sooo much. i feel it makes me a outcast.
God Bless
Fiona

True, this is a negative aspect of it. I had this problem as well, but have since been accepted by my redneck neighbors. The only other major issues I have with it is the difficulty finding a suitable job and an difficulty getting into a relatinship.

I like my computer, music, and creative/inventive thinkiing skills, and high intelligence.

I like:
Being logical
Being happy with little company, and being able to spend countless hours on an activity without getting bored
Not feeling the drive to be like everyone else
Excellent visual memory, so spelling, grammar etc almost intuitive
Spatial/systematic intelligence
The way music and simple things, words, patterns etc affect me

I don't like:
Being targeted for discrimination or bullying
Being forced to spend time with people I can't stand being around
Being unable to function properly in an ordinary workplace setting
Being used, or treated like an idiot by people with half my ability
Sensory stress
Tripping over my own feet/tongue/inanimate objects
Being unable to remember 'unimportant' stuff, and constantly getting stuff in a mess
Depression/anxiety

like:

logical, organized thought well suited for argumentation
analytical mind
sense of peculiar humour
love of music (listening)

dislike:

no friends
depression
can't get along with others due to a lack of conformity on my part
loneliness, having no purpose and no attachments
no one understands you
etc