If it could be cured tomorrow, would you have it done?

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No offence to those who think otherwise, but I was out last night with a few of the work crowd and sat there in envy at their ability to make jokes, stories, banter, convey emotion and feeling in their communication, switch conversation, tease and get the best of of a night out, all the while sitting there in relative silence and only interjecting with factual snippets of conversation that were swatted away like flies ( not taken personally of course, this is simply how NT's brains work ).

Coupled with the usual unease that I arouse in strangers in pubs and public places and the rubbish comments that this generates.

I would happily trade one of my limbs to be NT, even with the Depression that they suffer from.

I don't know, to be honest. It would depend on the cost / benefits.

Never.

As long as you're thinking of mythical cures, why not think of a real cure? How about curing narrow minded, exclusionary biases against any differences? In other words, why in the hell would I want to cure myself to fit into a society that's sick in the first place? Why think that there's anything wrong with being different?

I fit in just fine if and when I find places where there are people a bit off the ordinary. Gaming shops, book stores, some coffee shops, these are just some of the places where people like me hang out. There is no way I want to fit in at bars, sports clubs, and such. I would just as soon go jump into a monkey cage and try to fit in there. That's just me, your desires may vary.

I would not cure the whole of my autism, no way. If there's a shot that turns you into an NT, well no thanks, I'll stay like I am.

If I could pick and choose certain issues I encounter as an autistic that I could get rid of, then yeah, I think I'd like to "cure" certain aspects, but there are other aspects- my imagination, my observation skills, my way of thinking, my obsessions, not being bothered by social conventions, and so forth- that I wouldn't want cured at all.

I'd get rid of my migraines if I could. I'd not get rid of my Asperger's Syndrome.

No way, not know, not ever.... it took me a while to accept the fact of my autism, I don't want to go on the same path if there was a cure.... because for one thing.... I don't need it to be happy.

No way.

I was born with Aspergers. It's part of me. Getting rid of it would be like getting rid of my own self. I can't. I love this syndrome too much.

Yes I would. I know I wouldn't be me but I don't care - I don't like being me, and it would make me a lot happier and many others around me a lot happier. Sure I will still have some faults because nobody's perfect, but I would be able to walk out in the street without giving off an unsociable nervous vibe and having people staring at me funny, and I would have a better knack at interacting with others without there being something ''off'' about me (I think), and things would just be a lot easier. Well, don't know about easier, but things would be a bit different and I even might be able to deal with things better without having outbursts what involve abnormal behaviour and scares other family members.

So, yeah, if there was a cure tomorrow, I would take it for all the above reasons, and many more reasons too. It would just be nice to be in the norm, to be able to conform naturally, to know what's what, to be able to be a jerk and get away with it.

My mind is so cluttered with anxious thoughts and of my obsession that I am unable to focus on anything else. I even forget to gussy myself up before going out and put perfume on and brush my hair and teeth, so I go out looking skanky without intending to. It's horrible. I need constant reminding and I have to have lists pinned up everywhere, and I even just chuck on the first T-shirt and trousers I can find, instead of choosing a T-shirt what go nicely with my trousers. I just wish I could do these things naturally because I don't like being different yet I don't have the enthusiasm to want to conform. I need to get out of this vicious circle.

I hate change way too much to change my brain's fundamental functioning.

Also, I like who I am. Many of the things that "curing" autism would make me better at I don't care all that much about. Maybe that's actually a side effect of being autistic and that would go away too, and then who the heck would I be?

Since it can't and never will be possible it seems pointless discussing.

Noooo, never. There is nothing to be cured. Besides social skills i never had problems with anything. I've had more pro's then cons from aspergers. I can be extremely focussed on video games, studying, school. I've been so good in certain games i'd get accused for cheating all the time and people hated playing against me. If i'm interested in something i can get really good at it. It's like, a superpower. I like me.

Yes, I would not hesitate for one second....

It would at least remove the burden of having to think about every social situation, which takes up a considerable amount of energy I could use in some other area.

I would still be me, I have no doubt about that

If I could cure the agony I feel in social situations, I would in a heartbeat.

I would not want to change what I love and what I value and my musical talent though. I don't know how much of that is related to possible ASD.