Enjoy-Didn't Have

[Dirtdigger]

Which symptom of Autism do you enjoy the most and which symptom do you wish you didn't have? Name just one for each of the extremes but no details as I know some of our symptoms are very personal to us.

The symptom that I enjoy the most are my obsessions and the symptom I wish I didn't have is Sensory Processing Disorder.

 

[AsheSkyler]

OCD and anxiety.

 

[Beverly]

Enjoy - incredible ability to focus on any task I choose to focus on.

Dislike - lack of a verbal filter.

 

[Myway]

I enjoy my ability to hyper focus and dislike the fact that my anxiety skyrockets all the time.

 

[Ste11aeres]

Enjoy: Ability to focus in on an obsession

Dislike: Social difficulties.

 

[Progster]

Enjoy: having a good memory
Don't enjoy: feeling anxious all the time.

 

[Myron]

Enjoy: Intense interests

Dislike: Lack of social skills

 

[DC1346]

Enjoy: Ability to intensely focus.

Dislike: Lack of facial recognition and difficulty with remembering names.

 

[hiraeth]

The symptom that I enjoy the most are my obsessions and the symptom I wish I didn't have is Sensory Processing Disorder.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Well, except -- I refuse to think of my special interests as a symptom. XD

 

[Dirtdigger]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Well, except -- I refuse to think of my special interests as a symptom. XD

Did I say special interests which even NTs have also? I said obsessions and in some cases affects those with Autism. But in my case I happen to enjoy though they do interfere with my social life.

 

[NiceCupOfTea]

Enjoy - Nothing
Didn't have - Everything

To me, there isn't a single, solitary advantage to having this Asperger's, or whatever it is. I'd cut off my right arm just to be a normal member of society, with normal family and friends. It's pretty much all I ever wanted.